Expanding the role of the echocardiographer

Location: Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Award: £114,000
Duration: The project started in April 2007 and the final report will be available in June 2010

Project intentions:
To expand the role of the echocardiographer to cover more interventional and surgical procedures in order to enhance job satisfaction, utilise the skills of highly trained staff more effectively and increase capacity for the benefit of patients waiting for echocardiography.