Interviews to be held 03/04/2025
An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist to join our cardio-respiratory team at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
We are an enthusiastic, friendly, motivated team who put the care of patients first. The Cardiology Department provides a range of sevices including cardiac ultrasound (TTE, contrast, stress and TOE), CIED implantation and follow-up, angiography, electrocardiography including ambulatory and exercise testing, spirometry, full lung function testing and CPEX services.
We are a forward thinking department that strives for excellence in all that we do. We provide a lot of training opportunities for staff and regularly host 6 university PTP students annually.
The department is seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated, suitably qualified physiologist to join our cardiac ultrasound team.
You main duties include:
Providing independent specialist support to the Cardiac Ultrasound Service in transthoracic, stress and transoesophageal echocardiography.
Maintaining a high standard of cardiac ultrasound competency and patient care at all times.
Maintaining post graduate level accreditation in cardiac ultrasound, such as British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) accreditation.
Triage of echo referrals and advise staff on appropriateness, urgency and prioritisation of testing.
Developing any specialised areas of interest in cardiac ultrasound.
Participating in clinical audit and research.
To provide multi disciplinary training across professional boundaries to a range of staff including physiologists, nurses, medical staff, and others.
Providing mentoring/WBA for staff and students.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.