Senior Cardiographer

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Looking for a new position in the Cardiology field? At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we're driven by a clear mission: to deliver world-class healthcare through cutting-edge research, education, and training. Now, we're inviting a Cardiographer to join our friendly, expert team in the renowned Cardiac Rhythm Management and electrophysiology department.

Work at the forefront of cardiac diagnostics, where you'll handle a full spectrum of investigations, including ECGs and Holters. With our large cardiac rhythm management program, you'll have the chance to contribute to the care of our patients.

We are a team comprised of motivated and skillful Consultant cardiologists, Cardiac Physiologists, Associate practitioners, Cardiographers and Cardiac nurse specialists. We are looking for a caring and hard-working Band 3 Physiologist assistant or Health Care Assistant who would like to specialise in the Cardiology field.

The ideal candidate will be expected to handle 24hr ECG's, holter monitor fittings, blood pressure monitors.

While the postholder will predominantly be based at one site, cross site cover will be expected to meet service demand and for training purposes.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake a range of routine non-invasive electrocardiographic techniques and procedures carried out within the Cardiac Investigations Service.
• To perform the standard recordings, measurements and first line interpretation of the cardiological tests and procedures carried out.
• Knowing the location of resuscitation equipment and being familiar with its operation, proper use and maintenance. Ensuring that this equipment is readily available prior to commencement of each investigation or therapeutic procedure. Knowing how and when to summon the hospital resuscitation team and to co-operate with them appropriately on arrival.
• To assist the more senior Cardiac Physiology staff in organising and carrying out the daily work allocation of the Cardiac Investigations service, to ensure that the Trust's caseload commitment to its healthcare commissioners is fulfilled throughout the normal working week.
• To assist in maintaining an ordered filing and retrieval system and/or electronic computer database of Patients' physiological recordings, measurements, reports and attendance details; also helping provide basic statistical returns of activity, etc.
• To help with the maintenance of consumable stocks and replenishment of same as necessary, working within the department's budgetary and logistic constraints

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Good standard of general secondary education, literacy and numeracy
• Basic &/or Immediate Life Support trained and Certificated by Resuscitation Council, UK
• To have successfully undertaken specialist short courses in relevant clinical-technical disciplines

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of dealing with the general public in a calm, competent and professional manner, and show discretion

Desirable criteria

• Technically competent at ECG recording & interpretation, preparing Patients for exercise ECG stress testing, ambulatory monitoring hook-up, removal and Cardiac Event Recorder analysis

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to interact sensitively with a broad range of Patients and the general public
• Proven administrative abilities and computer literacy as required for routine use of clinical and Patient database systems

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of Trust's Patient information system

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 304.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)