1007Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist / Clinical Scientist

The post-holder is expected to be a key and dynamic member of the Cardiac Physiology team, at the complex and advanced healthcare scientist level. They will be using their insight and knowledge to provide complex technical/scientific expertise for all areas of invasive Cardiology.

Areas of focus will include independently delivering diagnostic and complex interventional angiography, including on-call for the primary PCI service and the CRM service.

The post holder will need independent invasive technical expertise for simple and complex device implants and follow-up, both on and off site.

There is the possibility for the post holder to develop knowledge in structural work and electrophysiology procedures and take up higher level qualifications and accreditation.

The role is a scientific one and as such the post holder will be expected to have a high level of skill and autonomy, equivalent to the independence expected of a clinical scientist at band 7. The post holder will be expected to be able to carry out complex scientific and clinical investigations, working directly with patients and MDTs, to analyse, interpret and compare investigative and clinical options at a complex and advanced level, create reports, risk assess and and prioritise patient care options.

There will be some managerial responsibility within the service such as recruitment, education, information technology, e-rostering, procurement incidents investigation and deputising for departmental leads.

Knowledge of Spacelabs ECG Holter Analysis system or other analysis systems

Knowledge of Tomcat or CVIS booking systems and / or Lorenzo

Knowledge of a range of ECG and BP Monitoring Devices.

Basic Life Support

Knowledge of ECG standards e.g. SCST standards.

Evidence of organisational skills

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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