Provision of Physiologist Services at RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, RAF Henlow

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Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C awarded a contract to The Placement Group Healthcare Ltd t/as Mediplacements for the provision of physiologist services at the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine at RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire.

The service comprises echocardiography (adult) for one half-day per week and ten further clinical requirements as staff cover on Wednesdays only, plus a physiologist service for one half-day per week.

The clinical physiologist (echocardiography) is required to hold British Society of Echocardiography (Adult) accreditation or equivalent experience, Registration Council for Clinical Physiologist registration, and ideally a BSc (Hons) in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or equivalent.

Competencies include performing echocardiography with full clinical reporting, unsupervised exercise tolerance testing with clinical report, Holter monitoring with set-up and analysis, 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, and resting electrocardiography.

Experience with GE Vivid Q echocardiography and Echopac reporting, GE Case stress testing, CardioDay Holter monitoring, and CardioVisions 24-hour blood pressure monitoring is required.

The contract value is £48,000.