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- To work as a team with the associate practitioners, nursing assistants and healthcare scientist assistants to ensure the smooth running of daily clinics within cardiology outpatients and community cardiology clinics.
- Provide a range of cardiac physiological procedures accessible to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and local GP practices.
- Support clerical staff to ensure the collection and availability of administration and clinical data (reception/clinical database entry/filing)
- Support and deliver orientation and training to staff within and as appropriate.
- Liaise with other staff to ensure that patients receive cardiac physiology procedures ( 12-lead electrocardiogram, Ambulatory ECG, Ambulatory BP) requested by clinical staff in the delivery of health care.
- To be a member of the interdisciplinary team, contributing to and delivering effective, quality care of cardiac patients.
- To respect and maintain confidentiality in all matters relating to the Unit and patients.
- To keep the Unit well maintained, stocked and tidy, while adhering to health and safety policies
- To work without direct supervision in obtaining physiological data from patients (adults, children and neonates) from ECG recordings and other observations and phlebotomy where training permits.
- Present accurate procedure results to appropriate clinical staff.
- To obtain patient consent for the procedure, ensuring correct information governance procedures are followed.
- To understand and troubleshoot significant findings and artefacts on recording ECGs and identify and utilise alternative recording technique.
- To recognise a deteriorating patient and summon help when needed.
- Maintain and update as appropriate, knowledge and skills required to record and provide first-line analysis/interpretation of results from a range of physiological procedures.
- Contribute to the maintenance, development and implementation of local operating procedures and policies
- To contribute to the continuing development of professional cardiac physiology practice within the unit, embracing new ideas and changes for the benefit of patient care
- To keep up to date with clinical practice issues relating to the specific speciality.
- To take responsibility for own personal and professional growth and for maintaining a record of professional development experiences
- To complete agreed local and Trust competency frameworks and take active responsibility for having an annual appraisal with a relevant personal development plan that is review with the mentor at 3 monthly intervals Job description
- To support, supervise, orientate and train new and less experienced cardiology outpatient support workers, volunteers and students and assist with completion of appropriate documentation
- To act as a mentor/buddy to junior cardiology outpatient support workers following appropriate training with support from cardiology outpatient staff and assist with completion of appropriate documentation.
- To liaise with the outpatient senior nurse to organise duties.
- To escort patient between clinical environments of the cardiology outpatient unit and hospital.
- To take responsibility for the organisation, storage and maintenance of equipment for the Unit.
- To collect and deliver equipment interdepartmentally and throughout the hospital.
- To order stock items as requested by service lead.
- To follow local policy for the receipt of all items (stock and non stock)
- To ensure staff are aware of and follow local policy for the loan of equipment to other departments.
- To ensure any faulty equipment is removed from service immediately cleaned appropriately, labelled correctly and sent for repair (according to Trust policy)
- To be aware of, report and take immediate initial action regarding any potential hazards Person Specification
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Healthcare Scientist Associate - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Closing date: 25/08/2022 11:59pm
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