Aviation Medicine Consultation Service (AMCS) Band 7 Clinical Physiologist Manager

Job summary

The Ministry of Defence now advertises for a Band 7 Clinical Physiologist Manager position based in England at the Aviation Medicine Consultation Service (AMCS), RAF Henlow.

This position is advertised at 37.5 hours per week.

Job description

Are you a Band 7 Physiologist looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service, to work within our friendly and welcoming team at the Aviation Medicine Consultation Service (AMCS). AMCS is part of the Royal Air Force Centre of Aerospace Medicine (RAF CAM), and is an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

AMCS provides an assessment and occupational management service for tri-Service aircrew, which generates a rapid return to fitness for role and flying duties. His service is essential for maintaining operational output in the tri-Service aviation environment.

Core aspects of the role are to perform, supervise, interpret and report a broad range of cardiac investigations, including: 12 Lead Electrocardiographs (ECG), Exercise Tolerance Testing (ETT), Ambulatory ECG Analysis, Event Recorder Analysis, 24 hour Blood Pressure Monitors (with ECG) and diagnostic Echocardiograms, in accordance with best Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) professional standards.

Additional aspects of the role include conducting Quality Improvement activities, including healthcare governance, audit, and research, as well as completing additional administrative duties to enable safe, patient focused care.

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Person specification

Registrations and Memberships

Essential

Approved as a member of Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP) or Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS).

Accredited member of the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) or European Society of Echocardiography (ESE).

Please provide your membership registration numbers.

You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.

Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Qualifications

Essential

BSc (Hons) in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or have equivalent experience

Immediate Life Support (ILS) Training

International Certification of Digital Literacy (ICDL) or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Proficient in the fitting and removal of 24 hour Ambulatory ECG Monitors, Event Recorders and 24 hour Blood Pressure Monitors,

12 Lead ECG.

Experience with ECG interpretation

Experience with ambulatory ECG analysis

Experience with event recorder analysis

Experience with exercise tolerance testing (ETT)

24 hour blood pressure monitors

Experience with echocardiogram testing and analysis

Desirable

Proficient in the use of Defence Medical Information Capability Program (DMICP)

Proficient in both spoken and written English language in a medical and/or clinical setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Essential

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Enhanced DBS Level required.

Provide a CV

Essential

Please provide a copy of your CV and use double spacing where possible.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or have equivalent experience
Immediate Life Support (ILS) Training
International Certification of Digital Literacy (ICDL) or equivalent.
Evidence of qualification/Licence/Membership will be required at interview.
All qualifications/licences/memberships declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted.

Memberships

Approved as a member of Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP) or Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS).
Accredited member of the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) or European Society of Echocardiography (ESE).
Please provide your membership registration numbers.
You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £47,810, Ministry of Defence contributes £13,850 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Discover My Benefits:

Please follow the link to visit the Discover My Benefits site which showcases the benefits and discounts offered when working as a civilian for the MOD:

https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/civilian/

Benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• Training and personal development opportunities
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• 25 days paid annual leave rising to 30 days on completion of 5 years’ service
• In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The King’s birthday
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Subsidised membership to a fitness suite
• Café on site
• Free parking
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

This post does not offer any assistance with Relocation Allowances.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

The sift and interview will be conducted on your CV including Job History, Qualifications and Experience and a personal statement of up to 500 words providing information on the following:

Registration and memberships
Qualifications
Experience

English language proficiency

Leadership experience
DBS check

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigation’s can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo an enhanced (or equivalent) criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Wg Cdr (Dr) Andrew van der Merwe
• Email : Air-Support-CAM-CFMO@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please see Further Information document attached.

Attachments

20230201 - Air Command's Applicant Guide Opens in new window (pdf, 499kB)20241009 - Further Information - External (7) Opens in new window (docx, 30kB)Defence Civil Service Offer Opens in new window (pdf, 1562kB)How to Complete a CV Opens in new window (pdf, 104kB)