Clinical Physiologist (Cardiac) - Perm - London

Posted 21 June 2022
Salary Up to £58,000 depending on experience
LocationLondon
Job type Permanent
Discipline Cardiac physiologyClinical Physiology Jobs
Reference39051
Contact NameMAXXIMA PERMANENT

Job description

Maxxima’s permanent team are recruiting for a Cardiac Physiologist based in London. This is an exciting opportunity to join a private hospital with over four decades of expertise; providing the highest level of care for patients who are looking for the best treatment in key areas of healthcare, including: neurosurgery, spinal surgery, cardiac care, orthopaedics, acute neurological rehabilitation, gynaecology and cancer care.

As a Cardiac Physiologist, you will provide highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills in echocardiography and non-invasive cardiac physiological investigations and deliver expert care for patients undergoing diagnosis and treatment in the outpatient diagnostic centre.

Location: London

Employment Type: Permanent, Full time hours

Hrs: 37.5 hours per week, flexible working hours

What’s in it for you?

  • Up to £58,000 per annum depending on experience + Benefits (pension, private healthcare and excellent career development)

On a typical day you will:

  • Demonstrate highly developed knowledge and skills in a broad range of cardiological investigations especially Echocardiography
  • Perform a wide range of standard and complex or advanced procedures as requested by the clinician in at least two fields of Technical Cardiology eg. Catheter Lab, Pacing, EP, Echo, Stress testing and ambulatory monitoring and be involved in patient preparation for these tests.
  • Perform these procedures at independent practitioner level
  • Perform these procedures in a number of settings and sometimes under difficult or stressful conditions
  • Follow departmental guidelines and protocols for each procedure relevant to the post ensuring quality control regarding e.g. imaging quality in Echo, reporting methods, pacemaker reprogramming, ECG recordings.
  • Analyse and interpret real time results, which may be complex and either urgent or routine in nature, and to communicate these findings to other relevant team members and cardiologist.
  • Respond to emergencies and carry out emergency defibrillation, resuscitation, temporary external or intracardiac pacing.
  • Act autonomously to deliver appropriate and individualised patient care at all times e.g. Anticipating the need for further investigations on the basis of findings from an echocardiogram or stress test, interrogating complex diagnostic data from pacemakers and ICDs carry out reprogramming to optimise pacing/therapeutic functions and clinical outcome.

What will you need to succeed in this role?

  • Registered/accredited by the RCCP, IBHRE and/or BHRS, BSE or European Cardiovascular Imaging Accreditation would be desirable or working towards the accreditation
  • Substantial post qualification experience of working within a cardiology unit
  • Have extensive experience in pacemaker and defibrillator implant and follow-up and cardiac interventional procedures and/or non invasive cardiology tests
  • Perform a wide range of standard and complex or advanced procedures as requested by the clinician in at least two more fields of Technical Cardiology e.g. Catheter Lab, Pacing & Defib, EP, Echocardiography Stress testing and ambulatory monitoring and be involved in patient preparation for these tests.
  • Perform procedures at independent practitioner level

Unlock your potential:


If you are looking for a new exciting challenge working for a leading private hospital group based in the heart of London - please apply today

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Reasonable adjustments

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