Specialised Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist - Lenton, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Lenton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

NHS AfC:
Band 6

Main area

Respiratory Medicine

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract

Permanent: 8.30am 4.30pm mon friday excl bank holidays

Hours

Full time hours per week

Job ref

Site

NUH Cross site

Town

Lenton

Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

24/03/2024 23:59

Job overview

We are looking for passionate individuals, who have a keen interest in our patient groups; the cross site department has recently returned to maintaining diagnostic targets for lung function and sleep investigations and is proud of this significant achievement and plans are now being developed to deliver sleep and respiratory care in more novel ways to patients in the surrounding community.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.

Working for our organisation

For interested applicants we can provide the opportunity to develop within the team and become involved in training.

Our lung function services are busy dynamic services spread across two main acute hospital sites; compromising Nottingham University Hospitals.

The trust supports over 12,000 patients receiving therapy for sleep apnea and also more specific ventilation support for other patient groups.

Under normal circumstances we perform more than 2,000 lung function investigations per year. You will be joining established teams within NUH who have recently become aligned under new leadership.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

You will possess a good BSc in Physiology or the equivalent and have or are willing to gain the ARTP practitioner qualifications in lung function and sleep.

Your skills will be most useful in performing lung function lists, with exposure to bronchial challenge testing, cardio pulmonary exercise testing, sleep diagnostics, initiation of treatment including follow up review of therapy.

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria

BSc Clinical Physiology/Healthcare Science

Desirable criteria

RCCP/AHCS registration

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria

Proficient in using wide range of diagnostic equipment, and in the recognition of faults, calibration and quality control issues.

Desirable criteria

ARTP associate / Practitioner qualification
Experience at providing training support to respiratory / sleep ATO's or BSc Degree Apprentice students

Communication

Essential criteria

Established communication skills needed to discuss patient treatment plans with patients, medical teams and other health care providers

Experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of experience working in diagnostic sleep physiology; diagnostic investigations and intiation of CPAP and NIV

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH.

We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.

With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

Salary:
The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence:

All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy:

NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID.

NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment.

The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation.

The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service
I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the
Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.