# Specialist Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiography) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-cardiac-physiologist-echocardiography/11221b35-b4f9-4af8-b350-351b3442ff2f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-cardiac-physiologist-echocardiography/11221b35-b4f9-4af8-b350-351b3442ff2f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Southampton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-08T11:42:24.414Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8140513 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8140513?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for a detailed job description of the role. ### Main duties of the job We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and conscientious Specialist Cardiac Physiologist to join our echocardiography team. This role will provide you with valuable opportunities to develop skills in transthoracic echocardiography. If not already BSE-accredited, once you have gained accreditation and further experience to embed your skills, it will be possible to develop further in areas such as contrast echocardiography and physiologist-led services. You will be a part of making a measurable difference to echocardiography delivery across the organisation and for our cardiology patients. We are a friendly, vibrant and diverse BSE-accredited department, collectively performing around 40,000 echocardiograms each year on all ages. Our team are involved in a wide range of specialist services including congenital and paediatric echocardiography, TOE, stress echo, and physiologist-led clinics. We pride ourselves on actively supporting continual professional development through educational and mentoring sessions, regular MDT-style teaching meetings, and supporting external course attendance. Our department operates Monday to Saturday. Full time staff work 4 days per week. You will be involved in Saturday and bank holiday working on a rotational basis. You will be required to work at some of our satellite clinics on occasion, such as at our Community Diagnostic Centre at the Royal South Hants Hospital. The Trust may offer a recruitment and retention premium for this role. For more information please contact the recruitment team, or Alistair Harris. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are looking for: 1. Good echocardiography skills including ability to thoroughly assess a range of pathology. 2. Excellent teamwork skills and ability to collaborate with a large and diverse team.  3. Excellent patient manner. ## Person Specification ### Trust Values **Essential** - Patients First - Always Improving - Working Together ### Qualifications, knowledge and experience **Essential** - BSc in Clinical Physiology - Immediate Life Support qualified - Broad knowledge of a wide range of tests and techniques performed by Cardiac Physiologists - Consolidated post qualification experience in a technical role within a cardiology department (providing evidence of competency achievement) - Good understanding of the overall service requirements and of own role in the maintenance of an efficient service - Able to work towards participation with an on-call roster OR Saturday/Bank Holiday working - Awareness of the boundaries in which to operate with an appreciation of own limitations. - Excellent patient manner and communication, to create a relaxed environment in order to obtain the best quality results from any test performed - To perform tests with an appreciation of individual patient needs, age, clinical condition, emotional state and cultural differences - Able to analyse tests, assessing test results against acceptability criteria - Dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skills for use of diagnostic equipment **Desirable** - Working towards relevant professional accreditation - Working toward or having RCCP voluntary registration - Some experience in teaching and training ## Documents - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 648.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10439135) ## 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.