Echocardiographic Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a dynamic team of echocardiographers based at the Bristol Heart Institute.

The main duties include supporting echocardiographers / cardiologists to meet patient needs, helping to prepare patients for theirs echoes, liaising with patients and other healthcare professionals, offering administrational support and helping transport inpatients to and from their echo.

An echocardiographic assistant should have good interpersonal skills, a knowledge of IT systems, and be a compassionate individual ready to form an integral part of a busy clinical team.

To assist the cardiologists and echocardiographers and administrative staff with all working practices to ensure an efficient standard of service is maintained in the Echocardiogram department.

This may include helping patients prepare for their echo, ensuring patients are aware of their appointments, stock checking, and updating appointments on our IT systems.

The post will also involve an element of portering, in order to ensure the demands of this service can be met in a timely manner.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.