Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist / Clinical Scientist

Exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to work within the Cardiorespiratory department of York Hospital and the community diagnostic centres (CDC) of Selby and Askham Bar, performing transthoracic echocardiography, stress echocardiograms, transoesophageal echocardiography and supporting junior staff / training / mentoring. Managing the echocardiography service collaboratively with colleagues. The department within York Hospital delivers inpatient and outpatient echocardiography, consultant led stress echocardiography, scientist led stress echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography and scientist led valve clinics The CDC provides free parking and excellent facilities in this community setting. The post is fixed term/secondment to cover maternity. Please ensure you have the permission of your current line manager if you are an internal applicant applying on a secondment basis.Main duties of the job Provides highly complex, specialist Cardio-Respiratory service to patients from a range of specialties suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders. Responsible for the provision, audit and quality of a specialist area of Cardio-Respiratory Physiology, Cardiac Ultrasound. Responsible for the development and training of Clinical Physiologists (Cardio-Respiratory) within the cardiac ultrasound area. Undertakes interpretation of results and provision of reports. Works collaboratively on a day-to-day basis with others to ensure that service needs are met. Provides advice to clinicians. Performs transthoracic echocardiography.

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.