[Hiring] Advanced Healthcare Scientist @University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Role Description

This is a very exciting time for our Cardiology Department. We have been fortunate to secure and complete a full departmental rebuild and refurbishment as part of a multi-million-pound investment in redevelopment across the whole hospital, establishing us as the largest and most modern NHS Hospital in the Southwest.

We are also part of the Plymouth Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC) offering:

• 4 echo rooms
• Device follow-up
• ECG/ambulatory monitoring
• An array of other diagnostics

We are currently starting to work towards a physiologist-led valve service and looking to expand our echocardiography service with a focus on patient pathway improvement, welcoming all forward-thinking and innovative ideas/solutions.

As the tertiary hospital and cardio-thoracic centre for the Southwest, we provide a full range of non-invasive and invasive procedures, including a large congenital non-invasive service. We work closely with surgical teams performing structural interventions and ablations. As a teaching hospital, we have close links with the local university with PTP and PGCert students.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

• Act as a specialist advanced reporting echocardiographer (sonographer).
• Develop the Echocardiography services with the Imaging Cardiologists, Lead Cardiac Physiologists, and Service line manager with an emphasis on Physiologist led services.
• Provide a leadership role for the Echocardiography team performing staff supervision, training, and appraisals.
• Update existing and create new local policies, procedures, and guidelines promoting best clinical practice.
• Use highly developed specialist knowledge and practical experience to provide complex clinical investigations for the provision of cardiac services.
• Act as a source of expert advice and knowledge for others involved in difficult diagnostic and treatment scenarios.
• Undertake routine and complex diagnostic cardiac investigations and interpret results to provide accurate clinical reports that can be clearly understood.
• Take an active part in promoting a culture of continuing CPD.

Qualifications

• Highly competent in performing a broad range of routine and complex Cardiac Physiology clinical-technical procedures/techniques.
• Advanced practitioner in at least one specialist field.

Requirements

• Proactive role in developing and providing organized and efficient clinical-technical input to the diagnostic investigations and therapeutic services of the department.
• Manage the maintenance of standards and quality in the clinical-technical Cardiac Physiology services.
• Train trainees, junior staff, and peers in specialist areas.
• Foster and develop good working relationships through adequate, timely, and appropriate communication.
• Participate in providing the out-of-hours emergency Cardiac Physiology clinical-technical service to achieve 24-hour/7-day/365-days cover.

Benefits

• Opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment.
• Work-life balance considerations for less than full-time/flexible working requests.
• Inclusive workplace and hospital culture.