Healthcare Scientist Assistant

Job overview

This is exciting opportunity to work as a Healthcare Scientist Assistant in the Cardiac Physiology Department in the OUH Trust. The role involves supporting Cardiac Physiologists and other medical specialities to perform electrocardiograms (ECGs), Blood pressures and a multitude of other clinical diagnostic testing in the Cardiology directorate.

Main duties of the job

Cardiac Physiology Healthcare Scientist Assistant (Band 3)

An exciting opportunity is available to join the Cardiac Physiology team at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are a friendly, dynamic and welcoming multi-disciplinary team working routinely across the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, the Horton Hospital in Banbury and various community settings around the county.

The role involves hands-on clinical duties such as performing electrocardiograms (ECG's), fitting event monitors and assisting with exercise testing. Other duties include measurement of height and weight, cannulation and urine analysis. Alongside these clinical duties this role also requires basic administration skills, good time management and organisational skills and an outstanding approach to customer care.

Due to the nature of this patient facing role, candidates should have a calm and caring attitude and excellent interpersonal skills. As the role involves working across the county the ability to adapt to these varied locations, and show flexibility when necessary, is a must.

No previous clinical experience is necessary as full training will be given and successful applicants will be expected to work towards SCST Certificate of Electrocardiography examination and the Trust's Care Certificate.

Interested candidates are strongly recommended to visit the department for a greater understanding of the post.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Person specification

Education and Professional Qua

Essential criteria

• • Literate, articulate and numerate
• • Secondary school education

Desirable criteria

• • SCST exams
• • Experience in the NHS
• • Awareness of the critical nature of cardiac physiology

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• • Experience of dealing with people
• • Must have the ability to develop new skills efficiently.
• • Aware of the importance of maintaining confidentiality.
• • Supportive to patients, visitors and colleagues.

Desirable criteria

• • Demonstrable experience in a broad range of cardiac physiological procedures such as ECG, Exercise Tolerance Testing, continuous ambulatory monitoring preparation.
• • Understanding of the roles of cardiac physiology, nursing, ancillary and other staff
• • Previous health care work
• • Ability to perform and record vital observations i.e. BP, temp etc.
• • Ability to perform ECG's
• • Competent in a range of electrocardiographic procedures including preparation, attachment and detachment of ambulatory monitoring systems.
• • Documented evidence of attendance to mandatory and statutory training
• • Experience in an acute setting
• • Undertaken appropriate mandatory and statutory training including child protection and vulnerable adult

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

• • Professional attitude, takes pride in work
• • Patient centred approach,
• • Respectful to colleagues and patients, respects diversity.
• • Works well within a team
• • Committed to professional development of self and team
• • Ability to learn from successes and setbacks
• • Excellent customer care
• • Good communication skills -verbal/written
• • A positive approach to change
• • Good team player
• • Demonstrates initiative

Desirable criteria

• • Customer care training

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

• • Self-motivation
• • Open to change
• • Effective communication skills (verbal and written)
• • Demonstrates adaptability /flexibility and a positive approach to challenges
• • Able to cope under pressure

Desirable criteria

• • Decision making and problem solving skills

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 320.0KB)
• JD (PDF, 232.6KB)