Specialist Physiologist - North west Ventilation Service
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum, Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M23 9LT |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6224287/349-WTWA-6224287 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Respiratory Physiologist to join the team in the North West Ventilation Service, Wythenshawe Hospital. This role is for a 12-month maternity leave secondment.
The North West Ventilation Service is a tertiary referral centre for long-term non-invasive/invasive ventilation and cough augmentation therapy, with approximately 1700 patients under our service. A well established multi-disciplinary team is responsible for managing these patients across the inpatient, outpatient and community settings. The successful candidate will work alongside the Specialist team of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Medical Consultants and Occupational Therapists.
The position will involve:
Performing, analysing and reporting on in-patient and outpatient sleep studies (including on NIV/CPAP).
Initiating treatment with CPAP and Bi-Level Non-Invasive Ventilation. and delivering teaching and training to patients and carers on the use of these devices.
Teaching, training and mentoring of students and junior staff.
This post will predominantly be based within the inpatient and outpatient settings on the North West Ventilation Unit, but there may be a requirement to deliver some aspects of care within the community. Direct support will be provided from the Lead Physiotherapists and Lead Nurse for the service, alongside other members of the MDT. Profession specific supervision is available from the Wythenshawe Lung-Function department and WTWA Sleep Service.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Respiratory Physiologist to join the team in the North West Ventilation Service, Wythenshawe Hospital. This role is for a 12-month maternity leave secondment.
The North West Ventilation Service is a tertiary referral centre for long-term non-invasive/invasive ventilation and cough augmentation therapy, with approximately 1700 patients under our service. A well established multi-disciplinary team is responsible for managing these patients across the inpatient, outpatient and community settings. The successful candidate will work alongside the Specialist team of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Medical Consultants and Occupational Therapists.
The position will involve:
Performing, analysing and reporting on in-patient and outpatient sleep studies (including on NIV/CPAP).
Initiating treatment with CPAP and Bi-Level Non-Invasive Ventilation. and delivering teaching and training to patients and carers on the use of these devices.
Teaching, training and mentoring of students and junior staff.
This post will predominantly be based within the inpatient and outpatient settings on the North West Ventilation Unit, but there may be a requirement to deliver some aspects of care within the community. Direct support will be provided from the Lead Physiotherapists and Lead Nurse for the service, alongside other members of the MDT. Profession specific supervision is available from the Wythenshawe Lung-Function department and WTWA Sleep Service.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
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