Advanced Practice Cardiac Physiologist (EP or Device)


Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora – Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

Location: This position is expected to work primarily from Wellington hospital

Service:    Cardiology Service

Contract:  Fixed Term (12 months through to September 2025), Part time (0.8FTE / 32 hours per week)

Salary:  $122,570 – $127,720 (pro rata)

Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role

The Advanced Practice Cardiology Physiologist:

  • Demonstrates strong evidence-based practice in the fields of Electrophysiology and/or Devices
  • Demonstrates advanced knowledge of types and mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias
  • Demonstrates a high level of clinical reasoning, with the ability to analyse complex clinical and technical information to identify the problem and make appropriate clinical decisions based on the findings. 
  • Communicates and documents comprehensively and effectively. 
  • Provides expert technical support to others and undertakes complex clinical trouble shooting both locally and for other regions
  • Investigates and alerts others to learnings from local experience, relevant journal articles and international guidelines
  • Undertakes complex trouble shooting in relation to materials and equipment used for investigations and procedures

Mō tō mātou rōpū – About our team

The Cardiology Service is a Secondary and Tertiary service provided for Health New Zealand, Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley (CC & HV) and those of the central region of New Zealand.

Cardiology at CC & HV includes:

  • Outpatient Clinics
  • Cardiac Diagnostic Testing
  • The Heart and Lung Unit
  • Cardiac Interventional Suite, providing the following procedures: Coronary Angiograms
  • Left & right heart studies
  • Coronary intervention and CTO
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty and TAVI
  • PFO/ASD/LAA Closure
  • Pacing, ICD and CRT implants
  • Electrophysiology Studies, 3D mapping and Ablation

Cardiac Physiology Service includes:

  • Pacing/ICD follow-up service, including remote monitoring and travelling clinics
  • Cath Lab, Device Implants and Electrophysiology
  • Echocardiography
  • Exercise Tolerance Testing
  • Ambulatory monitoring- Holters, Events & BP
  • Electrocardiography
  • Training of Provisional Cardiac Physiologists, Cardiac Physiology Technicians and other Health Care staff

Clinical Physiology provides a full range of diagnostic testing as an integral part of the Cardiology Service.

The CC & HV Cardiology Service is accredited as an SCT training facility.

Moū – About you

Someone well-suited to the role will place a high value on the following:

  • Participating in and contributing to high performing teams
  • Promoting a positive & collaborative team environment 
  • Expert knowledge in specialty area

Knowledge, skills & Experience:

  • At least 9 years post graduate experience
  • Practice and further training has been completed, demonstrating a high level of clinical competence in a specialty area, EP and/or Devices.
  • Ability to teach, lead & and mentor developing staff in area of speciality

Essential Professional Qualifications / Accreditations / Registrations:

  • Current Annual Practising Certificate
  • Membership of SCT
  • BSc
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Cardiac Technology
  • International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE)  and/or The Cardiac Electrophysiology Institute of Australasia (CEPIA) Graduate Diploma 

E pā ana ki a tatou – About us

Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast

Hutt Valley

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed

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Fixed Term/Full Time

Job no: AH167-24

Location: Wellington Hospital

Closing Date: Thursday, 14 November 2024