Echocardiographer

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and proficient individual who is trained within the field of Echocardiography and holds up to date BSE accredited in Adult TTE.

The successful candidate will be employed on at Band 7 and will be expected to complete internal departmental competencies.

This is an unrivalled opportunity to work at the leading edge of cardiac technology and patient care in a dynamic and innovative environment. Working with state-of-the-art echocardiographic equipment in a fully digital lab you will have the opportunity to work in all aspects of echocardiography, including 3D, in one of the North's leading cardiac centres.

The department offers a range of imaging procedures/clinics such as Transthoracic, TOE, DSE, Dedicated Oncology Monitoring Clinic and CRT optimisation.

As a leading tertiary centre, we offer and encourage extended roles at present these are within Research and Audit. Echocardiographers are supported through the clinical skills assessment course for the Physiologist lead valve clinics, They provide image support within our well established Structural Heart disease program (TAVI and Paravalvular closure ). Along with Physiologist led TOE and Exercise Echo.

Due to the departments infrastructure the successful candidate will also be expected to become competent to rotate through cardiac Cath labs, PPCI, TAVI, CRM device implants and to participate in the Cath lab on call service., Perform echocardiograms on both inpatients and outpatients to a high standard, at all trust sitesProvide clear and accurate reports on echocardiograms.Ensure that reports generated by non-specialist cardiac physiologists and cardiology registrars are comprehensive, clear and accurate.Play an active role in the supervision and training of medical and technical staff in all areas of echocardiography.To join with our imaging cardiologists and Operational lead in echography in developing high quality echocardiography across the trust.Extended role development - contrast and stress echocardiography, TOE,CRT, 3D, simple SCHD and specialist valve clinics, specialist cath lab support for TAVI and structural heart disease procedures with possible development into MRI, Physiology lead TOE and Paediatric clinics.To facilitate training and accreditation of technical and trainee medical staff to contribute significantly to regular echo review meetings.To drive a high-quality service across the
trusts hospitals by developing scanning and reporting to a standard templateTo ensure systems, processes and equipment are adequate and commensurate with the work of a high-quality service.Liaise with other physiologists to facilitate a seamless programme of care to patients and service to medical staff.competent to rotate through cardiac Cath labs, PPCI, TAVI, CRM device implants and to participate in the Cath lab on call service

The Echocardiography Unit is a large busy department split across 2 sites, the James Cook University Hospital and the Friarage. In addition, we work at number of external community clinics.

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a large tertiary referral centre for cardiothoracic services. There are 17 Cardiologists (2 based within the Cardiology Unit at the Friarage) 7 Surgeons,35 Cardiac Physiologists and 20 support staff across two sites providing an efficient and high-quality service to patients. We currently have (8) dedicated echo rooms within the Trust, 2 of which are designed to perform stress and exercise echocardiography.

The departments on both sites are equipped with state-of-the-art technology which allows us to take both secondary and tertiary referrals. Additional services provided by the units include cardiac rhythm management device follow up along with a full range of non-invasive cardiology diagnostics including ECGs, ambulatory ECG, BP and extended ECG monitoring, exercise tolerance tests and rapid access chest pain clinic.