Senior Assistant Respiratory Physiologist - Canterbury, United Kingdom - East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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Canterbury, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust comprises three main sites William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent and Canterbury hospital in Canterbury and the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospital in Margate.

With over 8000 staff and over 1000 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners.

The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of East Kent, together with specialist services.

Along with the basic tests of lung function, such as spirometry and gas transfer, other tests you will perform include field exercise tests and exhaled nitric oxide testing.

These are exciting times for the lung function unit due to ever expanding services and continual developments, we are looking to enhance the service and in order to do so we will be recruiting into posts such as this one.

"We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'.

Everything we do is guided by our values:
'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day.

We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

NHSEI have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to get vaccinated and it remains our best line of defence against COVID-19.

As such NHS organisation including Primary Care, are encouraged to continue engaging with and supporting their staff to inform their decisions in order to drive vaccine confidence, protect themselves, patients, and everyone else.

NHSEI has produced COVID-19 vaccine communication materials.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.