Cardiac Services Manager / Principal Cardiac Physiologist

Description

Cardiac Services Manager / Principal Cardiac Physiologist

Duchy Hospital, Truro

Full Time - Hours

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Cardiac Physiologist to be part of the amazing ‘Team Duchy’ and to further the development of the elective cardiology service at the Duchy Hospital with a cardiac cath lab that is about to be fully refurbished with state-of-the-art facilities enabling additional services.

The cardiology service currently provides a range of outpatient clinics, diagnostic testing for both in-patients and outpatients, and our lab offers a range of procedures including elective angiography, PCI, device implantation, Cardioversion and Transoesophageal echocardiography. The lab is about to be fully refurbished which will allow further development of the range of PCI procedures to include Rotablation and shockwave.

The successful candidate should be an experienced cardiac physiologist able to perform a full range of non-invasive and invasive investigations, preferably able to work both in the lab and delivering their own outpatient clinics ideally for echo, treadmills, running a holter device clinic and pacemaker FU including ILR, CRT, ICD and brady devices. Professional accreditation with BSE and / or HRUK / IBHRE is a necessity for the role. Suitable applicants must have the ability to work under pressure and be able to effectively manage the team as well as working as a part of that team. They should be able to demonstrate previous management experience including managing a team of staff, managing clinical activity, and communication across disciplines including consultants. They will show a willingness to learn to further develop their knowledge and skills.

We are looking for an expert with a high level of professional and clinical knowledge acquired through formal training / experience with invasive procedures.

Main duties of the job

• The role of Principal Cardiac Physiologist will include daily management of the Cardiology Service including dealing with patient issues, supporting the non-clinical support staff in booking and arranging appointments, managing capacity and demand, ordering stock and invoicing receipting high cost consumables, dealing with Consultant queries and supporting the clinical members of the team.
• To participate in the provision of the technical invasive cardiology service and assist during the full range of cardiac procedures undertaken within the outpatient setting and the angiography suite.

What You'll Get