Healthcare Scientist Associate - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Oxford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Healthcare Scientist Associate (Imaging) - To assist and support echocardiographers and nuclear cardiac physiologists ensuring smooth and efficient running of daily clinics.

To be a member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to and delivering effective, quality care of cardiac patients.

Support and deliver orientation and training to staff within and as appropriate, out with the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Liaise with other staff within the Cardiac Physiology department, Oxford University Hospitals, GP Practices, and other local NHS Trust organisations to ensure that patients receive cardiac physiology procedures requested by clinical staff in the delivery of health care.

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

Closing date: 25/08/2022 11:59pm

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

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