Job description

Job responsibilities

The Fetal Cardiac and Paediatric Cardiac Physiology Service Manager is a senior leadership position within the Congenital Cardiac Service, responsible for providing expert professional influence across a highly specialised clinical environment. The postholder will act as a visible ambassador for Healthcare Science, championing the role of cardiac physiology within multidisciplinary care and ensuring that the profession contributes effectively to organisational priorities, service innovation and improved patient outcomes. They will provide expert advice to senior leaders and clinicians, supporting strategic decision-making and helping to shape the future direction of congenital cardiac services across the region.

The role requires the ability to influence across organisational and professional boundaries, building strong relationships with regional partners, educational institutions, professional bodies and healthcare networks. The postholder will help create opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing and the adoption of best practice, ensuring the service remains at the forefront of healthcare science developments. As a recognised senior professional leader, they will promote a culture that values inclusion, innovation, professional excellence and continuous learning, while supporting the wider advancement of cardiac physiology and specialised children's services.

The postholder will represent the service and profession at local, regional and national forums, contributing to strategic discussions that influence the development of congenital cardiac pathways, healthcare science practice and specialist service provision. They will foster productive partnerships with healthcare providers, academic organisations and professional networks to support collaborative working, research opportunities, innovation and the dissemination of best practice across the wider healthcare system.

They will provide expert professional advice on emerging developments in cardiac physiology, healthcare science and specialised paediatric care, ensuring that national policy, research findings and professional standards are considered within future service planning. The postholder will also promote the contribution of Healthcare Science within the organisation, supporting professional visibility, career development and the continued advancement of the specialty while ensuring that patient and family perspectives remain central to future developments.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Cardiac Clinical Physiology Degree, or other relevant and equivalent
• ASCT/MSCT or equivalent qualification
• Higher academic qualification (MSc) or equivalent evidence of relevant qualifications/experience in appropriate cardiac physiology subspecialisms (e.g. BSE, HRUK, IBHRE, Euro Echo)
• RCCP registration (or be able to evidence the process of registering) or hold equivalent professional registration/accreditation
• Awareness of Modernisation of Scientific Careers (MSC) and associated training
• Work towards completing STP and HSST level programmes/ or working towards HCPC for state registration

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Significant senior experience of service operational management
• Proven ability to manage development/planning within a department or team
• Experience in paediatric congenital heart disease
• Demonstrable experience of managing, supporting and developing staff
• Clear awareness of clinical governance
• Knowledge of Modernising Scientific Careers training programmes and opportunities for integrated staff development with other healthcare scientific specialisms

Skills, communication and abilities

Essential

• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise in a complex and fast moving environment
• Proven strategic thinking with the ability to implement major service changes
• Able to establish strong working relationships with colleagues of different disciplines, management and other healthcare scientists
• High level communication skills with patients, staff and divisional management as required to fulfil the duties of the post
• Ability to train other staff and manage a programme of in service training across a team
• Ability to cope with sensitively and supportively with emotional or distressing situations
• Clear and precise written communication skills

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

20 Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8DJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)