Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist – Echocardiography inGuildford inGuildford PUBLISHED 23 OCT 2024

Band 7 Cardiac Physiologist - Echo - £45753-52067 per annum inclusive of Higher Cost Supplement area and plus R&R 18% of Basic Salary.

We are seeking a suitably qualified Cardiac Physiologist / Echocardiographer to join our team at the Royal Surrey County Hospital for the Milford Community Hospital site and Royal Surrey County Hospital.

The Cardiology Business Unit provides a full invasive and non-invasive cardiac service including cardiac catheterisation. The department also offers physiologist-led exercise testing, 24 hour ECG and BP monitoring and event recording. We have a busy Pacemaker/ICD implant and follow-up service; we are the leading implant centre in Surrey for ICDs and CRTs.

In terms of echocardiography, the department currently performs around 12000-14000 routine echoes annually and around 1000 advance echoes such as Stress, Contrast and TOE.

BSE accreditation in adult Echocardiography is essential (or equivalent such as EACVI). Applicants will have a BSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent and at least 1 year post BSE qualification experience in Transthoracic Echocardiography.

JOB SUMMARY

? To be BSE accredited and undertake, supervise and teach at high level TTEs? To assist with TOE, Bubble Studies and Stress Echo's? To develop the complex echo service and improve management of complex echolists within the department? To maintain a progressive learning environment and ensure the development of allmembers within the echo department? To assist in achieving BSE departmental accreditation? To deputise for the head of departments and take on management and leadershipresponsibility in partnership with the departmental head as well as day to day runningof clinics and equipment? Paediatric echo is regularly performed at the

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Attend endoscopy and appropriate surgical and oncological outpatient clinics to facilitate the identification of those patients with cancers of the HPB . Facilitate and act as resource/support at the patients point of diagnosis and may have to frequently contribute in discussing terminal illness/poor prognostic disease.

Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings, both in the Royal Surrey County Hospital and any appropriate satellite sites to ensure optimal patient management.

Ensure the provision of support both written and verbal for patients with cancers of the HPB enabling them to make informed choices and decisions at different stages of their cancer journey.

Provide patients with cancers of the HPB , their carers and primary care givers with a contact within the Royal Surrey County Hospital to help coordinate their care appropriately and offer specialist advice regarding their treatment/condition.

Act as a role model on the wards and within the clinic setting, facilitating the identification of the patients physical, social, psychological and spiritual needs and working with the multi-professional team to plan how these needs can be met. Use specialist knowledge to assess and interpret complex complications/conditions relating to HPB Cancers and instigate appropriate actions.

To work in partnership with other members of the health care services both in primary and secondary care to enhance patient choice about their care and treatment.

Able to work autonomously without supervision, managing caseload, providing patient focused, specialist care to complement the multi-disciplinary team. Whilst also working within team settings.

Stay updated with trust procedures and policies to enable hands on participation in patient care.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patients with HPB cancers.

To ensure the use of evidenced based practice when caring for patients with cancer of the HPB .

Identify areas where other nurse led initiatives could improve patient experience.

To support the patient and their relatives through diagnosis, treatment and relapse.

To work closely with the Palliative Care Team within the Cancer Unit and in the Community to provide expert care for patients with HPB cancers.

To raise awareness throughout the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust of the role of the HPB cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist.

To participate in the clinical governance process within the Trust and develop and manage a clinical risk management framework for HPB services.

To network with other site specific/cancer care Clinical Nurse Specialists in the Trust.

To link with HPB Clinical Nurse Specialists within the Cancer Network and act as tertiary link to ensure effective and timely management of patients treatment.

Develop links with Clinical Nurse Specialists from all referring hospitals within the expanding catchment areas, to aid more effective communication.

In conjunction with other members of the multi-disciplinary team develop Trust wide guidelines, protocols and identified pathways of care for the management of HPB cancers leading to the evaluation of multi-disciplinary care and the Clinical Nurse Specialist role.

Participate in the Service Review process and help implement changes and recommendations with the Cancer Services,

To participate in departmental audit projects, utilising results and outcomes to improve services including patient satisfaction studies.

Maintain and develop the database of all patients with HPB cancer, working in conjunction with the audit collector.

Participate in benchmarking both locally and nationally