Highly Specialised Physiologist: Sponsorship Available

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Lancashire Cardiac Centre is a tertiary cardiac provider for the people of Lancashire & Cumbria. The centre has well-established invasive and non-invasive services covering a wide range of diagnostic and treatment including.

Cardiac intervention, Structural cardiac procedures including TAVI, Device implantation including ICD’s and CRT’s & Extraction, Electrophysiology & mapping procedures.

We are looking to recruit experienced cardiac sonographers in the Cardiac Investigations Unit. The successful candidates will work as part of a highly skilled team of sonographers alongside the Imaging consultants to deliver the busy service.

The specialised team perform over 13,000 TTE’s 650 Dobutamine & Exercise Stress Echocardiography each year as well as the advanced techniques within Cardiac Ultrasound such as, Transesophageal echo (TOE), 3D TTE/TOE & Contrast Echocardiography. As part of our tertiary centre work, we also provide Paediatric and Adult Congenital Echocardiography in partnership with Liverpool and Alder Hey.

You should be BSE accredited, possess BSc in clinical physiology or equivalent and be on the AHCS register.

Main duties of the job

As a Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist the post holder will be required to work as an autonomous, competent practitioner of echocardiography based at the Cardiac Investigations Unit and working across our community diagnostic centres.

Providing a highly specialised clinical and technical service in echocardiography that impacts directly upon the clinical management of the patient. This will be underpinned by highly developed specialist knowledge gained by postgraduate training and completion of a relevant qualifications.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

  • BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent
  • BSE Adult Proficiency Accreditation
  • Immediate Life Support or Advanced Life Support
  • Register Academy of Health care Scientists (AHCS)
  • Active Membership of at least one of the following: oBritish Cardiac Society(BCS), oSociety of Cardiological Technicians (SCST)

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of ongoing personal development
  • Evidence of continual professional development
  • Interested in Research in the area of Echocardiography
  • Proven expertise in advanced Echocardiography

Desirable

  • Paediatric echo experience
  • Grown Up Congenital Heart Disease Experience

Skills and Ability

Essential

  • Dynamic & Enthusiastic
  • Excellent Computer skills.
  • Interpretation of investigations and findings
  • Able to produce structured and relevant reports
  • Excellent time management
  • Extensive knowledge of national professional and NHS guidelines relating to service provision and quality.
  • Personal development in areas of Leadership

Desirable

  • NHS management training/experience
  • Knowledge of financial management, resource allocation and procurement.
  • Experience in service planning and development.

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).

Closing Date: 1 October 2026

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