Specialised Cardiology Physiologist​/Clinical Scientist

The role of Specialised Cardiology Physiologist/ Clinical Scientist is to provide a high quality, patient focused, efficient Cardiac Physiology service within Wye Valley NHSTrust., The post holder will have a high level of sensitive and effective communication skills with patients, their relatives and carers, staff and colleagues in the multidisciplinary team as required to fulfil the duties of the post particularly in critical clinical situations.

To work as an independent practitioner of the Cardiology team

To be BSE accredited, able to perform and report own echocardiograms and to amend and validate junior physiologists echocardiogram reports (or be working towards)

To provide a highly specialised technical service in all aspects of Echocardiography and carry out the full range of techniques currently in use including transthoracic and transoesophageal echo, tissue doppler and strain rate imaging.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential".

Our values
-Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.