Job summary

In conjunction with and supported by the Designated Training Officer, the Trainee Echocardiographer will be responsible for their own progression through the training programme, completing a mixture of work based competence and experience in NHS scientific departments, completing the learning outcomes as outlined in the Curriculum Library, undertaking the complementary academic Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Echocardiography and preparing for and completing the BSE Transthoracic Accreditation process.

Main duties of the job

The trainee will undertake a full training programme in order to progress through the academic and practical elements of the training scheme. In so doing they will learn how to perform and interpret clinical and specialist scientific processes underpinned by theoretical and applied knowledge and practical experience. Please see JD for more information.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Job description

Job responsibilities

Scientific and Clinical Practice

• Undertake a range of clinical and scientific investigations as appropriate to the role.
  
• Acquire and maintain a high level of professional competence in the performance of all tests, investigations and measurements carried out.
  
• Interpret and act upon results of tests, investigations and measurements in accordance with departmental policies, procedures and quality systems.
  
• Comment and advise on new proposals and protocols, especially for service improvements.
  
• Assist in the provision of advice to medical, nursing and other healthcare staff on the optimal and safe use of scientific procedures and highly complex equipment, including assisting in the design of new facilities.
  
• Assist with the procurement, acceptance and use of medical devices and consumables.
  
• Be responsible for the safe use of complex scientific and medical equipment, including recording all maintenance and calibration procedures performed and any corrective actions undertaken.
  
• Use reagents, consumables, hazardous materials and equipment safely and in accordance with Health and Safety policies.
  
• Participate in risk management procedures including risk assessment and the investigation and reporting of adverse incidents.
  
• Participate in internal and external audit processes and quality systems.
  
• Undertake R&D within the department as an integral part of training and acquire relevant skills to undertake clinical audit.
  
• Assist with supervision and training of support staff, students and new appointees, and participate in departmental seminars and scientific meetings to disseminate knowledge acquired through study or research.

Education and Learning

• Successfully complete the training and assessment programme in conjunction with the local Training Coordinator and designated Academic institution to achieve certified competence awarded by the BSE.
  
• Undertake suitable training within the host department and other placements to successfully acquire core competencies and thereafter maintain the required standards of competence when undertaking duties.

• Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including appraisal, supervision, academic course and problem based learning and maintaining a personal portfolio of learning.

• Ensure that own learning needs, identified with the Training officer and reflecting the requirements of the curriculum, are met.
  
• Retain sufficient flexibility and adaptability in learning in order to ensure full contribution to improving services in response to changing health care needs.
  
• Maintain knowledge of recent scientific developments and undertake supplementary training to develop both knowledge and skills.
  
• Attend mandatory training (both vocational and academic) as required.
  
• Participate in internal and external assessment processes.

Person Specification

Specific Competencies

Essential

• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
• Analytical and computer skills, procedure writing.
• Ability to work under pressure and as part of a team.

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