As an Associate Practitioner you will be required to perform ECG’s, respiratory testing and ambulatory monitoring in line with departmental policies.
Duties will include a range of basic cardiac and respiratory investigations and it is essential to have completed or be willing to work towards a foundation degree in Healthcare Science.
Only applicants with a proven history of working as an assistant technical officer in a busy inner city hospital will be considered for this post.
The post is 3 days per week.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and busiest hospital Trusts in the North of England providing services to
1 million patients per year. Our vision is world class services and hospitals for the people of Merseyside, Cheshire and beyond.
The Cardio-Resp unit offers a wide range of diagnostic procedures including;
Full range of non invasive cardiac diagnostics, ECG and ambulatory.
Echocardiography including TOE, Stress Echo and 3D.
Physiologist led Tilt Table service.
Physiologist led exercise service.
Pacing implants and follow up.
Spirometry
Full respiratory testing
CPET
FENO and 6 minute walking tests.
Applications are invited from a well motivated band 4 Associate Practitioner or suitably experienced band 3 assistant technical officer to join this exciting department.
Please see job description for duties.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page .
- To record ECG’s on the wards, in the department, in outpatients, accident and emergency and in the community.
- To be proficient in ECG interpretation.
- To assist physiologists in Transoesophageal Echocardiography
- To assist with Physiologist led Tilt Table service.
- To assist with Physiologist led exercise service.
- Perform spirometry/ respiratory testing including the administration of Salbutamol.
