Job summary
Provides advanced specialist pediatric clinical respiratory and Sleep service to children attending the department at Birmingham Children's Hospital.Patients may suffer from a wide variety of medical disorders, a significant proportion of which are respiratory or sleep in nature.
You will interact with scientific and medical staff within the respiratory & sleep physiology team and wider key stakeholders (clinical referral teams, patients, families and general public).Provides advanced specialist Paediatric Clinical Respiratory & sleep service to children and their families attending the department and across non-dedicated environments within the Birmingham Children's Hospital. Patients may suffer from a wide variety of medical disorders of both lung function and sleep origin.Analyse and interpret highly complex results and provision of factual reports, provide education, line management and clinical supervision of junior staff and advice to clinicians.Act as lead sleep specialist, including service provision, teaching, audit and quality of a specialist area of clinical sleep service delivery in conjunction with the lung function department manager.Work alone and collaboratively with others on a day-to-day basis to ensure that service needs are met and to plan and prioritise own workload.Responsibility for the day-to-day decision making in the Lung Function and Sleep service in the absence of the Head of Department, as required.
Main duties of the job
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Clinical:
Plan, perform and interpret a range of advanced specialist respiratory & sleep diagnostic investigations to a high level of competence on children without supervision, with appropriate actions taken as necessary to obtain maximum results.
Be involved in the appropriate deployment and supervision of staff and resource management and collaborate with other professionals and agencies to ensure service provision meets professional standards. Performs regular machine checks on all Lung Function/ Sleep equipment, documents any faults found and takes appropriate action where necessary.
Undertake non-invasive ventilation (NIV) titration to patients when required, complying with Trust policy and department protocol.Use highly developed skills and judgement to determine when a patient requires emergency attention, discussing findings with appropriate medical staff.Provide support and assistance to respiratory & sleep physiology staff in dealing with difficult and conflicting situations including those that are of a clinical/professional nature.Analyses, scores and reports urgent sleep studies in a timely manner and upload reports on Hyperspace. Organize, attend and contribute to sleep MDT, service development meetings and ward rounds.
Analyse and interpret complex sleep data, provide factual reports to medical staff, act on and alert any unexpected abnormal test results to the line manager or medical staff and oversee reports formulated by junior staff.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Practical experience and familiarity with the range of specialist and advanced sleep physiological investigations
- Training in advanced skills and knowledge within relevant field
- Experience performing with paediatric patients
Desirable
- Experience of advanced sleep physiology investigations in the paediatric age range e.g. Full Polsomnography
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Experience in planning, performing and interpreting a range of paediatric sleep physiological investigations
- Able to work autonomously
- Able to undertake complex hand-eye co-ordination tasks for the use of diagnostic equipment
Qualifications
Essential
- STP Respiratory & Sleep Physiology qualification or equivalent Masters course, Certificate of equivalence at STP level
- Bsc (Hons) Clinical Physiology (respiratory) or equivalent
- HCPC registration (or working towards) as Clinical Scientist
- ARTP/Sleep professional body exams/other sleep qualification
Desirable
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to provide formal teaching and/or supervision to junior staff or visitors to the department
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Can concentrate for prolonged periods e.g. when analysing, scoring and reporting complex sleep studies
- Capable of dealing with highly distressing circumstances e.g. dealing with children with challenging/severely challenging behaviour
- Capable of communicating complex and sensitive information to children, relatives and carers, including children with learning or physical disabilities
- Ability to communicate with staff at all levels including consultants, medical staff, nurses, admin and clerical and hotel services staff
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Able to cope with frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions such as body fluids, head lice, aggression (verbal and occasionally physical) and contained chemicals such as acetone and collodion
- Can coordinate and cooperate with others to plan and prioritise workload
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Practical experience and familiarity with the range of specialist and advanced sleep physiological investigations
- Training in advanced skills and knowledge within relevant field
- Experience performing with paediatric patients
Desirable
- Experience of advanced sleep physiology investigations in the paediatric age range e.g. Full Polsomnography
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Experience in planning, performing and interpreting a range of paediatric sleep physiological investigations
- Able to work autonomously
- Able to undertake complex hand-eye co-ordination tasks for the use of diagnostic equipment
Qualifications
Essential
- STP Respiratory & Sleep Physiology qualification or equivalent Masters course, Certificate of equivalence at STP level
- Bsc (Hons) Clinical Physiology (respiratory) or equivalent
- HCPC registration (or working towards) as Clinical Scientist
- ARTP/Sleep professional body exams/other sleep qualification
Desirable
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to provide formal teaching and/or supervision to junior staff or visitors to the department
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Can concentrate for prolonged periods e.g. when analysing, scoring and reporting complex sleep studies
- Capable of dealing with highly distressing circumstances e.g. dealing with children with challenging/severely challenging behaviour
- Capable of communicating complex and sensitive information to children, relatives and carers, including children with learning or physical disabilities
- Ability to communicate with staff at all levels including consultants, medical staff, nurses, admin and clerical and hotel services staff
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Able to cope with frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions such as body fluids, head lice, aggression (verbal and occasionally physical) and contained chemicals such as acetone and collodion
- Can coordinate and cooperate with others to plan and prioritise workload
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Children Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham
B4 6NH
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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