Bank Healthcare Science Assistant - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
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Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

The Cardiology Department provides a comprehensive range of Cardiac investigations and treatments for patients with a wide range of Cardiac disorders.

The post holder will assist in the provision of the departments Cardiac Diagnostic Investigations Service.


The University Hospitals of the North Midlands NHS trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country.

We serve around three million people and we are highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The trust has around 1.,450 in patient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.

Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the major centre for trauma for the North Midlands and North wales.

We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Our goal is to be a world class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research ,

Key Areas/Tasks

Knowledge, Training and experience

  • Post holder required to sit professional exams for recording and potentially interpreting ECG's.
  • Knowledge of range of routine and nonroutine healthcare science duties acquired through training.
  • A good science background is required to enable further development, ideally in the form of science A levels or equivalent
Analytical and Judgement Skills

  • Judgements involving facts or situations that may require analysis.
  • Makes decisions within own area of Cardiac Physiology and identifies, actions and report problems.
Communication and relationships skills

  • Provides and receives routine information orally to inform work colleagues and exchanges routine information with tact and persuasive skills to reduce barriers to understanding
  • Communicate with patients/carers when performing investigations in a way that they understand.
Planning and Organisational Skills

  • Organise own day to day working tasks and activities.
  • Responds to requests and prioritises own workload.
Physical Skills

  • Post holder is required to record accurate and good quality ECG's.
  • Highly developed physical skills including hand eye coordination where accuracy is important. This is relevant when using specialist equipment
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care

  • Provides basic/clinical technical/scientific services.
  • Support specialised areas in the Department eg working alongside qualified staff in the Arrhythmia service and the Echocardiography clinics.
Responsibility for Policy/Service Development

  • Follows policies and procedures for own work area; may be asked to comment on proposed changes.
Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources

  • Maintains stock control and security of work area.
  • Ensures the safe use of equipment.
Responsibility for Human Resources

  • Supervises and trains less experienced staff in own area
  • May be required to demonstrate own duties to new or less experienced staff.
Responsibility for Information Resources

  • Records personally generated investigation results, and is responsible for the updating of records.
Responsibility for research and development

  • Undertakes surveys, audits as necessary within own working area and may occasionally participate in R&D, clinical trials or equipment testing.
Freedom to Act

  • Follows procedure for own area of work with close supervision and advice generally available.
Physical Effort

  • Restricted position with frequent light physical effort for several short periods.
Mental Effort

  • Frequent requirement for concentration with predictable working pattern and occasional/frequent requirements for prolonged concentration.
  • Required to have accurate and good quality electrocardiogram recording.
Emotional Effort

  • Rare/occasional exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances.
Working Conditions

  • Occasional exposure to unpleasant conditions.
  • Role includes working in A&E.
Personal /Professional Development

  • To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain and improve your professional knowledge and competence
  • To participate in personal objective setting and review, including the creation of a personal development plan and the Trust's appraisal process.
Standards of Behaviour

We have four core values and promises we advocate as an organisation.

To work together

To work as a team helping achieve our goals and support others to make positive changes.

To be appreciative acknowledge and thank people for their efforts and contributions.

To be Inclusive open and honest, welcome people's views and opinions and involve people in decisions that affect them.

To have compassion

To be supportive by being empathetic and reassuring and supporting people when they need it

To be respectful and treat people fairly, with respect and dignity, protect their privacy and help them feel comfortable

To be friendl
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