ECG Associate Practitioner Holter Analysis

The post holder is expected to provide foundation cardiac physiology services for a range of non-complex tests in the ECG Department.

The main area of focus will be providing skilled ECG Holter Analysis for our Cardiology diagnostic testing services, interpreting ECG recordings and creating reports for a wide range of clinicians in the Trust.

There will be occasional requirements for helping with patient care, advice and assisting with other ECG services. This includes doing ECGs, fitting blood pressure and Holter monitoring, including the setting up and initiating of cardiac recording devices, as well as enabling results to be transferred to other systems for analysis.

The post holder will also be expected to help ensure the ECG Team equipment is logged, cleaned and kept to a high standard.

Overall, the post holder should expect to be providing a high quality, patient focused comprehensive Holter analysis service within Cardiac Physiology., The ECG Associate Practitioner role is a skilled foundation clinical role within our healthcare science department. The post holder will use their ECG interpretation skills and knowledge. The majority of the workload will consist of downloading, analysing, interpreting and reporting on a range of ECG recording tests, from 24hr to 30-day recordings, on both inpatients and outpatients. The post holder will be expected to have or working towards a qualification, such as ECG diploma.

The post holder will be expected to make simple clinical judgements on the Holters they report on, to determine risk level for the patients and follow departmental escalation policies, to prioritise patient care and safety.

Clinical work will also sometimes be carried out directly with patients. The post holder will perform, analyse, interpret and compare simple foundation investigative and clinical options, received in routine and occasionally in non-routine ways e.g. ECG or Holter tests on wards and outpatients. The post holder can expect to be following local proformas, workflows and guidelines for patient management, acquired through formal in-house training. Work will need to be prioritised and escalated in line with department guidance.

The post holder will have opportunities for personal development and training for the post and will be expected to engage fully with the inhouse competences and training program. assist with stock control, training, research patients and rota.

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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