Senior Cardiac Clinical Physiologist

Job details

• Branch: Trustwide (SEHSCT)
• Location: UH, Main Building
• Salary: Band 6 (£38,682 - £46,580)
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Opening Date: 22/05/26
• Closes: Fri, 05 June 2026 @ 5:30 PM
• Interview Dates: To be confirmed

Notes

If you are submitting a manual application, please post it to: Recruitment Shared Services, Rosewood Villa, Longstone Hospital Site, 73 Loughgall Road, Armagh, BT61 7PR. Applications received after the advertised closing date/time cannot be considered, so please allow enough time for postage. “A waiting list may be created for similar posts that may arise while the waiting list is live, this may include temporary or part-time posts. This will be managed in line with the updated HSC waiting list principles effective from 1 April 2026”. Where a part-time waiting list is required, one part-time waiting list will be created- regardless of any specific hours advertised, this waiting list will cover all future vacancies where part-time posts arise. A part-time post is defined as any post that has less than 37.5 hours per week.” Please remember to save or print a copy of the job description before submitting your application, as it will not be accessible afterwards. Flexible Working We welcome flexible working requests from day one. All HSC organisations offer a range of flexible working options. The options available for this post will depend on the requirements of the role. Find out more about flexible working options on our website.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE

Senior Cardiac Clinical Physiologist

BAND

DIRECTORATE

INITIAL LOCATION

Band 6

MEDICINE, UNSCHEDULED CARE & CANCER

Ulster Hospital

REPORTS TO

Senior Chief Cardiac Clinical Physiologist

ACCOUNTABLE TO

Principal Clinical Physiologist

JOB SUMMARY

To support the Principal Clinical Physiologist in providing a patient centred, high quality, safe and efficient Cardiac Investigations service which adheres to the values of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. To perform and supervise specialised cardiac investigations including Exercise ECG testing and ambulatory monitoring, analysing and reporting investigations.

KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Delivery

To perform CP led Exercise ECG testing whilst ensuring patient safety and including interpretation of results, production of written reports and reporting significant findings to the referring physician

To analyse and report Ambulatory Holter and Event and ECG monitoring

To record and analyse Ambulatory Blood pressure monitoring

To carry out adult and paediatric resting electrocardiography

To assist during transoesophageal echocardiography as required

To assist during stress echocardiography as required

To assist in working towards meeting reporting and waiting list targets

Quality

Checking and authorising band 5 reporting, taking part positively in regular audit of team and own performance

To participate in the delivery of training to students and other health professionals

To perform investigations to the relevant professional and quality standards

To participate in research and audit as required

To maintain voluntary professional registration with the Registration Council of Clinical Physiologists or the Academy of Healthcare Science and to promote the profile of the profession and good clinical practice.

To actively participate in maintaining own continuing professional development and professional registration, identifying own development needs in conjunction with the professional lead Physiologist

To adhere to all relevant Health and Safety Policies

To adhere to all Trust and Departmental Policies and procedures

Working Relationships

To act as an exemplary role model for junior staff, treating staff and patients with dignity and respect at all times

To ensure that the department interfaces with the public, patients and other departments in a professional and productive manner

To carry out tasks, as requested by senior staff, in a competent and timely manner, feeding back on completion to maintain appropriate communication.

To communicate positively with line manager, team members and other Health Care Professionals to ensure an effective and efficient service.

To communicate effectively and appropriately with patients and service users promoting a patient-centred approach at all times.

To supervise and lead basic grade, students and cardiographers in a professional manner including leading by good example and high quality clinical practice

To participate in the department duty rota

To communicate with all groups of staff within Cardiology to ensure dissemination of information and effective links with other disciplines, wards and departments in the Trust.

Promote ideas and suggestions for improvements in care for patients attending the Cardiac Investigation Unit.

Information Management

To collate departmental statistics

First line equipment management, including evaluation and appraisal and good record keeping

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The post holder will be required to

Ensure the Organisation’s policy on equality of opportunity is promoted through his/her own actions and those of any staff for whom he/she has responsibility.

Co-operate fully with the implementation of The Organisation's Health and Safety arrangements, reporting any accidents/incidents/equipment defects to his/her manager, and maintaining a clean, uncluttered and safe environment for patients/clients, members of the public and staff.

Adhere at all times to all Trust policies/codes of conduct, including for example

Smoke Free policy

IT Security Policy and Code of Conduct

standards of attendance, appearance and behaviour

Contribute to ensuring the highest standards of environmental cleanliness within your designated area of work.

Co-operate fully with regard to Trust policies and procedures relating to infection prevention and control.

Take responsibility to minimise the Trust’s environmental impact wherever possible. This will include recycling, switching off lights, computers, monitors and equipment when not in use. Helping to reduce paper waste by minimising printing/copying and reducing water usage, reporting faults and heating/cooling concerns promptly and minimising travel.

All employees of the Organisation are legally responsible for all records held, created or used as part of their business within the South Eastern H&SC Trust including patients/clients, corporate and administrative records whether paper-based or electronic and also including emails. All such records are public records and are accessible to the general public, with limited exceptions, under the Freedom of Information act 2000 the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Employees are required to be conversant with the South Eastern H&SC Trust policy and procedures on records management and to seek advice if in doubt.

Take responsibility for his/her own ongoing learning and development, in order to maximise his/her potential and continue to meet the demands of the post.

Represent The Organisation’s commitment to providing the highest possible standard of service to patients/clients and members of the public, by treating all those with whom he/she comes into contact in the course of work, in a pleasant, courteous and respectful manner.

This Job Description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time.

It is a standard condition that all Trust staff may be required to serve at any location within The Organisation's area, as needs of the service demand.

eHealth

The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust has invested in eHealth to deliver better, faster, safer care to our community and is committed to supporting staff to utilise associated information systems that directly and indirectly inform care. Trust staff are therefore required to commit sufficient time to ensure that they acquire and/or retain the core technology skills required to support their role.

Personal and Public Involvement (PPI)

Staff members are expected to involve patients, clients, carers and the wider community were relevant, in developing, planning and delivering our services in a meaningful and effective way, as part of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to Personal and Public Involvement (PPI).

Please use the link below to access the PPI standards leaflet for further information.

http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/sites/default/files/PPI_leaflet.pdf

Oct 2024

PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION

JOB TITLE AND BAND Senior Cardiac Physiologist, Band 6

DEPARTMENT / DIRECTORATE Cardiac Investigation Unit / MEDICINE, UNSCHEDULED CARE & CANCER

SALARY Band 6

HOURS 37.5 hours

Ref No: 55686312

Notes to applicants

You must clearly demonstrate on your application form under each question, how you meet the required criteria as failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. You should clearly demonstrate this for both the essential and desirable criteria.

Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria set out in Section 1 below, using the information provided by you on your application form. Please note The Organisation reserves the right to use any desirable criteria outlined in Section 3 at shortlisting. You must clearly demonstrate on your application form how you meet the desirable criteria.

Proof of qualifications and/or professional registration will be required if an offer of employment is made – if you are unable to provide this, the offer may be withdrawn.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

SECTION 1: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will initially be measured at shortlisting stage although may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage. You should therefore make it clear on your application form whether or not you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is stated below.

Factor

Criteria

Method of Assessment

Experience

Qualifications/ Registration

BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology, Healthcare Science (Cardiology) or equivalent.

Current registration with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiology OR The Academy of Healthcare Science.

Evidence of 2 years post qualification experience as a Band 5 Cardiac Physiologist with evidence of CPD

Shortlisting by Application Form

Other

SECTION 2: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will be measured during the interview/ selection stage:

Skills / Abilities

Able to work as an effective team member

Able to communicate effectively with full staff team

Ability to problem solve

Patient centred approach

Ability to accurately report Exercise ECG tests

Dealing with difficult situations

Ability to supervise and manage small teams

Interview / Test

Knowledge

Accurate rhythm recognition

Knowledge of relevant aspects of health and safety

Interview / Test

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

SECTION 3: these will ONLY be used where it is necessary to introduce additional job related criteria to ensure files are manageable. You should therefore make it clear on your application form how you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted

Factor

Criteria

Method of Assessment

Experience

Qualifications

As part of the Recruitment & Selection process it may be necessary for The Organisation to carry out an Enhanced Disclosure Check through Access NI before any appointment to this post can be confirmed.

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Protecting and using your information

To access a copy of the Trust’s Data Protection Policy Statement SETGen482019 (5).pdf

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Successful applicants

may be required to attend for a Health Assessment

can expect to be placed at the minimum point of the pay scale, although a higher starting salary, within the range of the pay band may be available if the person appointed has experience relevant & equivalent to the post. Request for recognition of previous service with non-direct NHS/HSC organisations towards starting salary and incremental credit must be made via the Retained Recruitment team within 3 months from commencement of employment. Requests made after 3 months will not be considered.

If the successful candidate is an existing HSC employee moving to a higher band, AfC Pay on Promotion will apply.

are able to request Flexible Working from the 1st day of their employment. A number of flexible working provisions are offered by all HSC Organisations including Full-time working, Fixed working patterns, Part-time working, Flexi-time, Compressed/elongated hours, Average hours working patterns, Term-time working, Job-share or Homeworking for some or all of the working pattern, depending on the role being undertaken. Successful applicants are encouraged to discuss with their manager what Flexible Working provisions may be available in the role they are taking up, prior to commencing employment, to help them achieve a positive Work/Life Balance.

All staff are expected to display the HSC Values at all times