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Location

Bournemouth, Dorset | United Kingdom

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Job description

A Vacancy at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.

Due to the expansion of our cardiac services, we are pleased to offer the opportunity for a Highly Specialised Cardiac Echocardiographer to complement our Cardiac Physiology team here at University Hospitals Dorset.

We are a forward thinking team that consistently strive to improve and develop our services and encourage all team members to actively engage in this process. Continued professional development is supported through weekly departmental meetings and MDT imaging reviews as well as regular attendance at national and international conferences. We support a four-day working week at UHD in order to provide an improved work-life balance for our staff. Standard hours are 08:00-18:00 however this can be discussed.

The successful candidate will hold BSE accreditation, be enthusiastic and passionate about improving patient centred care and be motivated about providing in-house training for junior physiologists. Clinical skills in either cardiac rhythm management or PCI are desirable but not essential. The post is for a full time position however part time applicants will be considered. This post will include Saturday working on a rotational basis.

This post requires BSc in Cardiac Physiology or BTEC HNC or
equivalent.

Base Location: Poole with cross site working at Bournemouth and Poole

Interview Date :TBC

We are extremely proud of our Echocardiography departments across our two sites. As well as standard transthoracic studies we also perform 3D echocardiograms, Physiologist led Heart Failure clinics, bubble and contrast studies and stress echo procedures as well as supporting the transoesophageal echo service.

If you are interested in relocating to Bournemouth and Poole we offer an excellent relocation package of up to £13,000. For further details on relocation expenses please visit the Trust website.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

This advert closes on Monday 11 Mar 2024

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Salary

£13k per annum