Healthcare Science Assistant

Job Summary

The cardiology department at the University Hospitals of the North Midlands provides diagnostic testing for inpatients and outpatients at both Royal Stoke Hospital and County Hospital. These include exercise tolerance testing, head up tilt table testing, echocardiography, pacemaker implant and follow-up, hemodynamic monitoring during invasive coronary angiography, electrophysiological testing and electrocardiography (ECG). Resting electrocardiography and ambulatory ECG monitoring is an essential part of the wider service, the primary focus of this role is to support ECG services and arrhythmia monitoring services at both the trust and in the community. In addition to ECG, this role involves assisting senior healthcare scientists in the provision of specialist clinics. The successful applicant will join an established team of 15 healthcare science assistants.

Main duties of the job

The cardiology Department has an established training & development programme to provide the practical skills required for providing a range of specialist invasive & non-invasive cardiac investigations. This role will include recording ECGs, assisting in exercise tolerance & tilt testing, arrhythmia monitoring and community-based ECG clinics in Stoke on Trent. Analysis and interpretation of clinical data & providing technical reports will be required. Services are provided at various community settings across Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire as well as at both Royal Stoke & County Hospital Sites. Candidates will need to be able to travel to each of these settings.

About Us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provides emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

Date posted

08 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

205-7077474

Job locations

Royal Stoke Hospital, County Hospital and various primary care centres in Stoke, North Staffordshire and the Moorlands

Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6QG

Job Description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

1. GCSE Maths & English

Desirable

1. Recognised qualification in ECG recording
2. GCSE Science or equivalent

Experience

Essential

1. Experience in a cardiac physiology department
2. Experience delivering cardiac diagnostic testing

Desirable

1. Evidence of recent learning in cardiac science

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Additional information

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke Hospital, County Hospital and various primary care centres in Stoke, North Staffordshire and the Moorlands

Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk