Job Description:
Job Title: Cardiac Science Associate
Department: Cardiac Services
Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Permanent / Contract: Permanent
Salary range: £competitive (dependent on experience and qualifications)
Role specific benefits: n/a
Full time/part time: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week. 4 long days / Flexible work pattern
As a Cardiac Science Associate at Bupa our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and everyday.
At Bupa, you can be the clinician you want to be. With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority. Building a career in cardiac services has never been easier, with good hours, you can live a balanced, healthy lifestyle.
Joining Bupa, you'll benefit from access to our state-of-the art Clinical Training Facility, a centre for connected learning, care and careers. This forms part of Bupa Campus, a vibrant new learning initiative which brings us together in virtual and physical spaces across the Bupa globe.
We have an exciting career opportunity for a Cardiac Science Associate to join Cardiac Services team at the Cromwell Hospital. We are working towards providing Cardiac Diagnostic Services from 8am to 8pm during business days, and the ideal candidate will be requirement to work through flexible work swifts, which may include a compressed work week of 4 days, should that be convenient to the department.
You'll help us make health happen by:
As a Cardiac Science Associate in the Cardiology department of Cromwell Hospital, you will perform and collaborate in a range of specialised diagnostic tests, including 12 lead ECG, exercise stress testing, ambulatory ECG and BP monitors. You will work alongside a team of Cardiac Physiologists and other professionals of importance in the safe and efficient operation of the department.
You'll assist the Head of Cardiac Diagnostics and Outpatients to provide and organise the day-to-day routine clinical operations of the department. This will include carrying out some administrative, environmental and housekeeping tasks as well as having professional responsibility and involvement in organisational and supervisory issues, as appropriate to the grade/level, in addition to the clinical duties detailed above.
The successful candidate is expected to relate with other cardiac physiology, medical, nursing, managerial, clerical and other staff working within and external to the Directorate, on the wards and in other hospital departments.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
BSc in science-related subject or Two A levels in science subjects ( essential)
SCST Certificate of Competency in Electrocardiography (desirable)
Evidence of highly developed written and oral communication skills in English in a variety of settings (essential)
Experience in ECG analysis (desirable)
Experience in applying ECG and BP monitors (desirable)
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
Payment of Professional Registration fees (if applicable)
Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
Annual performance-based bonus
Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
Various other benefits and online discounts
Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format please email: careers@bupa.com
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Cromwell Hospital LondonAt Cromwell Hospital, we have a great team of determined and loyal health care professionals. We’re continually investing in the world’s most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies. That's why patients choose to come to us from across the UK, and more than 100 other countries around the world.
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
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