Trainee Echocardiographer: Sponsorship Available
Job Title: Trainee Echocardiographer
Agency: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Berkshire, Reading, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 39,959 – 48,117 £ / Year
Job Summary
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Here at The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we have an exciting opportunity for an 18-month fixed-term full-time training post in Echocardiography. This is part of the Echocardiography Training Programme developed by the National School of Healthcare Science and funded by NHS England. Successful ETP trainees will be trained to BSE accreditation level 2 and will be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Echocardiography. For more information, please see the NSHCS
website:https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/echocardiography-training-programme.
Our mission is to improve the health/quality of life for our patients by building an organisation that develops and invests in the individuals who work here, and this can only be achieved with the recruitment of the right people. The ETP is not intended for people who already have an MSc in Echocardiography or who have already completed/currently training under the STP.
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 so doing, they will learn how to perform and interpret clinical and specialist scientific processes underpinned by theoretical and applied knowledge and practical experience, and will learn how to:
- Perform and interpret routine cardiac investigations.
- Perform specialised diagnostic investigations.
- Carry out complex scientific and clinical roles, including those working directly with patients.
- Analyse and interpret data, compare investigative and clinical options.
- Make judgements, including clinical and differential judgements, involving complicated facts or situations that impact on patients.
- Initiate and undertake innovation, improvement, and R&D, and be involved in the education of healthcare science trainees and other learners in the workplace.
- Carry out an audit to continuously improve patient care and service needs.
- Participate in the training and development of both external university students and junior team members.
- Communicate and interact effectively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive patient experience.
- Assist the Principal Cardiac Physiologist and other senior members of the team in the day to day organisation and delivery of the cardiothoracic diagnostic service
How to Apply;
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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