Assistant Respiratory Clinical Physiologist | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata, per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6326561/432-HR341-24 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in assisting with the delivery of diagnostic respiratory and sleep physiology services at Ipswich Hospital.
You will play a key role in assisting with the running and development ofsleep diagnostic services which will involve attaching and demonstrating to patients how to apply their overnight sleep study device.
You will maintain a good level of technical work in addition to downloading the data for the respiratory physiologist.
You will be responsible for triaging phone messages for CPAP equipment consumables and posting out to patients.
You will be joining a busy, multidisciplinary team including, Physiologists, Consultants, Respiratory Nurse Specialists, Specialist Practitionersand Administrative support.
You will carry out demonstrations and applications of a range of basic respiratory and sleep investigations.
You will be provided with in-house training to complete the ARTP Spirometry certificate, as well as competencies that will allow you to run sleep study set up clinics.
Responsibility for performing basic respiratory and sleep diagnostic investigations, sterilisation of equipment and general administrative duties in the Lung Function Unit.
· Assist in the provision of a comprehensive clinical respiratory investigative service and a comprehensive sleep investigative service to patients of all ages referred from a wide range of specialities from across the region.
· Perform simple clinical respiratory and sleep diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
· Perform sterilisation of equipment, clerical and administrative duties.
· Support senior staff to maintain an efficiently running service.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024