# Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiographer) - CUH > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-cardiac-physiologist-echocardiographer-cuh/867310f6-89e7-4f84-a011-26e1285fd087 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-cardiac-physiologist-echocardiographer-cuh/867310f6-89e7-4f84-a011-26e1285fd087.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Town:** Thornton Heath - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Radiographer - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum incl HCAS ( outer) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-25T14:52:15.482Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Cardiac_Physiology/Cardiac_Physiology-v8112486 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8112486?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 7 Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiographer Vacancy: 4 x full time (37.5 hours per week) Applications are invited for 4 highly motivated echocardiographers to join the Cardiology Department at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. The successful candidates will work at both Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital Community Diagnostic Centre on a rotational basis. We are a very busy department providing a wide range of investigations both invasive and non-invasive. A complement of 9 Cardiologists is supported by a team of cardiac physiologists, assistant practitioners, specialist registrars and specialist nurses along with a dedicated clerical team. Adult and paediatric transthoracic echocardiography is regularly performed along with complex echocardiography  (stress echo/ transoesophageal echo/ contrast and bubble studies). A full range of non-invasive and invasive procedures are performed within the department and there is also a well established pacemaker, ICD and CRT implant and follow-up service. This post provides an exciting opportunity an enthusiastic experienced Cardiac Physiologist to join our team and help deliver a high quality service for our patient population. The successful applicant will have BSc. Clinical Physiology, HNC MPPM or equivalent. Full British Society of Echocardiography transthoracic echo accreditation or recognized equivalent is essential for this post. Interview Date TBC ### Main duties of the job To work in co-operation with the Principal Cardiac Physiologist and Cardiac Imaging Consultant, as part of the team that provides Cardiac Physiology Services within Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in a timely, efficient, high quality, equitable and cost effective manner. The post holder will be a specialist in the field of echocardiography with experience in all other areas of non-invasive cardiac diagnostic testing. He/ she will work predominantly in echo and hold transthoracic echo accreditation by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) or equivalent. In addition to clinical duties, he/ she will have designated managerial/ educational responsibilities as the needs of the service dictate. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities **********Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more details regarding this vacancy********* ***** ## Job Details Band 7 Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiographer Vacancy: 4 x full time (37.5 hours per week) Applications are invited for 4 highly motivated echocardiographers to join the Cardiology Department at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. The successful candidates will work at both Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital Community Diagnostic Centre on a rotational basis. We are a very busy department providing a wide range of investigations both invasive and non-invasive. A complement of 9 Cardiologists is supported by a team of cardiac physiologists, assistant practitioners, specialist registrars and specialist nurses along with a dedicated clerical team. Adult and paediatric transthoracic echocardiography is regularly performed along with complex echocardiography (stress echo/ transoesophageal echo/ contrast and bubble studies). A full range of non-invasive and invasive procedures are performed within the department and there is also a well established pacemaker, ICD and CRT implant and follow-up service. This post provides an exciting opportunity an enthusiastic experienced Cardiac Physiologist to join our team and help deliver a high quality service for our patient population. The successful applicant will have BSc. Clinical Physiology, HNC MPPM or equivalent. Full British Society of Echocardiography transthoracic echo accreditation or recognized equivalent is essential for this post. Interview Date TBC ## Job Description To work in co-operation with the Principal Cardiac Physiologist and Cardiac Imaging Consultant, as part of the team that provides Cardiac Physiology Services within Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in a timely, efficient, high quality, equitable and cost effective manner. The post holder will be a specialist in the field of echocardiography with experience in all other areas of non-invasive cardiac diagnostic testing. He/ she will work predominantly in echo and hold transthoracic echo accreditation by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) or equivalent. In addition to clinical duties, he/ she will have designated managerial/ educational responsibilities as the needs of the service dictate. ## Responsibilities **********Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more details regarding this vacancy********* ***** ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrate relevant experience at specialist or higher level in echocardiography providing reports for echos undertaken - Highly specialist practitioner/ expert resource in echocardiography - Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team **Desirable** - Broad experience and competence maintained in all routine and specialist cardiac procedures e.g. exercise tolerance testing, ambulatory ECG/ BP monitoring, cardiac catheterisation/ PCI - Experience of complex echocardiography e.g. paediatric, exercise and dobutamine stress echo, transoesophageal echo, 3D echo - Experience of Cardiology database and image archive, Philips CVIS and ISCV - Experience of NHS financial processes - Management of personnel and associate processes ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Excellent written and communication skills - Ability to communicate effectively at all levels in a multi-professional environment - Calmly and accurately assess a clinical situation within own area of skill and act promptly and appropriately - Interpret and report specialist and highly specialist procedures i.e. echo - Highly organized - Committed and patient focused **Desirable** - Computer literacy, Windows, Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc. - Teaching skills - To run an echo clinic autonomously - Achievement orientated ### Knowledge and Understanding **Essential** - Expert knowledge of the clinical background to specialist and highly specialist diagnostic and therapeutic, non-invasive and invasive procedures in Cardiology - Specialist in the field of echocardiography ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - BSc Clinical Physiology, recognized precursor or equivalent qualification - Relevant Postgraduate profession related qualifications in echocardiography e.g. British Society of Echocardiography Accreditation or equivalent - Immediate or Advanced Life Support - Evidence of Continuing professional Development **Desirable** - Management Qualification - MSc Cardiology or equivalent experience - Professional Registration ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 466.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10407681) - [chs accomodation (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725) - [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.