Chief Cardiac Physiologist - ECHO
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an intuitive Echo Physiologist to join a dynamic cardiology team at Northampton General Hospital. Main duties involve performing routine and urgent scans in various settings, including DSE, TOE, and paediatric scans, with opportunities to expand into Physiologist-led clinics. The department offers flexible working, investment in training, and exposure to advanced imaging, including working in community Diagnostic Hubs.
Key responsibilities
- Perform routine and urgent scans in in-patient and out-patient settings.
- Work in new CDC hubs and occasionally outside the trust in community hubs.
- Perform DSE, TOE, and paediatric scans, dependent on experience.
- Contribute to expanding services to include Physiologist-led Valve, TOE, and DSE clinics.
Essential criteria
- Educated to BSc Hons degree in Clinical Physiology or equivalent.
- Full BSE Accreditation
- Previous practical experience in a broad range of basic and advanced Cardiac investigations.
- At least 2 years post graduate experience in Echo
- Experience in DSE and complex Echo
- Staff management and team working skills
- sound knowledge of invasive and non-invasive cardiology and able to demonstrate competence in performing a range of techniques
- Able to perform and report unsupervised on a range of electrocardiographic investigations
Desirable criteria
- RCCP Registration
- Previous experience in the NHS
- Able to organise own workload and that of other staff within specialised area
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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Job summary
Cardiology at Northampton General Hospital has seen exponential growth over the last 5 years. We are therefore looking for an intuitive 7 Echo Physiologist to join our young and dynamic team. The position is also offered with a recruitment and retention bonus in line with the UHN.
There are exciting opportunities here for the right candidate and we would love to hear from those who have their BSE accreditation and are looking for the next step in their career.
We are a forward thinking and friendly department which rewards our staff for their work. We offer flexible working, investment in training and equipment as well as exposure to advanced imaging.
We have all the facilities of a tertiary-equivalent Centre, including a modern digital echo lab performing the full range of complex scans including DSE and TOE, regular paediatric clinics.
We are proud to also be part of Satellite clinics for the community Diagnostic Hubs so there will be an expectation to rotate round these clinics.
We are very proud of our Physiologist-led stress echo and contrast / bubble service.. We also see large numbers of Paediatric and ACHD patients.
Main duties of the job
Main duties will involve performing routine and urgent scans in and in-patient and out-patient setting, including working in the new CDC hubs.
Dependent on experience you will also be performing DSE, TOE and pa
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