Chief Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiography)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is recruiting a Chief Cardiac Physiologist specializing in echocardiography. This Band 7 role requires BSE Level 2 accreditation and involves scanning and reporting echocardiograms independently. The successful candidate will contribute to a service performing approximately 18,000 transthoracic echocardiograms annually, providing clinical and managerial leadership within the technical cardiology team.
Essential criteria
- BSc Clinical Physiology, Cardiology or equivalent with significant experience at Senior Cardiology Physiologist level
- BSE Adult accreditation or equivalent
- Knowledge and experience of working in all areas of Technical Cardiology
- Significant experience of working in echocardiography at Senior level
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Attitude, aptitude
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- BSc Clinical Physiology, Cardiology or equivalent with significant experience at Senior Cardiology Physiologist level
- BSE Adult accreditation or equivalent
- Knowledge and experience of working in all areas of Technical Cardiology
- Significant experience of working in echocardiography at Senior level
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Attitude, aptitude
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Chief Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiography)
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
The technical cardiology team for Norfolk and Norwich University hospital are recruiting for a chief cardiac physiologist in echocardiography to join their dedicated team. This is a Band 7 post and the candidate will be able to scan and report echocardiogram in accordance with their BSE Level 2 accreditation, only candidates with BSE level 2 accreditation or recognised equivalence will be considered. You will be mainly based on the main hospital site at Colney Lane, Norwich, whereby part of a service that offers range of cardiac services including acute cardiology ward, angiography suite, dedicated coronary care unit which is the PPCI centre for Norfolk.
Our values of People Focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence - PRIDE - are important to us and how they relate to our work:
As a chief cardiac physiologist, people are at the heart of what you will do. Our department manages a large non-invasive workload including ambulatory monitoring, pacemaker, and loop recorder follow-up work as well as echocardiography in the form of TTE, TOE, stress echo, and congenital heart disease. You will work towards becoming a lead for our patient focused service which delivers approximately 18,000 transthoracic echocardiograms annual
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