Job summary

Provide service support to the Cardiac Physiologists/ Healthcare Science workforce within the Cardiac Investigations Unit.

Assist staff and patients within the Cardiology Department by transferring patients to and from the unit.

Act as a chaperone.

Perform 12 lead ECGs.

Performing basic patient observations.

Prepare patients and assist during active stands and Head Up Tilt Testing

Prepare patients and assist during exercise tolerance testing.

Recognise when ECG patterns need to be communicated urgently to medical staff and take appropriate action.

General administration duties, including reception cover, appointment booking, notes and clinic preparation, test result distribution, telephoning wards re information about patients, using local IT system as booking and vetting system (variation of roles dependent on base site)

Fitting/ downloading of ambulatory monitors (ECG/BP) and recognising when findings need to be escalated to physiologists/medical staff.

There may be the occasional requirement to provide cover on other sites within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Transports patients to and from the department from wards and departments across the trust. Provide service support to the Cardiac Physiologists within the Cardiology Department.

Perform 12 lead ECGs.

Perform basic patient observations.

Prepare patients and assist during active stands and Head Up Tilt Testing

Prepare patients and assist during exercise tolerance testing.

Recognise when ECG patterns need to be communicated urgently to medical staff and take appropriate action.

General administration duties, including reception cover, appointment booking, notes and clinic preparation, test result distribution, telephoning wards re information about patients, using local IT system as booking and vetting system (variation of roles dependent on base site)

Assist staff and patients within the Cardiology Department by transferring patients to and from the unit.

Act as a chaperone.

Fit/ download ambulatory monitors and recognise when findings need to be escalated to physiologists/medical staff.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.