Trainee Echocardiographer: Sponsorship Available

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Job Summary

The Trainee Echocardiographer will be employed for a fixed term of 18 months during which time they will work through a programme of learning.

They will be supported by the Training Co-Ordinator but must take responsibility for their own progression through the training programme. Completing a mixture of work-based competencies and assessments, alongside the learning outcomes outlined in the NSHCS Curriculum Library. Trainees will additionally undertake the complementary academic Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Echocardiography, and be required to prepare and complete the BSE Transthoracic Accreditation process.

The majority of training and development will take place in Cardiac Investigations Department, but there will be requirements to travel to the academic institution. The training and development will be underpinned by the knowledge and applied learning that forms part of the nationally recognised BSE accreditation programme. The post holder will be expected to undertake a range of scientific and clinical skills, initially under supervision, alongside the compulsory mandatory training.

At all times the Trainee Echocardiographer is expected to work within standard operating policies and procedures of the department and adhere to high standards of professionalism, health and safety, risk reduction, confidentiality, patient care and dignity and respect of equality and diversity as set out in the NHS Constitution.

 

Main duties of the job

The trainee will undertake the full training programme in order to progress through the academic and practical elements of the training scheme. In doing so they will learn how to perform and interpret clinical and specialist scientific processes. This includes but is not limited to the following:

Perform and interpret specialised cardiac investigations – specifically transthoracic echocardiography

Assist in specialised non-invasive diagnostic investigations – e.g. TOE, DSE

Carry out complex scientific and clinical roles, including those working directly with patients

Analyse, interpret and report on complex data and understand the clinical implications of the data

Communicate and interact effectively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive patient experience.

Initiate and undertake research, clinical innovations and service improvement. Effectively disseminating findings and be involved in the education of healthcare science trainees and other learners in the workplace.

Carry out audit to continuously improve patient care and service needs.

Assist the Clinical Service Lead and other senior members of the team in the day-to-day organisation and delivery of the cardiology diagnostic service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A 1st or 2:1 in Cardiac Physiology (PTP)or relevant scientific subject (examples include Pure or Applied Physics, Engineering, Biology or Human Biology, or Sports Science (if significant content) or equivalent experience and appropriate underpinning knowledge and skills in cardiology. As evidenced, for example, by appropriate voluntary registration with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists or Academy for healthcare Science
  • Has an understanding of the role of an Echocardiographer in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

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).

Closing Date: 10 May 2026

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