Job summary
We
are looking to recruit a Highly Specialised Respiratory Physiologist to join
our friendly team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS trust (WAHT).
This
post is ideally suited for an experienced respiratory physiologist who is
wanting to enhance their skills and help in the progression and development of
a motivated and evolving department. WAHT has an established physiologist led
sleep service, extensive links with the pre-operative anaesthetics team in
using CPET for surgical assessment and with the Respiratory Consultants to
streamline and optimise patient care.
The
successful candidate will contribute to the provision of high-quality care when
performing lung function, CPET, sleep analysis and treatment. Working closely
with the respiratory consultant team, evaluating and developing the service
provision. Work in partnership with other departments throughout the Trust to
enable the provision of high-quality care. The successful candidate will also
perform, analyse and report investigations independently, consulting with the
medical staff on appropriate tests and use of investigations.
Our
department is actively involved in delivering training and support the PTP and
the STP.
The
post holder will be required
to work across WAHT sites, comprising: The Alexandra
Hospital, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, and Kidderminster Treatment Centre.
All sites have good road links to M42 and M5 motorways.
Main duties of the job
The post requires highly specialist knowledge in the field of Respiratory
Physiology and Sleep Medicine.
Initiate
patients on CPAP therapy explaining sleep study results, device workings, care
and cleaning of equipment, provision of lifestyle advice and DVLA guidance.
Follow-up
with patients on CPAP therapy interpreting device therapy and compliance data
alongside results of overnight oximetry and assessment of patient symptoms.
Issuing
sleep diagnostic equipment including overnight oximetry and multi-channel sleep
studies.
Issue
results letters to patients following sleep studies and have clinical
discussions with patients to assess suitability of CPAP Therapy
Initiate
patients on BiPAP therapy in either spontaneous mode or adaptive servo
ventilation.
Undertake
and interpret measurements of blood gases by either capillary and/or arterial
sampling.
Undertake
routine and complex lung function measurements and provide training in these
areas.
Be accountable for own professional actions and maintain
professional registration.
Identify limitations in own clinical knowledge, skill or
interventional capability and escalate to senior clinicians accordingly.
Independently acquire and report results for a range of highly
specialised procedures and forwarding results to the appropriate referring
practitioner when required and also highlighting any urgencies or concern.
Analyse and interpret clinical investigations and report urgent
outcomes to the appropriate medical teams or clinicians.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will support the sleep service
in the provision of respiratory diagnostcs and sleep therapies to the Worcestershire
population.
The post holder will provide leadership and
support to all junior clinical and administrative staff, escalate any concerns
to the sleep service lead while monitoring waiting list targets are being met.
The post holder will support the service
manager in ensuring the quality and operation at the Kidderminster and
Alexandra sites.
The
post-holder will be expected to function independently as a sleep specialist and assist in other clinical areas as required. You will be
working with a group of clinical scientists and clinical physiologists and consultants/nurses
who are committed to providing the highest standards of patient care.
The
post holder will be expected to work fully autonomously in a range of simple
and complex tests in respiratory and sleep, providing leadership and training
to junior members of staff.
The
post-holder will work closely with the staff within the wider Cardiopulmonary
department and will be expected to travel to each of the 3 sites to offer
support when required.
Assisting in maintaining
the quality of the clinical investigation service provision, including audit,
research and development, procurement and quality assurance of all equipment.
Providing support in the
provision and maintenance of IT systems supporting the department, ensuring
system resilience and compliance, working with trust IT department and outside
suppliers.
Translate
complex technical information through patient care to patients, their relatives
and healthcare professionals.
Key Duties:
Professional/Clinical Leadership
Provide
clinical leadership which inspires and motivates others, enabling them to
empower the team to contribute ideas, support continuous improvement and to
resolve clinical issues.
Consistently provide high
quality leadership in a visible and highly professional manner, acting as a
positive role model.
Act as a source of reference
to other members of the department giving support, advice and recommendations.
Demonstrate continuous
professional development, maintaining a high level of clinical competence.
Ensure that all staff have a clear
understanding of the care and environmental standards they are expected to
maintain.
Act as a clinical role model, assessing and
delivering care needs as a significant part of their role. They will also
ensure high standards of clinical care are consistently achieved and monitored.
Role model the trusts
values and expected behaviours.
Ensure all communication,
which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive,
inclusive and timely manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward.
Ensure all communication is
presented appropriately to different recipients, according to levels of
understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such
as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.
Ensure that waiting times
are monitored and reported on a weekly basis and that any potential problems
are escalated appropriately.
Clinical and professional responsibilities
The post requires highly specialist
knowledge in the field of Respiratory Physiology and Sleep Medicine.
Initiate patients on CPAP therapy
explaining sleep study results, device workings, care and cleaning of
equipment, provision of lifestyle advice and DVLA guidance.
Follow-up with
patients on CPAP therapy interpreting device therapy and compliance data
alongside results of overnight oximetry and assessment of patient symptoms.
Issuing sleep
diagnostic equipment including overnight oximetry and multi-channel sleep
studies.
Issue results
letters to patients following sleep studies and have clinical discussions with
patients to assess suitability of CPAP Therapy
Initiate
patients on BiPAP therapy in either spontaneous mode or adaptive servo
ventilation.
Undertake and
interpret measurements of blood gases by either capillary and/or arterial
sampling.
Undertake
routine and complex lung function measurements and provide training in these
areas
Be accountable for own
professional actions and maintain professional registration.
Identify limitations in own
clinical knowledge, skill or interventional capability and escalate to senior
clinicians accordingly.
Independently acquire and
report results for a range of highly specialised procedures and forwarding
results to the appropriate referring practitioner when required and also
highlighting any urgencies or concern
Analyse and interpret
clinical investigations and report urgent outcomes to the appropriate medical
teams or clinicians.
To attend training courses
to update ones own technical, physiological and pathological knowledge of
specialist procedures and to update ones knowledge, in respect of specialised
clinical use of equipment.
To deliver services ensuring
they are delivered in line with Health & Safety and other Trust guidelines
Clinical governance
and quality
To contribute to the
maintenance of all trust policies and procedures within the departments.
Support systematic clinical
audit and monitor improvements.
Ensure that physiological
tests and interventions are delivered in line with best practice at all sites.
Help ensure a safe, secure environment
for patients, visitors and staff.
Ensure that confidentiality
of patient records is strictly maintained and comply with the Data Protection
Act.
Ensure the update and smooth
running of departmental databases and archive systems.
support and monitor the
safety of equipment, ensure service / maintenance is carried out to a high
level, taking action when faulty equipment is detected.
The job description is not
intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time
to time in the light of changing circumstances and after consultation with the
post-holder.
The post holder might be
required to work across the Trust at any time throughout the duration of their
contract, which may entail travel and working at different hospital sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will support the sleep service
in the provision of respiratory diagnostcs and sleep therapies to the Worcestershire
population.
The post holder will provide leadership and
support to all junior clinical and administrative staff, escalate any concerns
to the sleep service lead while monitoring waiting list targets are being met.
The post holder will support the service
manager in ensuring the quality and operation at the Kidderminster and
Alexandra sites.
The
post-holder will be expected to function independently as a sleep specialist and assist in other clinical areas as required. You will be
working with a group of clinical scientists and clinical physiologists and consultants/nurses
who are committed to providing the highest standards of patient care.
The
post holder will be expected to work fully autonomously in a range of simple
and complex tests in respiratory and sleep, providing leadership and training
to junior members of staff.
The
post-holder will work closely with the staff within the wider Cardiopulmonary
department and will be expected to travel to each of the 3 sites to offer
support when required.
Assisting in maintaining
the quality of the clinical investigation service provision, including audit,
research and development, procurement and quality assurance of all equipment.
Providing support in the
provision and maintenance of IT systems supporting the department, ensuring
system resilience and compliance, working with trust IT department and outside
suppliers.
Translate
complex technical information through patient care to patients, their relatives
and healthcare professionals.
Key Duties:
Professional/Clinical Leadership
Provide
clinical leadership which inspires and motivates others, enabling them to
empower the team to contribute ideas, support continuous improvement and to
resolve clinical issues.
Consistently provide high
quality leadership in a visible and highly professional manner, acting as a
positive role model.
Act as a source of reference
to other members of the department giving support, advice and recommendations.
Demonstrate continuous
professional development, maintaining a high level of clinical competence.
Ensure that all staff have a clear
understanding of the care and environmental standards they are expected to
maintain.
Act as a clinical role model, assessing and
delivering care needs as a significant part of their role. They will also
ensure high standards of clinical care are consistently achieved and monitored.
Role model the trusts
values and expected behaviours.
Ensure all communication,
which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive,
inclusive and timely manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward.
Ensure all communication is
presented appropriately to different recipients, according to levels of
understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such
as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.
Ensure that waiting times
are monitored and reported on a weekly basis and that any potential problems
are escalated appropriately.
Clinical and professional responsibilities
The post requires highly specialist
knowledge in the field of Respiratory Physiology and Sleep Medicine.
Initiate patients on CPAP therapy
explaining sleep study results, device workings, care and cleaning of
equipment, provision of lifestyle advice and DVLA guidance.
Follow-up with
patients on CPAP therapy interpreting device therapy and compliance data
alongside results of overnight oximetry and assessment of patient symptoms.
Issuing sleep
diagnostic equipment including overnight oximetry and multi-channel sleep
studies.
Issue results
letters to patients following sleep studies and have clinical discussions with
patients to assess suitability of CPAP Therapy
Initiate
patients on BiPAP therapy in either spontaneous mode or adaptive servo
ventilation.
Undertake and
interpret measurements of blood gases by either capillary and/or arterial
sampling.
Undertake
routine and complex lung function measurements and provide training in these
areas
Be accountable for own
professional actions and maintain professional registration.
Identify limitations in own
clinical knowledge, skill or interventional capability and escalate to senior
clinicians accordingly.
Independently acquire and
report results for a range of highly specialised procedures and forwarding
results to the appropriate referring practitioner when required and also
highlighting any urgencies or concern
Analyse and interpret
clinical investigations and report urgent outcomes to the appropriate medical
teams or clinicians.
To attend training courses
to update ones own technical, physiological and pathological knowledge of
specialist procedures and to update ones knowledge, in respect of specialised
clinical use of equipment.
To deliver services ensuring
they are delivered in line with Health & Safety and other Trust guidelines
Clinical governance
and quality
To contribute to the
maintenance of all trust policies and procedures within the departments.
Support systematic clinical
audit and monitor improvements.
Ensure that physiological
tests and interventions are delivered in line with best practice at all sites.
Help ensure a safe, secure environment
for patients, visitors and staff.
Ensure that confidentiality
of patient records is strictly maintained and comply with the Data Protection
Act.
Ensure the update and smooth
running of departmental databases and archive systems.
support and monitor the
safety of equipment, ensure service / maintenance is carried out to a high
level, taking action when faulty equipment is detected.
The job description is not
intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time
to time in the light of changing circumstances and after consultation with the
post-holder.
The post holder might be
required to work across the Trust at any time throughout the duration of their
contract, which may entail travel and working at different hospital sites.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience with acute or domiciliary CPAP
- Caring for or testing patients.
- Experience in BiPAP and complex ventilation needs.
- Experience in complex and basic lung function tests.
- Experience of providing leadership of staff in a Clinical environment
Desirable
- Experience in giving advice to patients
- Teaching and development of staff.
- Practical experience and expert knowledge of basic and advanced Cardiopulmonary investigations
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Clinical Physiology, or equivalent
- Professional Registration
- GCSE in Maths and English at C or equivalent
Desirable
- Registration for RCCP or AHCS or NMC or Chartered Physiotherapist or HCPC
- BLS/ILS certificate
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience with acute or domiciliary CPAP
- Caring for or testing patients.
- Experience in BiPAP and complex ventilation needs.
- Experience in complex and basic lung function tests.
- Experience of providing leadership of staff in a Clinical environment
Desirable
- Experience in giving advice to patients
- Teaching and development of staff.
- Practical experience and expert knowledge of basic and advanced Cardiopulmonary investigations
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Clinical Physiology, or equivalent
- Professional Registration
- GCSE in Maths and English at C or equivalent
Desirable
- Registration for RCCP or AHCS or NMC or Chartered Physiotherapist or HCPC
- BLS/ILS certificate
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).
