Band 6 Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

We are looking for Cardiac Physiologists to join our friendly but very busy department at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, which is part of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. The successful candidate will be a newly qualified PTP/STP graduate, or a Cardiac Physiologist wishing to progress further.

The department incorporates a broad range of procedures, both routine and complex. The successful candidates will join our busy but very friendly team and work in a variety of areas with the department including our newly refurbished Cardiac Cath Labs. Our Cath Labs are extremely busy and perform close to 2000 angioplasty procedures a year. We work closely with our Industry partner Medtronic who provide a managed equipment service in relation to the consumables and equipment in the Cath Labs. The Birmingham Heartlands Hospital was awarded 97 million pounds to build a state of the art Ambulatory Care and Diagnostics centre which opened in January 2023.

If you are patient focussed, enthusiastic and highly motivated with the drive to develop yourself and others within a forward thinking, progressive environment where improvement and innovation are the norm, then we'd like to hear from you.

Although you will primarily be based at the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, cross-site working may be required. Participation in the Cath Lab on-call rota will be a requirement.

Main duties of the job

1.Perform specialised Cardiac Physiology investigations and interventions including:

2.Advanced physiological testing during pacemaker, CRT-P and ICD/CRT-D implantation and follow-up with analysis of complex data and diagnostic information. Prescription and evaluation of device therapy and programming ensuring individualised device optimisation.

Additionally, perform a broad range of clinical investigations undertaken within the Cardiac Physiology Service including, but not limited to

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.