Bank Advanced Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiography)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a BSE accredited echocardiographer to join the bank at Glangwili General Hospital. The successful candidate will perform and report echocardiograms, including complex techniques like transoesophageal and stress echocardiography. The position involves providing services to inpatients, outpatients, and GP direct access, as well as supporting training and participating in service design. It requires a highly motivated individual to join a friendly and dynamic team.
Essential criteria
- Accredited degree relevant to the role (e.g., BSc in Audiology, Cardiac Physiology, Clinical Engineering, Neurophysiology, Medical Physics, Respiratory Physiology) and Registration with AHCS or RCT within 3 months of appointment. OR Equivalent knowledge and experience at BSc level (with or without a related degree) and Progression through AHCS/RCT Practitioner Training Programme equivalence scheme (PTPE) and Registration within 24 months of appointment.
- Masters or equivalent level of experience through specialist short courses
- British Echocardiography Society (BSE) proficiency accreditation or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Recognised qualification in teaching or mentorship
- Clinical assessment training
- Immediate Life Support (ILS)
- Proven experience of working independently performing and reporting echocardiograms
- Training and supervising students and junior members of staff.
- Proven competence and autonomy in performing and reporting highly specialised cardiac investigations
- Conducting physiologist led clinics
- Experience of clinical assessment
- Experience in leading a team effectively
- Delivering contrast agents
- Language Skills
- Welsh speaker (Level 1)
- Qualifications and Knowledge
- Accredited degree relevant to the role (e.g., BSc in Audiology, Cardiac Physiology, Clinical Engineering, Neurophysiology, Medical Physics, Respiratory Physiology) and Registration with AHCS or RCT within 3 months of appointment. OR Equivalent knowledge and experience at BSc level (with or without a related degree) and Progression through AHCS/RCT Practitioner Training Programme equivalence scheme (PTPE) and Registration within 24 months of appointment.
- Masters or equivalent level of experience through specialist short courses
- British Echocardiography Society (BSE) proficiency accreditation or equivalent
- Recognised qualification in teaching or mentorship
- Clinical assessment training
- Immediate Life Support (ILS)
- Proven experience of working independently performing and reporting echocardiograms
- Training and supervising students and junior members of staff.
- Proven competence and autonomy in performing and reporting highly specialised cardiac investigations
- Conducting physiologist led clinics
- Experience of clinical assessment
- Experience in leading a team effectively
- Delivering contrast agents
- Language Skills
- Welsh speaker (Level 1)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £50,129 – £57,365 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 11d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
Opportunity for BSE accredited echocardiographers to join our bank at Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthenshire.
We are seeking a highly motivated cardiac physiologist specialising in echocardiography to join our friendly and dynamic team, providing high standards of care and support to patients in Hywel Dda University Health Board.
Our echo services deliver both transthoracic echocardiography and complex echocardiography techniques such as transoesophageal echo, dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiography and contrast echo.
The work schedule is varied providing services to inpatients, outpatients, GP direct access and one stop cardiac clinics. We also run valve surveillance clinics, host adult congenital heart disease clinics and support training of our future echocardiographers and medical training grades. We also offer a comprehensive range of invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations including pacemaker services, exercise testing, angiography, and ambulatory monitoring.
Main duties of the job
This job suits a competent and autonomous echocardiographer holding BSE adult transthoracic accreditation. The main duties are to perform and report echo's for the range of patients seen in the diagnostic service. We pride ourselves in having a supportive multidisciplinary team. We encourage open engagement in service design and delivery and seek an i
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