Physiologist

Physiologist/Spire Nottingham/Tollerton/Bank/Ad-Hoc Shifts

Spire Nottingham Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Physiologist to join the Bank team. 

Duties and responsibilities:

To perform cardiological investigations which are complex and non-routine. To participate in all catheter lab procedures in Spire Nottingham including Angiography, EPS, CRM and Structural.To assist in the day to day running of the cardiology department, and also take responsibility for the department in the absence of the HoD. 

• Develop practice in the assessment of health and wellbeing needs 
• Develop practice in addressing individual’s health and wellbeing needs 
• Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information. 
• Develop knowledge and practice in own area of work. 
• Develop a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety and security. 
• Develop and improve services 
• Improve quality. 
• Enable people to exercise their rights and promote equality and diversity. 
• Lead others in the development of knowledge and work practices Apply technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment 
• Plan, monitor and quality assure the application of technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment 
• Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI. 

Who we're looking for:

Qualifications and Training 

• Degree in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or equivalent. 
• RCCP Registration 
• Immediate Life Support Qualification 
• Experience in all angiography procedures with specialist clinical expertise in the area of Pacemaker therapy and Electrophysiology 
• IBHRE Accreditation 
• Supervisory/Management qualification 
• Advanced Life Support Qualification 
• Evidence of continual professional development in relevant short courses 

Essential Experience 

• Analysing staff and department management problems and coming up with viable solutions 
• Working as a practitioner in and across multi-disciplinary teams 
• Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes 
• Challenging consultants to influence evidence-based practice 
• Share evidence based practices with colleagues to enhance service and standards 
• Experience of working in partnership with consultants and participating in creating innovative solution for the service 

Benefits:

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
• Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You’
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team

Our Values:

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

“Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.”

Our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.   We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart. 

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.