Junior Cardiac Physiologist

Job overview

As a Junior Cardiac Physiologist you will be required to work as a competent practitioner within the Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Duties will include both invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations, providing adequate technical cover during the department’s normal working hours. Cardiac Physiologists with a background in adult cardiology will be supported to undergo paediatric cardiology training.

Main duties of the job

- To provide support to the cardiac OPD (paediatrics) by performing cardiological testing: ECG, Holter monitor analysis, to assist with the ETT and CPET service on inpatients and outpatients

- To work with the bookings team to ensure appointments are booked appropriately

- House-keeping tasks - such as stock taking.

- To gain experience in the congenital cardiac catheter laboratory

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Summary:

As a Junior Cardiac Physiologist, you will be required to work as a competent practitioner within the Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Duties will include both invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations, providing adequate technical cover during the department’s normal working hours. Cardiac Physiologists with a background in adult cardiology will be expected to undergo paediatric cardiology training.

Principle Responsibilities and duties:

To be technically proficient as a competent practitioner for both paediatric and adult patients with departmental support:

• ECG recording and interpretation, including transtelephonic ECGs and intracardiac recording.
• Application of continuous ambulatory monitoring and event monitoring.
• Application of continuous Blood Pressure recorders and holter recorders, use a specialist range of interpretation skills to analyse result and provide reports.
• Use a specialist range of ECG skills and interpretation to analyse tapes and event recordings and provide reports. Use judgement to seek further specialist opinions where appropriate.
• Assisting and training to lead during treadmill exercise tests, cardiopulmonary exercise tests, and tilt table tests, both technician and doctor supervised.  Monitor ECG, BP and O2 during test.
• Responsible for preparing and operating cardiac defibrillator during ETT and CPET for cardioversion and emergency life support.
• Undertake further subspecialty training in the paediatric cardiac catheter lab and in MRI catheter lab, supervised reporting to support clinical team and to provide a service to other specialties.
• Ensure awareness of policies and procedures and that staff are working within them – (handling and lifting, blood spillage etc).
• Raise physiologist profile by promoting good practice initiatives within the Trust.
• Completion of BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology Degree or equivalent.
• Complete RCCP registration.
• To be trained using patient information systems, Heart suite and Echo Pac
• To undertake additional staff development and training courses agreed with the Service Manager.
• Participate in presentations and research projects.
• PILS Training.
• May be required to work cross site

Training and Development:

Attend training sessions as agreed with the Senior Chief Cardiac Physiologist.

Attend any in-house training programmes, developing knowledge on how to interpret ECGs.

Other responsibilities:

To undertake any other responsibilities commensurate with the grade and required by management.

You will be expected to participate as a member of the major incident team when required.

Equal Opportunities

Post holders must at all times fulfil their responsibilities with regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy and equality laws.

Health and Safety

All post holders have a responsibility, under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and subsequently published regulations, to ensure that the Trust’s health and safety policies and procedures are complied with to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employees.

Infection Control

All post holders have a personal obligation to act to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). They must attend mandatory training in Infection Control and be compliant with all measures required by the Trust to reduce HCAIs.  Post holders must be familiar with the Trust’s Infection Control Policies, including those that apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy, Personal Protective Equipment Policy, safe procedures for using aseptic techniques and safe disposal of sharps.

All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to be familiar with the Trust’s use of risk assessments to predict and control risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes and near misses in order to improve services. Post holders must also attend training identified by their manager, or stated by the Trust to be mandatory.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Smoking Policy

It is the Trust’s policy to promote health. Smoking, therefore, is actively discouraged. It is illegal within Trust buildings and vehicles.

Review of this Job Description

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.