Advanced Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiographer)

We are seeking a highly motivated cardiac physiologist specialising in echocardiography to join our friendly and dynamic team providing high standards of care and support to patients in Hywel Dda University Health Board.

Our echo services deliver both transthoracic echocardiography and complex echocardiography techniques such as transoesophageal echo and contrast echo. Departments seek to develop the use of 3D echo, incorporating this into routine studies.

The work schedule is varied, providing services to inpatients, outpatients. In the future we are hoping to develop dobutamine stress echo and a valve surveillance clinic. We are passionate about training of our future echocardiographers and medical training grades. We also offer a comprehensive range of invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations including pacemaker services, exercise testing and ambulatory monitoring.

Applicants must have BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent and BSE accreditation or equivalent. They should be competent to independently perform and report echocardiograms.

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres