Senior Healthcare Scientist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Healthcare Scientist to join our established team of Healthcare Scientists at UHNM.

Main duties of the job

This role will involve contributing to the wider band 6 duties in the department including, heamodynamic monitoring during cardiac catheterisation for both elective & emergency procedures. The successful candidate will also be expected to lead exercise tests, head up tilt table tests & provide advanced arrhythmia analysis for implantable loop recorders, holter monitors (3 & 12 lead), event recorder devices & 12 lead ECG. Additionally, there is an expectation that the successful candidate will support the departmental on call service for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. There will  be opportunities for the right candidate to advance their skills in either cardiac rhythm management or echocardiography. The echocardiography department provides c24,000 studies per year. There are well established physiologist led services within echo,  including stress echo, TOE, Contrast, Herceptin Clinics and Heart valve surveillance clinics.  The pacing and EP services provide complex and simple device implant and follow-up and a full range of EP studies including complex 3D mapping.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.