• Cardiac Catheter Theatres
• Permanent Full-time

UnitingCare Health is one of the largest not-for-profit private hospital groups in Queensland and is a service group of UnitingCare Queensland. The hospital group is a major provider of healthcare services in Queensland which operates almost 1000 licensed hospital beds and employs over 4400 people.

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital is a 250 bed facility in Spring Hill. Facilities at St Andrew’s include 15 theatres, three cardiology catheter laboratories, endoscopy suites, an intensive care unit and emergency centre. St Andrew’s is a world leader in patient outcomes for many of our specialties. We achieve this by attracting the best staff and medical practitioners and carefully auditing and improving on the outcomes of our treatments.

Based in our Cardiac Catheter Theatres, you will be a member of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team.  Working in a dynamic environment, the successful candidate will deliver cardiac scientific clinical support for –

• Cardiac catheterisation & coronary angiography;
• Percutaneous cardiac intervention;
• Cardiac Electrophysiology including complex ablation & 3-D mapping;
• Cardiac rhythm device therapy implant & follow-up.

 We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and highly skilled Cardiac Physiologist (Scientist) who can demonstrate the following:

• Bachelor of Applied Science (with strong human physiology component);
• Extensive experience in diagnostic cardiac catheterisation, coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention procedures;
• Post-graduate clinical experience in a cardiovascular suite performing haemodynamic monitoring (desirable);
• Post-graduate clinical experience in cardiac electrophysiology & cardiac rhythm device therapy implant procedures (desirable);
• Exceptional problem-solving skills;
• Effective communication & interpersonal skills (written & verbal);
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team;
• Desire to actively participate in ongoing professional development;
• Ability to work flexible hours (including rostered on-call).

IBHRE certified electrophysiology specialists/cardiac device specialists and candidates with a Graduate Diploma of Cardiac Electrophysiology (CEPIA) will be highly regarded.

UnitingCare Health is committed to being a child safe, child friendly organisation for all children who come into contact with our services. It is our expectation that our employees will share in this commitment.  Therefore, employees and successful candidates in specified roles will be required to hold a valid ’Blue Card’ in line with the ’Working with Children Check’ requirements.

Criminal record checks will be conducted for all successful candidates.

Working as part of the UnitingCare Health at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, our staff enjoy a values based organisation with benefits including:

• Friendly values based environment
• Generous salary packaging options
• Exciting career paths in both clinical and leadership streams
• Exceptional professional development opportunities including Post graduate leaderships programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• Staff discounts for car parking

For more information regarding this opportunity please contact Jeanine Stewart, Clinical Nurse Manager on 07 3834 4414.

To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process.

We look forward to receiving your applications by 20th April 2017.