Associate Practitioner - Respiratory & Sleep

Job summary

We are recruiting for an Associate Practitioner in the Digswell Sleep & Chest Unit who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

An Associate Practitioner plays a pivotal role in our sleep diagnostic and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure service maintaining the highest standards of care for our patients undergoing sleep assessment and receiving treatment.

The ideal candidate must be enthusiastic, self-motivated and excellent at communicating with patients at different levels. Computer literacy is a requirement, as your duties will include managing diagnostic and therapy devices and data input.

They will also be working with an experienced team keen to offer you support, help and guidance at any time.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the smooth and effective running of the sleep diagnostic and CPAP services by coordinating with both senior and junior staff members as part of a multidisciplinary team. This will include supporting patients as part of their diagnostic assessment, their treatment initiation and follow-up, both face to face and over phone call.

You will perform clinical observations, set patients up with domiciliary sleep studies and CPAP treatment, download and interpret clinical treatment data and complete data input.

Your responsibilities include ensuring sleep diagnostic and therapy equipment is prepared and in good working order, junior staff training and support and liaising with other departments, such as EBME and Supplies for stock provision.

You will be responsible for ensuring equipment cleaning and preparation follows internal protocol and the Trust's infection control standards.

You will take part in the weekly multidisciplinary team meeting and contribute towards ongoing research, education and development activity.

08:30h to 16:30h, Monday to Friday. Most clinical activity will be conducted at Lister Hospital but the staff member will be expected to work cross site at Hertford County Hospital and QE2 in Welwyn.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

Hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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