Job description

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in conjunction with Health Education England is delighted to offer the possibility to two trainees to join the enthusiastic echo team and guide them towards BSE Adult Echocardiography accreditation fully supported.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to partner with the National School of Healthcare Science and Health Education England for the third cohort of Echocardiography Training post.

The Echocardiography Training Programme (ETP) is an 18-month training programme that includes work-based and academic learning. Whilst on the programme trainees will complete a Post Graduate Certificate in Echocardiography and work towards British Society of Echocardiography Adult Transthoracic Accreditation.

This advertisement aims to recruit 2 candidates for a post at West Middlesex University Hospital.

Interviews will be held on 17 March 2023

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people.

Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff says they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an

‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.

We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

The Echocardiography Training Programme (ETP) is an 18-month training programme that includes work-based and academic learning. Whilst on the programme trainees will complete a Post Graduate Certificate in Echocardiography and work towards British Society of Echocardiography Adult Transthoracic Accreditation.

Please refer to the job description for the full list of roles and responsibilities.