Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist (Echo)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Highly Specialised, BSE-accredited Echo Cardiac Physiologist or Scientist to join the Cardiac Investigation Unit at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will perform transthoracic echocardiography, stress echo, and bubble studies, and participate in other cardiac investigations. They will also support another area of the CIU service and contribute to service management, quality assurance, and staff supervision. The unit has recently relocated to a larger, refurbished department with new equipment.
Essential criteria
- Evidence of formal training/qualifications equivalent to Healthcare Scientist Practitioner degree level; including BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology
- BSE accreditation (TTE level 2)
- ILS certification
Desirable criteria
- RCCP/AHCS registration
- Demonstration of academic interest
- Experience in all aspects of technical echocardiography, including practice with a wide range of technical equipment
- Experience at a senior level of independent practice including investigation, interpretation, reporting and recommending alternative investigations
- Experience of applying theoretical knowledge into patient care
- Knowledge of secondary cardiac investigation
- Evidence of recent continued professional development
- Evidence of teaching
- Mentoring qualification
- Examples of service development and/or audit
- Team member
- Works well in a small team and within an MDT
- Trust values
- Patient centred and safe
- Professional
- Responsive
- Friendly
- Knowledge & skills
- Advanced knowledge of echocardiography
- Specialist knowledge of at least one other cardiac investigation
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work under own initiative, without direct supervision, and to manage own workload and that of others where appropriate
- Ability to oversee junior members of staff and guide training as appropriate
- Education, qualifications and training
- Evidence of formal training/qualifications equivalent to Healthcare Scientist Practitioner degree level; including BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology
- BSE accreditation (TTE level 2)
- ILS certification
- RCCP/AHCS registration
- Demonstration of academic interest
- Experience in all aspects of technical echocardiography, including practice with a wide range of technical equipment
- Experience at a senior level of independent practice including investigation, interpretation, reporting and recommending alternative investigations
- Experience of applying theoretical knowledge into patient care
- Knowledge of secondary cardiac investigation
- Evidence of recent continued professional development
- Evidence of teaching
- Mentoring qualification
- Examples of service development and/or audit
- Team member
- Works well in a small team and within an MDT
- Trust values
- Patient centred and safe
- Professional
- Responsive
- Friendly
- Knowledge & skills
- Advanced knowledge of echocardiography
- Specialist knowledge of at least one other cardiac investigation
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work under own initiative, without direct supervision, and to manage own workload and that of others where appropriate
- Ability to oversee junior members of staff and guide training as appropriate
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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Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist (Echo)
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
An opportunity has opened up at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) for two Highly Specialist, BSE-accredited Echo Cardiac Physiologists or Scientists to join our team. These roles would be ideal for physiologists or scientists looking to take the next step in their career or who are already established at this level but would like a new challenge.
The Cardiac Investigation Unit (CIU) relocated in March 2023 to a larger, refurbished department which has afforded us with new clinic rooms (including 2 dedicated echo & 2 multifunction echo rooms), admin spaces and staff areas. We also run echo clinics out of the Community Diagnostic Centre in central Salisbury.
We regularly review our Philips echo modality portfolio which now comprises of 6x EPIQ (2x at CDC), 1x Affiniti and 1x Compact 5500. All our echo rooms on-site at Salisbury District Hospital comply to BSE standards, with each additionally having height adjustable reporting desks for ergonomic adjustment. We allot 50 minute slots per TTE, going out to 1 hour for training scans.
At SFT we have an excellent track record of supporting continuing professional development (including professional exams) and further academic study. We also seek to have representation at national and region
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