Specialised Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiography

Main area Cardiac Physiology Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (fixed 12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The hours will be used to support the 7 day echo service provision with flexible working pattern.) Job
-NMUH-7625933

Employer Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site North Middlesex Hospital Town London Salary £53,751 - £60,651 Per Annum Inclusive of Outer HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 23/02/2026 23:59

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

The candidate will participate in delivering the echo service with the cardiology department. The individual will work alongside the team of 7 other BSE echocardiographers, 2 trainees , 3 imaging consultants and with the wider cardiac physiology team to perform transthoracic echocardiograms as well as assist with stress and transoesophageal echocardiograms. As a teaching hospital the successful candidate will be expected to support our trainee echocardiographers to achieve their BSE accreditation.

The echo service is open 8am to 6pm on weekdays and also provide inpatient/outpatient weekend service. The individual will be expected to participate in this comprehensive service and flexible working pattern will be considered.

• Personally perform and report echocardiograms to a high standard, meeting BSE guidelines and departmental local standards.
• Work alongside the lead cardiac physiologist to provide structured training to junior cardiac physiologists and doctors with a view to their subsequent BSE accreditation.
• Maintain own BSE accreditation by ensuring appropriate CPD is up to date and course requests highlighted to the Head of Department in a timely manner.
• To provide an efficient running of the technical service by prioritising daily workloads.
• To maintain standards of technical competency in the provision of non-invasive, technical cardiac procedures.
• Remain up to date with current evidence in echocardiography.
• Ensures that all echo studies are accurately recorded in our reporting system and outcome appropriately on the patient electronic record.
• Ensure smooth running of outpatient echo clinics so that patients are seen on time and receive a high quality of care.
• To jointly oversee the day to day running of the echo service, ensuring that all equipment is operational, clean and that stock levels are adequate.
• Support inpatient ward echo service including portable echoes and urgent/emergency service to intensive and acute care units.

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