The Echocardiography Training Programme (ETP) is an 18-month integrated full-time postgraduate programme. The programme includes a commissioned Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Echocardiography, completion of a work-based training portfolio, and completion of the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) level 2 Transthoracic Accreditation process.
Trainees on the ETP will be employed by an NHS Trust/organisation. The fixed term training contract will be salaried at Agenda for Change Band 6 per annum, and will include registration with a nominated university to complete a fully funded, part-time Postgraduate Certificate.
Upon successful completion trainees will be issued with a Certificate of Completion for the Echocardiography Training Programme (CCETP) which confirms that all the relevant mandatory completion criteria for the programme have been met.