Senior Chief Echocardiographer - Lead of ICC and Cardiomyopathy

Following the formal merger of the inpatient services across RBH and the Evelina London, there is a need to expand and develop the echocardiography service to address the growing needs of this large and dynamic service., Lead Congenital Cardiac Physiologist: Inherited Cardiac and Cardiomyopathy (Paediatric Echocardiography).

The post holder will lead the Inherited Cardiac Conditions and Cardiomyopathy service. Using advanced techniques for functional assessments, this post will also meet the growing requirements to manage and deliver the echocardiography service for inherited cardiac conditions and functional assessments at our trust.

The position requires a highly skilled independently reporting, qualified paediatric echocardiographer. They will perform transthoracic studies on paediatric patients with congenital heart disease to a high level and and further training and support will be provided as appropriate for the right candidate in other areas of advanced echocardiography. They will manage their own transthoracic echo lists in outpatient and inpatient settings and liaise with other health care professionals to provide reports and opinions. They will be comfortable working in acute settings as required.

The post holder carries responsibility for the management of their clinical caseload. The post holder will provide specialist professional expertise in their technical discipline and will act as an educational resource within the department.

The post holder will be encouraged to maintain CPD through attendance to courses and conferences as appropriate and further seek out training and development with specific reference to their lead role in ICC and cardiomyopathy.

This post seeks to employ an experienced echocardiographer with a high level proven experience in paedatric echocardiography and congenital heart disease. The role is for the Lead of Inherited cardiac conditions (Cardiomyopathy) and Functional assessment- so the applicant should have a strong interest in these areas and the ability to grow and develop this service.

Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is now the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world. The Paediatric Cardiology departments are working effectively as one department across two sites and there is a degree of cross-site working that occurs now as we work more closely together. Our inpatient cohort has entirely re-located to the Evelina site in Early May 2026 further increasing the collaboration between the two sites.

Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained the Evelina London Hospital a reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.

We are working in partnership with King's Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.