Job Summary

The post holder will be able to perform a broad range of Cardiac Investigation procedures in the Cardiology diagnostic field to a highly competent and professional standard.

The post holder will possess a degree of specialist knowledge and skills and have experience in one or more specialist areas within Cardiac Physiology -including pacing and echocardiography.

Main duties of the job

1. Provide specialist knowledge and skills in a range of Cardiac Investigations rotating in Invasive and non-invasive Cardiology.2. To perform the diagnostic tests and interpret results to produce an accurate and comprehensive report to the required standard for each study.3. Provide advice to patients regarding outcome of clinical procedures and next steps in care pathways.4. Provide specialist advice to clinicians with regard to procedure results to enable further development of individual care plans.5. Help to provide supervision and training to junior staff and other health care professionals.6. Actively maintain a safe working environment in accordance with hospital guidelines and policies and help to ensure junior staff work to these guidelines.

About us

Trust Culture and Values

The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this our five values are that we are all:-

Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wantsSafe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation

Value each other - we all value each other's contribution

Inspiring - w e always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oBSc in Clinical Physiology.

Desirable

• oRCCP registration

Experience

Essential

• oCompetent to take responsibility in a range of complex Cardiac Physiology specialist areas.

Desirable

• oExperience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.

Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston Hospital

Galsworthy Road

Kingston

KT2 7QB

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396-5621449-RC-KL-Z