This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic person to join the team at Cardio-Respiratory Unit at the Royal hospital as a trainee healthcare science.

The department will fund a 3 year masters programme to equip the individual to become an accredited healthcare science practitioner.

The department will support your training in all areas of echocardiography, however we are actively seeking applicants who wish to specialise in Cardiac Rhythm Management/ Pacing on successful completion of their STP programme.

The STP is a three-year integrated post-graduate programme including a commissioned master’s degree in clinical science and completion of a work-based training portfolio plus a synoptic final assessment. On completion, the learner can apply to the Health and Care Professions Council for registration as a Clinical Scientist.

University time will be blo ck release to attend scientific lectures to support achievement of the academic components whilst the work-based learning element will all be at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are a forward thinking department who offer a wide range of cardiac diagnostic procedures. As a trainee with us you will have the opportunity to rotate through all areas of cardiac physiology as well as complete short rotations in some other healthcare science disciplines such as respiratory and vascular.

This position is for a permanent post with the initial 3 years funded by NHS England.

You are encouraged to read the guidance on applying, available below: Scientist Training Programme

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.

The post holder will be expected to undertake a range of demanding scientific and clinical functions initially under supervision, as well as occasional duties in response to specific elements of the curriculum.

A major part of the training and development will take place within a designated organisation (linked to a specific scientific department) and is integrally linked to the knowledge and applied learning that forms part of the nationally commissioned academic master’s programme.

Post holders will also be expected to undertake mandatory training as deemed necessary by their host department.At all times the Trainee Healthcare Scientist is expected to work within standard operating policies and procedures of the host department and NHS organisation and adhere to high standards of professionalism, health and safety, risk reduction, confidentiality, patient care and dignity, and respect for equality and diversity as set out in the NHS Constitution.
The trainee will undertake the full training programme in order to progress through the modules of the training scheme. In so doing they will learn how to perform and interpret clinical and specialist scientific processes underpinned by theoretical and applied knowledge and practical experience and will learn how to:
1. Carry out complex scientific and clinical roles, including those working directly with patients
2. Analyse, interpret and compare investigative and clinical options

3. Make judgements, including clinical and differential judgements, involving complicated facts or situations that impact on patients
4. Initiate and undertake innovation, improvement and R&D and be involved in the education of healthcare science trainees and other learners in the workplace .
They will be expected to complete all work based training and assessment alongside the academic master’s course to exit the programme with eligibility for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and use of the protected title of Clinical Scientist. In addition, they will be expected to undertake work based experience to enable them to communicate complex technical, scientific and sensitive information to colleagues within their department in both verbal and written forms.

Trainees must meet the HCPC's standards for training, professional skills, behaviour and health

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