Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Lane Fox Technical Services Team on our long term ventilation unit, supporting the acute ward alongside the community based patients.
The technical department provides a service to the Lane Fox Respiratory Unit, 14 beds and a 20-bedded weaning unit that opened on the East Surrey Hospital site in October 2014.
The service also supports a large population of patients (over 2000) in the community. These community patients require an external servicing programme run from Lane Fox , in conjunction with multi-disciplinary Home Assessment Clinics
Support to Paediatric respiratory and ventilation service, on PICU, Paediatric HDU and Lane Fox Junior
All are supported with a 24-hour technical back up on-call service.
Main duties of the job
To provide autonomous leadership of the Lane Fox Technical services.
To ensure all aspects of the clinical wards (Lane Fox Unit and Lane Fox Remeo) have sufficient technical support
To deliver the continuity of service for the community home ventilation service for both adults and paediatrics, including regular servicing and maintenance of respiratory equipment.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with around 22,500 staff; an annual turnover of more than £1 billion; and 1.6 million patient contacts a year. Our hospitals have a long and proud history and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. We continue to build on these traditions and have a reputation for clinical, teaching and research excellence.
We provide a full range of hospital services for our local communities . We also provide specialist services for patients from further afield, including cancer, cardiac, kidney, women's and orthopaedic services, and we are home to the Evelina Children's Hospital.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. We also have a positive approach to corporate social responsibility and are keen to engage our staff in an agenda that ranges from promoting environmental sustainability to the creation of local employment opportunities.
We are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical
- Provides and performs highly complex specialist and advanced clinical and therapeutic procedures within Lane Fox, to adult patients from a range of specialities, suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders who present to Lane Fox.
- Has expert knowledge of critical care technology and service provision and co-ordinates all Lane Fox Technology Services, providing expert advice and guidance to technologists, consultants, doctors and nurses within the department and the Evelina Childrens Hospital.
- Responsible for the allocation and deployment of technologists manpower to provide routine maintenance and complex diagnostics including: Point of care devices, blood gas machines and analysis, Oximetry / transcutaneous CO2, studies, ventilators, monitoring, transport equipment
- Has a keen interest in new technologies and diagnostics and is able to evaluate their potential use and value to the current services offered.
- Provide expert clinical advice to doctors, nurses, patients and point of care team.
- Continually monitor and maintain high professional standards of the Lane Fox Technology services to patients and to initiate remedial action where necessary.
- Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure services meet challenging healthcare needs.
- Provide visible high level leadership and support to Lane Fox technology staff in dealing with difficult and conflicting situations including those that are of a clinical/professional nature.
- Initiate, participate, plan and implement policies.
- Plan, perform, interpret and provide reports on a wide range of physiological investigations to patients of all age groups, without supervision, employing current standard and specialised techniques, taking appropriate action where necessary.
- Initiate and participate with audit programmes.
- Drive and participate in departmental research and development programmes.
- Undertake continual professional development, appropriate to the range of Lane Fox technology services to patients.
- Accountable for all Lane Fox technology equipment and evaluation of equipment, ensuring they are in good working order, asset registered and regularly safety and function tested. In case of equipment failure, effectively communicate with the manufacturers and service contractors to minimise any interruption of service.
- Responsible for the procurement and commissioning of specialist, complex and expensive medical equipment.
Managerial/Leadership/Research
- Responsible for setting the direction of the department and devising the business plans in line with the long term goals of the department.
- Responsible for planning the skill mix and rotas for the department
- Provide operational management and leadership for Lane Fox technologists
- Provide line management for Lane Fox technologists, including monitoring of annual leave and sickness absence.
- Manage the day to day budget, authorised signatory and responsible for effective use of resources.
- Is a budget signatory for items totalling £25K?
- Undertake Responsibility for the efficient and effective management of physical resources
- Undertake responsibility for assessing, implementing and adapting to new clinical techniques and technologies.
- Undertake responsibility for the planning and organisation of information resources, ensuring effective and administrative patient reporting and data storage. This includes the archival of all relevant investigative data.
- Provide and maintain statistical information as required for statistical and other management purposes.
- Formulate the health and safety and quality assurance policies to patients, staff and visitors.
- Attend Trust, Regional and National meetings relating to issues of Service provision.
- Work collaboratively with senior managers and clinical colleagues in the formulation of strategic business plans
- Participate in Trust/Regional/National projects
- Responsible for recruitment, appointment and retention of all Lane Fox technologists in line with Trust policies and guidelines.
- Undertake responsibility for counselling, grievance, discipline and welfare matters and, where appropriate, implement disciplinary procedures.
- Responsible for promoting and ensuring equality, diversity and rights for all.
- To be responsible for research and development, including ethics submission for delivery of Lane Fox technologies.
Education, Training and Development
- Full line management for all technologists within the service.
- Plan, implement and monitor education and training of Lane Fox technologists and other staff groups in line with mandatory, professional and personal development according to service needs, taking remedial action as necessary.
- Conduct training presentations at national level to large conferences.
- Undertake appraisal and performance development reviews ensuring that poor competence is subject to remedial action.
- Ensure that all staff comply with CPD guidelines, professional codes of conduct and evaluate the effect of development on service delivery.
- Undertake responsibility for the development and implementation of teaching and training programmes at all levels for Lane Fox Technology services.
- Participate in teaching to a broad range of healthcare workers, including medical, nursing and healthcare scientists.
- Undertake responsibility for the formulation of individual training plans and funding, to support staff development and training needs.
- Ensure personal compliance with CPD guidelines, professional codes of conduct and evaluate the effect of development on service delivery.
Clinical Governance and Audit
- Develop, implement, maintain and upgrade professional and local policies and procedures and clinical standards/protocols/guidelines.
- Initiate and implement audit to ensure compliance with and the development of local policies, procedures and clinical standard/protocols and guidelines.
- Ensure patient and public involvement in the development of services.
- Respond to any complaints regarding the service and to report the findings to the Trust in accordance with local procedure and to take remedial action if appropriate.
- Work within agreed Trust and local policies and protocols.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical
- Provides and performs highly complex specialist and advanced clinical and therapeutic procedures within Lane Fox, to adult patients from a range of specialities, suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders who present to Lane Fox.
- Has expert knowledge of critical care technology and service provision and co-ordinates all Lane Fox Technology Services, providing expert advice and guidance to technologists, consultants, doctors and nurses within the department and the Evelina Childrens Hospital.
- Responsible for the allocation and deployment of technologists manpower to provide routine maintenance and complex diagnostics including: Point of care devices, blood gas machines and analysis, Oximetry / transcutaneous CO2, studies, ventilators, monitoring, transport equipment
- Has a keen interest in new technologies and diagnostics and is able to evaluate their potential use and value to the current services offered.
- Provide expert clinical advice to doctors, nurses, patients and point of care team.
- Continually monitor and maintain high professional standards of the Lane Fox Technology services to patients and to initiate remedial action where necessary.
- Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure services meet challenging healthcare needs.
- Provide visible high level leadership and support to Lane Fox technology staff in dealing with difficult and conflicting situations including those that are of a clinical/professional nature.
- Initiate, participate, plan and implement policies.
- Plan, perform, interpret and provide reports on a wide range of physiological investigations to patients of all age groups, without supervision, employing current standard and specialised techniques, taking appropriate action where necessary.
- Initiate and participate with audit programmes.
- Drive and participate in departmental research and development programmes.
- Undertake continual professional development, appropriate to the range of Lane Fox technology services to patients.
- Accountable for all Lane Fox technology equipment and evaluation of equipment, ensuring they are in good working order, asset registered and regularly safety and function tested. In case of equipment failure, effectively communicate with the manufacturers and service contractors to minimise any interruption of service.
- Responsible for the procurement and commissioning of specialist, complex and expensive medical equipment.
Managerial/Leadership/Research
- Responsible for setting the direction of the department and devising the business plans in line with the long term goals of the department.
- Responsible for planning the skill mix and rotas for the department
- Provide operational management and leadership for Lane Fox technologists
- Provide line management for Lane Fox technologists, including monitoring of annual leave and sickness absence.
- Manage the day to day budget, authorised signatory and responsible for effective use of resources.
- Is a budget signatory for items totalling £25K?
- Undertake Responsibility for the efficient and effective management of physical resources
- Undertake responsibility for assessing, implementing and adapting to new clinical techniques and technologies.
- Undertake responsibility for the planning and organisation of information resources, ensuring effective and administrative patient reporting and data storage. This includes the archival of all relevant investigative data.
- Provide and maintain statistical information as required for statistical and other management purposes.
- Formulate the health and safety and quality assurance policies to patients, staff and visitors.
- Attend Trust, Regional and National meetings relating to issues of Service provision.
- Work collaboratively with senior managers and clinical colleagues in the formulation of strategic business plans
- Participate in Trust/Regional/National projects
- Responsible for recruitment, appointment and retention of all Lane Fox technologists in line with Trust policies and guidelines.
- Undertake responsibility for counselling, grievance, discipline and welfare matters and, where appropriate, implement disciplinary procedures.
- Responsible for promoting and ensuring equality, diversity and rights for all.
- To be responsible for research and development, including ethics submission for delivery of Lane Fox technologies.
Education, Training and Development
- Full line management for all technologists within the service.
- Plan, implement and monitor education and training of Lane Fox technologists and other staff groups in line with mandatory, professional and personal development according to service needs, taking remedial action as necessary.
- Conduct training presentations at national level to large conferences.
- Undertake appraisal and performance development reviews ensuring that poor competence is subject to remedial action.
- Ensure that all staff comply with CPD guidelines, professional codes of conduct and evaluate the effect of development on service delivery.
- Undertake responsibility for the development and implementation of teaching and training programmes at all levels for Lane Fox Technology services.
- Participate in teaching to a broad range of healthcare workers, including medical, nursing and healthcare scientists.
- Undertake responsibility for the formulation of individual training plans and funding, to support staff development and training needs.
- Ensure personal compliance with CPD guidelines, professional codes of conduct and evaluate the effect of development on service delivery.
Clinical Governance and Audit
- Develop, implement, maintain and upgrade professional and local policies and procedures and clinical standards/protocols/guidelines.
- Initiate and implement audit to ensure compliance with and the development of local policies, procedures and clinical standard/protocols and guidelines.
- Ensure patient and public involvement in the development of services.
- Respond to any complaints regarding the service and to report the findings to the Trust in accordance with local procedure and to take remedial action if appropriate.
- Work within agreed Trust and local policies and protocols.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in a busy Critical Care / Bioengineering environment
- Significant proven management of staff, developing a service and budget management.
- Evidence of leadership, teambuilding and education of a team.
Desirable
- Has previously worked within an LTV setting
- Have previously worked within adult and paediatrics
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Significant experience with equipment management procedures guidelines and legislation
- Degree in relevant subject or considerable relative experience
Desirable
- Has worked within an LTV Setting
- MSc in relevant subject
Additional Information
Essential
- Applicants must have a full driving licence
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in a busy Critical Care / Bioengineering environment
- Significant proven management of staff, developing a service and budget management.
- Evidence of leadership, teambuilding and education of a team.
Desirable
- Has previously worked within an LTV setting
- Have previously worked within adult and paediatrics
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Significant experience with equipment management procedures guidelines and legislation
- Degree in relevant subject or considerable relative experience
Desirable
- Has worked within an LTV Setting
- MSc in relevant subject
Additional Information
Essential
- Applicants must have a full driving licence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
