Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist - London, United Kingdom - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are currently looking for highly motivated individuals with relevant clinical experience to join our team at the Paediatric Sleep & Respiratory Physiologist Team.

Provide overview of both the respiratory physiology and sleep service at the NWL Children's Hospital, including input into waiting lists and capacity planning. This would include an overview of the outpatient sleep service.
Support the leadership for the Paediatric Healthcare Nursing Assistants when setting up of complex sleep studies, to be responsible for up to 2 patients within the inpatient facility at St Mary's Hospital who are admitted overnight for sleep studies, as well as existing inpatients who may also require a sleep study.
Pre admission telephone contact, meet and greet patients and their parent/carer.
Explanation of the procedure and obtaining consent for research study where appropriate. Oversee setup of sleep studies with support from the Paediatric Healthcare Assistants and technicians.
Assessment by sleep study of patients who are dependent on oxygen, noninvasive ventilation or invasive (tracheostomy) ventilation.
Be responsible for interpreting and reporting inpatient sleep studies in a timely fashion, as required and directed by the referring paediatric respiratory consultant.
Communicate routine information to patients.
Interact closely with medical, scientific and other nursing staff to provide a high quality paediatric Sleep Service dedicated to patient care.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.