• Job Description

  Req#: C9298-CRS-278?language=en&page=968&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Due to expanding services, Leeds has an exciting opportunity to recruit a number of Specialist Cardiac Physiologists to join our friendly Healthcare Scientist team.We are looking for people who enjoy working with others, motivated to learn new skills and provide the best care to our patients. We welcome applications from those seeking both full and part time work and can offer flexible working and condensed hoursys to support a work life balance. The role of a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist is exciting and varied. This role should appeal to those wanting to enjoy the offerings of a renowned NSHCS accredited tertiary cardiac centre. Applicants should hold BHRS accreditation or be practically competent in either Bradycardia Pacing or Simple Electrophysiology, working towards their BHRS accreditation.

  In addition, you will have the opportunity to rotate and learn new/maintain skills across the wider invasive and non-invasive department as well as offer support to students, trainees and junior members of the team.Although a large centre, Leeds is committed to supporting individual development and we offer a vast amount of CPD opportunities to allow you to reach your goals.You should be AHCS/HCPC registered or able to secure registration within 6 months of starting. If you have questions or would like to meet the team then please contact Phil Durkin Invasive Clinical Service Manager p.durkin1@nhs.net

  Main duties of the job

  The successful applicants will perform Bradycardia Pacing; implants and follow up, writing factual reports to BHRS standard, they will also be rotating in device remote clinics, interventional labs (PCI, Adult Congenital & Paediatric) and dependant on specialism of interest (CRM or EP) upskill in more advanced areas of their specialism (E.G Specialist Device Clinics, or Complex EP procedures). Leeds champions development and has increasing physiologist led services, such as Combined Heart Failure & Devices Clinic, Box Change MDT Clinics, Physiologist Led ILR Implants / Explant

  The successful applicants will join the on call rota for Primary PCI (1 in 15). As specialists you will work closely with students, trainees and junior members and contribute to their continued education.

  Successful applicants will work as part of a team to contribute to high quality and efficient services. We promote autonomous practice but support is always available from highly specialist and consultant colleagues. The department has a monthly governance and audit meeting where training is provided to keep up to date with any new equipment and technology.

  Shortlisting date:

  4th July

  Planned Interview date: 17th July

  About us

  Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.

  At Cardio-Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

  Patient-centred

  Collaborative

  Fair

  Accountable

  Empowered

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

  Details

  Date posted

  13 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £37,338 to £44,962 a year Pay award pending in August

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  C9298-CRS-278

  Job locations

  Leeds General Infirmary

  Great George Street

  Leeds

  LS1 3EX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  Clinical Duties

  To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspect of work, including the management of patients in your care.

  To undertake routine assessment of inpatients and outpatients prior to a range of cardiac investigations to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation.

  Participates in the on-call rota (7day/24hour) for acute emergencies in the Cardiac Catheter Lab and/or for those with implantable cardiac devices and performs clinical duties out of hours. This requires a high level of autonomy, often giving advice to medical staff with limited specialist knowledge thus directly influencing patient care/outcomes.

  Routinely undertakes assessment of both inpatients and outpatients prior to a range of cardiac investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation.

  Provides clinical technical advice to patients, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team both within and outside the cardiology department.

  Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by the clinical management team.

  Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental Standard Operating Procedures and codes of practice.

  Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team and trust-wide staff to ensure the best possible care for patients by using negotiating, reassurance and persuasiveness skills.

  Communicates information about routine and complex cardiac investigations to patients and relatives/carers including children and those with learning and/or physical disabilities.

  Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive technical equipment which processes, creates, updates and stores information.

  Carries out a broad range of fundamental and complex cardiac investigations and following analysis and interpretation of physiological data, provides accurate and factual reports.

  Clinical investigations would be dependent on the applicants skill set and area of clinical focus and may include but are not limited to:

  - Advanced ECG assessments/calculations

  - Ambulatory and remote monitoring analysis

  - Cardiac angiography/intervention and heamodynamic assessment, both adult and paediatric

  - Cardiac ultrasound imaging

  - Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise (CPX)

  - Electrophysiology studies

  - Permanent Pacemaker (PPM) and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) implantations

  - Physiologist led PPM and ICD follow-up

  - Physiologist led and medically supervised exercise testing

  - Temporary pacemaker insertions

  - Therapeutic radiofrequency ablations

  - Tilt testing

  This does not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments.

  Demonstrates personal duty of care for safe use of expensive and highly complex equipment and reports equipment faults in accordance with departmental policy.

  Maintains stock levels of consumable items and for day to day security of expensive equipment e.g. implantable devices.

  Professional

  Maintain professional registration; RCCP, AHCS, HCPC.

  Responsible for maintaining own technical competencies in clinical areas including achieving professional exams/membership appropriate to clinical area, e.g. BHRS, BSE etc.

  Experience and knowledge of specialist cardiac investigations and techniques at postgraduate level.

  Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to the appropriate responsible clinical service manager.

  Expected to undertake informal training by means of periodic in-house assessments.

  Responsible for formal mentorship and input into coordination of training of designated junior staff and students.

  Be an active member of the departmental clinical governance meetings and in-service training programme by attendance at, and participation in, in-service training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review.

  Undertakes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Personal Development Plan (PDP) as developed with Line Manager.

  Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings.

  Maintains and develops current knowledge of evidence based practice in each clinical area.

  Frequently undertakes collection of data for use in audit, research projects and equipment testing.

  Regularly provides training in fundamental cardiac techniques to Trainee Cardiac Physiologists and junior staff members.

  Organisational

  Demonstrates the ability to prioritise and organise the clinical caseload within a designated area of cardiology.

  Effort

  Required to exert moderate physical effort. Frequent transferring of patients and equipment on both trolleys and wheelchairs.

  There is a frequent requirement for prolonged, but often predictable, periods of concentration.

  Frequent exposure to highly distressing situations, e.g. cardiac arrests during rescue coronary intervention while the patient is having a heart attack.

  Frequent exposure to highly emotional circumstances, e.g. catheterisation of small babies who will inevitably die due to the nature of their congenital heart defects or disabling cardiac devices of the terminally ill in whom lifesaving treatment has agreed to been withdrawn.

  Requires a high level of manual dexterity and good hand to eye coordination in order to ensure the accurate application of a range of diagnostic tools.

  Requires a high level of sensory coordination in order to immediately recognise life threatening physiological signs and then respond appropriately.

  To comply with the Trusts manual handling policy at all times.

  Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular daily basis, e.g. bodily fluids including blood, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas and lice.

  Occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression.

  Deals sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  Clinical Duties

  To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspect of work, including the management of patients in your care.

  To undertake routine assessment of inpatients and outpatients prior to a range of cardiac investigations to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation.

  Participates in the on-call rota (7day/24hour) for acute emergencies in the Cardiac Catheter Lab and/or for those with implantable cardiac devices and performs clinical duties out of hours. This requires a high level of autonomy, often giving advice to medical staff with limited specialist knowledge thus directly influencing patient care/outcomes.

  Routinely undertakes assessment of both inpatients and outpatients prior to a range of cardiac investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation.

  Provides clinical technical advice to patients, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team both within and outside the cardiology department.

  Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by the clinical management team.

  Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental Standard Operating Procedures and codes of practice.

  Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team and trust-wide staff to ensure the best possible care for patients by using negotiating, reassurance and persuasiveness skills.

  Communicates information about routine and complex cardiac investigations to patients and relatives/carers including children and those with learning and/or physical disabilities.

  Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive technical equipment which processes, creates, updates and stores information.

  Carries out a broad range of fundamental and complex cardiac investigations and following analysis and interpretation of physiological data, provides accurate and factual reports.

  Clinical investigations would be dependent on the applicants skill set and area of clinical focus and may include but are not limited to:

  - Advanced ECG assessments/calculations

  - Ambulatory and remote monitoring analysis

  - Cardiac angiography/intervention and heamodynamic assessment, both adult and paediatric

  - Cardiac ultrasound imaging

  - Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise (CPX)

  - Electrophysiology studies

  - Permanent Pacemaker (PPM) and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) implantations

  - Physiologist led PPM and ICD follow-up

  - Physiologist led and medically supervised exercise testing

  - Temporary pacemaker insertions

  - Therapeutic radiofrequency ablations

  - Tilt testing

  This does not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments.

  Demonstrates personal duty of care for safe use of expensive and highly complex equipment and reports equipment faults in accordance with departmental policy.

  Maintains stock levels of consumable items and for day to day security of expensive equipment e.g. implantable devices.

  Professional

  Maintain professional registration; RCCP, AHCS, HCPC.

  Responsible for maintaining own technical competencies in clinical areas including achieving professional exams/membership appropriate to clinical area, e.g. BHRS, BSE etc.

  Experience and knowledge of specialist cardiac investigations and techniques at postgraduate level.

  Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to the appropriate responsible clinical service manager.

  Expected to undertake informal training by means of periodic in-house assessments.

  Responsible for formal mentorship and input into coordination of training of designated junior staff and students.

  Be an active member of the departmental clinical governance meetings and in-service training programme by attendance at, and participation in, in-service training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review.

  Undertakes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Personal Development Plan (PDP) as developed with Line Manager.

  Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings.

  Maintains and develops current knowledge of evidence based practice in each clinical area.

  Frequently undertakes collection of data for use in audit, research projects and equipment testing.

  Regularly provides training in fundamental cardiac techniques to Trainee Cardiac Physiologists and junior staff members.

  Organisational

  Demonstrates the ability to prioritise and organise the clinical caseload within a designated area of cardiology.

  Effort

  Required to exert moderate physical effort. Frequent transferring of patients and equipment on both trolleys and wheelchairs.

  There is a frequent requirement for prolonged, but often predictable, periods of concentration.

  Frequent exposure to highly distressing situations, e.g. cardiac arrests during rescue coronary intervention while the patient is having a heart attack.

  Frequent exposure to highly emotional circumstances, e.g. catheterisation of small babies who will inevitably die due to the nature of their congenital heart defects or disabling cardiac devices of the terminally ill in whom lifesaving treatment has agreed to been withdrawn.

  Requires a high level of manual dexterity and good hand to eye coordination in order to ensure the accurate application of a range of diagnostic tools.

  Requires a high level of sensory coordination in order to immediately recognise life threatening physiological signs and then respond appropriately.

  To comply with the Trusts manual handling policy at all times.

  Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular daily basis, e.g. bodily fluids including blood, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas and lice.

  Occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression.

  Deals sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Existing competency in a wide range of cardio-respiratory investigations; please detail.
  • Experience as a qualified healthcare scientist within a cardio-respiratory department, or close to finishing the STP programme
  • Competency in interventional labs, such as PCI
  • Be able to perform Bradycardia Pacing follow up and implants

  Desirable

  • Competency in performing and reporting all cardiac devices or have independant skills in electrophysiology studies
  • Leadership ability
  • Experience supporting an out of hours primary PCI service
  • Experience in complex devices; implant and follow-up

  Skills & Behaviours

  Essential

  • General physical abilities to undertake role
  • Shows initiative to develop and learn new skills
  • Enjoys working as part of a team
  • Takes accountability for their work and has pride in their role
  • Computer literacy and skills in a wide range of IT systems

  Desirable

  • Interest in service development
  • Coaching skills
  • Interest in developing others using feedback tools
  • Ability to manage and accept necessary change

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • AHCS/HCPC registration, or ability to gain registration within 6 months.
  • Professional registration with the BHRS, or working towards accreditation.
  • Cardiac Physiology degree; PTP, STP or ONC/HNC or HCS degree apprenticeship.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Existing competency in a wide range of cardio-respiratory investigations; please detail.
  • Experience as a qualified healthcare scientist within a cardio-respiratory department, or close to finishing the STP programme
  • Competency in interventional labs, such as PCI
  • Be able to perform Bradycardia Pacing follow up and implants

  Desirable

  • Competency in performing and reporting all cardiac devices or have independant skills in electrophysiology studies
  • Leadership ability
  • Experience supporting an out of hours primary PCI service
  • Experience in complex devices; implant and follow-up

  Skills & Behaviours

  Essential

  • General physical abilities to undertake role
  • Shows initiative to develop and learn new skills
  • Enjoys working as part of a team
  • Takes accountability for their work and has pride in their role
  • Computer literacy and skills in a wide range of IT systems

  Desirable

  • Interest in service development
  • Coaching skills
  • Interest in developing others using feedback tools
  • Ability to manage and accept necessary change

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • AHCS/HCPC registration, or ability to gain registration within 6 months.
  • Professional registration with the BHRS, or working towards accreditation.
  • Cardiac Physiology degree; PTP, STP or ONC/HNC or HCS degree apprenticeship.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  Leeds General Infirmary

  Great George Street

  Leeds

  LS1 3EX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  Leeds General Infirmary

  Great George Street

  Leeds

  LS1 3EX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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