Job summary
The Royal Free London sleep & ventilation service is an award winning service that strives to provide excellent care using novel technology & pathways. The Royal Free Hospital is recruiting for a sleep & ventilation practitioner. The post holder will join the multi-disciplinary team in the care of patients with sleep disordered breathing & respiratory failure, mainly within the outpatient setting. It is an exciting opportunity for nursing/ allied health professionals/ physiologist who have experience in sleep reporting, continuous positive airway pressure & non-invasive ventilation. The team is driven to provide excellent patient care using the latest clinical research.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess, treat and support patients on domiciliary & acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and positive airway pressure (PAP)
The post holder is responsible for ensuring diagnostics provided by the sleep and ventilation team are of high quality and undertaken and reported within agreed timeframes
The post holder is required to provide outpatient clinics for patients being managed by the seep and ventilation service; which will include joint clinics with consultant physicians, registrars and other members of the MDT Be involved with the development and audit of guidelines and protocols for the management of patients with respiratory problems. To act as an effective role model and mentor promoting excellence through practice
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To demonstrate highly specialist clinical skills and advanced knowledge within the field of chronic respiratory care and provide specialist support and advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team within the organisation. To use specialist theoretical and practical knowledge gained from postgraduate study and experience in the treatment of patients.
- To have an expert working knowledge of the specialist equipment required for the domiciliary NIV service (e.g. NIV machines/interfaces).
- To support patients through the sleep and ventilation pathways and be responsible for clinical assessment, performing diagnostic tests and interpreting data.
- To participate in outpatient clinics. This work requires the post holder to work primarily autonomously and participate in clinics with the lead consultant for sleep and ventilation.
- To work independently with several IT systems including CPAP and NIV patient monitoring software.
- To monitor compliance of CPAP and NIV use remotely and be able to clinically reason and apply the data to the care of the patient.
- To assist with budget management of the sleep and ventilation service
- To manage stock control for relevant area and ensure ordering in completed in an effective and timely manner
- Undertake recruitment, the supervision, organisation and line management of clinical and administration staff.
- Monitor staff performance and carry out annual staff appraisal, linking development priorities to those of the Trust.
- Actively manage staff absence and sickness
- To attend relevant staff and management meetings, tutorials, training sessions, and external courses.
- To develop, implement and audit innovative methods of delivering education sessions, e.g. group workshops for patients and their carers, digital resources
Please refer to the job description & person specification for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To demonstrate highly specialist clinical skills and advanced knowledge within the field of chronic respiratory care and provide specialist support and advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team within the organisation. To use specialist theoretical and practical knowledge gained from postgraduate study and experience in the treatment of patients.
- To have an expert working knowledge of the specialist equipment required for the domiciliary NIV service (e.g. NIV machines/interfaces).
- To support patients through the sleep and ventilation pathways and be responsible for clinical assessment, performing diagnostic tests and interpreting data.
- To participate in outpatient clinics. This work requires the post holder to work primarily autonomously and participate in clinics with the lead consultant for sleep and ventilation.
- To work independently with several IT systems including CPAP and NIV patient monitoring software.
- To monitor compliance of CPAP and NIV use remotely and be able to clinically reason and apply the data to the care of the patient.
- To assist with budget management of the sleep and ventilation service
- To manage stock control for relevant area and ensure ordering in completed in an effective and timely manner
- Undertake recruitment, the supervision, organisation and line management of clinical and administration staff.
- Monitor staff performance and carry out annual staff appraisal, linking development priorities to those of the Trust.
- Actively manage staff absence and sickness
- To attend relevant staff and management meetings, tutorials, training sessions, and external courses.
- To develop, implement and audit innovative methods of delivering education sessions, e.g. group workshops for patients and their carers, digital resources
Please refer to the job description & person specification for full details.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/diploma/equivalent qualification appropriate to profession (e.g. nurse, physiotherapist, respiratory physiologist)
- Appropriate registration with professional body (e.g. HCPC/RCN/RCCP)
- Evidence of portfolio of postgraduate continued development in specialist clinical area
- Post registration qualification relevant to speciality.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial postgraduate specialist sleep & ventilation experience
- Awareness of guidelines and national standards in the management of patients with sleep disordered breathing.
- Demonstrate depth of knowledge in the field of sleep disordered breathing, domiciliary non -invasive ventilation and long term oxygen therapy
Desirable
- Experience of teaching to multidisciplinary groups
- Experience of developing standards, policies and protocols
- Previous experience of research and audit.
- Ability to make appropriate decisions regarding the treatment of patients requiring long term oxygen therapy
- Ability to make appropriate decisions regarding the treatment of patients with neuro -muscular disease.
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- To be able to independently set -up CPAP on individuals with sleep disordered breathing and NIV on patients with hypercapnice respiratory failure
- To be able to troubleshoot and provide patients with advice regarding their equipment (CPAP, NIV, oxygen)
- To work as an independent and autonomous practitioner in an outpatient setting
Desirable
- Be able to assist with budget management for the sleep and ventilation service
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence (written and verbal) and listeneing skills
- A proactive approach to work
- Able to manage stressful situations and challenge decisions to ensure that patient needs are met
- Self -motivated and able to motivate others.
Others
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
- Evidence of proven, on - going professional development
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/diploma/equivalent qualification appropriate to profession (e.g. nurse, physiotherapist, respiratory physiologist)
- Appropriate registration with professional body (e.g. HCPC/RCN/RCCP)
- Evidence of portfolio of postgraduate continued development in specialist clinical area
- Post registration qualification relevant to speciality.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial postgraduate specialist sleep & ventilation experience
- Awareness of guidelines and national standards in the management of patients with sleep disordered breathing.
- Demonstrate depth of knowledge in the field of sleep disordered breathing, domiciliary non -invasive ventilation and long term oxygen therapy
Desirable
- Experience of teaching to multidisciplinary groups
- Experience of developing standards, policies and protocols
- Previous experience of research and audit.
- Ability to make appropriate decisions regarding the treatment of patients requiring long term oxygen therapy
- Ability to make appropriate decisions regarding the treatment of patients with neuro -muscular disease.
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- To be able to independently set -up CPAP on individuals with sleep disordered breathing and NIV on patients with hypercapnice respiratory failure
- To be able to troubleshoot and provide patients with advice regarding their equipment (CPAP, NIV, oxygen)
- To work as an independent and autonomous practitioner in an outpatient setting
Desirable
- Be able to assist with budget management for the sleep and ventilation service
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence (written and verbal) and listeneing skills
- A proactive approach to work
- Able to manage stressful situations and challenge decisions to ensure that patient needs are met
- Self -motivated and able to motivate others.
Others
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
- Evidence of proven, on - going professional development
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues.
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).
