Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist Clinical Scientist Invasive

The job has a long-term R&R agreement of 10% rising to 12.5% after 3 years.

This is a healthcare science role, within the Cardiac Physiology Team, and the post holder will be expected to have the skills, autonomy and experience equivalent to the Band 7 level. This includes the experience and knowledge to provide advanced level technical scientific expertise for all areas of invasive cardiology and occasionally non-invasive work as well.

Areas of focus will include independently delivering diagnostic and complex interventional angiography, including on-call for the primary PCI service and the CRM service.

The post holder will need independent invasive technical expertise for complex pacing implants and follow-up (CRT-P, ICD and CRT-D), both on and off site

Independent cover of structural and valvular cardiology such as ASD closures and TAVI would be desirable in this post.

There is the possibility for the post holder to develop knowledge in electrophysiology procedures (EP), including 3D mapping using the latest technologies and software.

The post holder will communicate and work with a multidisciplinary professional team. They will initiate and undertake innovation, improvement and research and be involved in the education of healthcare science trainees and other learners in the workplace and they will contribute to the educational needs of the team, delivering training, mentorship and educational support, as well as actively participating in the training and sign off of STPs and PTPs., As a senior member of the team, the post-holder will also be expected to be an independent decision maker, responsible and accountable and able to support the Lead Cardiac Physiologists in their absence in managing the work of the Cardiac Physiology Service.

The post-holder will be expected to maintain the patient at the centre of all their decision-making processes, conforming to all of the NHS constitution pledges. They will need to behave with integrity, honest and probity, with good scientific practice as their foundation.

The post holder will be expected to take on an area of managerial responsibility within the service such as recruitment, human resource matters, education, information technology, e-rostering, procurement, SOP or datix incident issues

There is an oncall commitment with this role.

There will be an expectation for patient centred care in line with Trust values of compassion, collaboration, and excellence.

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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