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Job Overview
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Science Assistants to join our busy Cardiac Investigations Unit at Southmead Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of high-quality diagnostic cardiology services for both inpatients and outpatients. Working alongside a team of experienced Cardiac Physiologists and Senior Healthcare Science Assistants, you will play a key role in providing electrocardiographic investigations, including resting ECGs and ambulatory cardiac and blood pressure monitoring.
The role involves direct patient contact and offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills within a supportive and fast-paced cardiac diagnostics environment. You will contribute to ensuring patients receive an efficient, professional and compassionate service while supporting the wider cardiology team in delivering excellent patient care.
Main duties of the job
Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Performing accurate and high-quality resting 12-lead ECGs for both inpatients and outpatients.
- Fitting, downloading, cleaning and maintaining ambulatory ECG and blood pressure monitors.
- Supporting the effective running of outpatient clinics and inpatient diagnostic services.
- Assisting Cardiac Physiologists during exercise tolerance tests and other specialist cardiac investigations where required.
- Preparing clinical areas and equipment to ensure a safe and efficient service.
- Communicating professionally and compassionately with patients, relatives and colleagues.
- Maintaining accurate patient records and ensuring all associated administrative tasks are completed to a high standard.
- Adhering to Trust policies, infection prevention standards and clinical governance requirements.
- Working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary cardiac diagnostics team to deliver high standards of patient care.
Working for our organisation
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol City Centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Full details of duties and responsibilities can be found on the job description attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Education
- GCSE Maths and English
Desirable criteria
- Level 2 Apprenticeship in Cardio-respiratory Science
Work Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of recording an ECG
- Experience in the fitting and downloading of ambulatory monitors
Desirable criteria
- Experience of making a provisional analysis of a resting ECG
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Numerate with good command of English language, both written and verbal
- Able to prioritise and act on own inititive
- Confident and able to deal with challenging situations and individuals
Desirable criteria
- Willing to learn basic life support
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Flexible and reliable
- Team player
- Organised
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
- As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
- The Trust is committed to supporting you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support – developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.
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