# Highly Specialist Clinical Physiologist

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Liverpool
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Health science services
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-01T15:28:08.100Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Liverpool_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Highly_Specialist_Clinical_Physiologist/Highly_Specialist_Clinical_Physiologist-v8050011
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8050011?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

A exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Physiologist who is BHRS (or equivalent)  with suitable experience to assist in the planning and delivery of a specialised Cardiology diagnostics service to the Trust.

You will be an effective member of the Cardiology Labs team providing a high standard of Cardiac Physiological Services and excellent patient care.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our welcoming Aintree Cardiology Department.

We currently undertake a wide variety of non-invasive and invasive tests including ECG, Ambulatory Monitoring, Tilt Table Testing, Exercise Tolerance Testing,

Echocardiography (including Dobutamine and Exercise Stress Echo,  Transoesophageal, Contrast and Bubble Studies, Specialist Valve Clinics, Advanced Imaging including Speckle Tracking and 3-D Echocardiography and Research), Cardiac Catheterisation and Permanent Pacing; both implant and follow up.

The candidates should have BHRS  accreditation.

This is an ideal opportunity for a current band 7 seeking a change, or forward thinking suitably qualified Band 6 who is looking to develop their career further.

### Main duties of the job

The Pacing/ Rhythm management team provide:

- Daily follow up clinics
- Remote follow up,
- A busy Brady implant service
- Physiologist lead ILR implant service (RLH site).
- Physiologist ILR explant service (RLH site).
- Services to an acute A&E department including unwell complex device patients

As a band 7 you will be a designated line manager to junior staff, completing performance and pay appraisals.

All candidates should be RCCP / AHCS/ HCPC registered

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Undertakes independently advanced Cardiac  investigations and therapy.
- Undertake direct  patient contact physiology procedures
- Analyse, interpret, and report complex clinical data (e.g. Ambulatory Monitoring) taking necessary departmental procedure when diagnosing an unexpected event liaising/advising with medical staff.
- To follow up and appropriately manage patients with implantable cardiac devices
- To document all investigations and or adjustments correctly.
- To maintain your professional development to be up to date with new device techniques/ advances
- Assist the implanting consultant in pacemaker implantation, performing initial checks etc
- Lead and supervise  within ETT areas, including obtaining patient consent. Advises the appropriate clinician when necessary.

For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

## Job Details

A exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Physiologist who is BHRS (or equivalent) with suitable experience to assist in the planning and delivery of a specialised Cardiology diagnostics service to the Trust.

You will be an effective member of the Cardiology Labs team providing a high standard of Cardiac Physiological Services and excellent patient care.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our welcoming Aintree Cardiology Department.

We currently undertake a wide variety of non-invasive and invasive tests including ECG, Ambulatory Monitoring, Tilt Table Testing, Exercise Tolerance Testing,

Echocardiography (including Dobutamine and Exercise Stress Echo, Transoesophageal, Contrast and Bubble Studies, Specialist Valve Clinics, Advanced Imaging including Speckle Tracking and 3-D Echocardiography and Research), Cardiac Catheterisation and Permanent Pacing; both implant and follow up.

The candidates should have BHRS accreditation.

This is an ideal opportunity for a current band 7 seeking a change, or forward thinking suitably qualified Band 6 who is looking to develop their career further.

## Job Description

The Pacing/ Rhythm management team provide:

Daily follow up clinics

Remote follow up,

A busy Brady implant service

Physiologist lead ILR implant service (RLH site).

Physiologist ILR explant service (RLH site).

Services to an acute A&E department including unwell complex device patients

As a band 7 you will be a designated line manager to junior staff, completing performance and pay appraisals.

All candidates should be RCCP / AHCS/ HCPC registered

## Responsibilities

Undertakes independently advanced Cardiac investigations and therapy.

Undertake direct patient contact physiology procedures

Analyse, interpret, and report complex clinical data (e.g. Ambulatory Monitoring) taking necessary departmental procedure when diagnosing an unexpected event liaising/advising with medical staff.

To follow up and appropriately manage patients with implantable cardiac devices

To document all investigations and or adjustments correctly.

To maintain your professional development to be up to date with new device techniques/ advances

Assist the implanting consultant in pacemaker implantation, performing initial checks etc

Lead and supervise within ETT areas, including obtaining patient consent. Advises the appropriate clinician when necessary.

For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Good team leader
- Self-disciplined and motivated
- Adaptable
- Able to concentrate for long periods of time
- Able to motivate others

### Skills

**Essential**

- Good computer skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Team working skills
- Managerial skills
- Take responsibility for accurate work
- Work under pressure
- Work to deadlines

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Importance of confidentiality
- Health and safety
- Data protection
- Wide range of cardiology knowledge including ECG’s and ambulatory ECG analysis

### Experience

**Essential**

- Substantial post qualification experience
- Proficient in single chamber and dual chamber pacing
- Experience in training all grades of staff

**Desirable**

- Managerial experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree in Cardiac Clinical Physiologist or equivalent
- BHRS Accreditation
- ILS trained
- RCCP/AHCS registration

**Desirable**

- Managerial qualification
- Training for trainers’ certificate

## Documents

- [risk assessment (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339281)
- [recruitment documents (pdf, 383.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339282)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 250.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339280)

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