The paediatric respiratory service provides secondary level care for the local population of Oxfordshire and tertiary care to Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley and parts of Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire. We care for children and young people from the Thames Valley and beyond with a wide range of respiratory issues, both acute and chronic. The post-holder will be working within a multi-disciplinary team including clinicians, specialist nurses and other allied healthcare professionals.

The service currently undertakes over 700 sleep studies each year in children with a wide range of underlying problems including obstructive sleep apnoea, chronic lung disease, apnoea of unknown cause, neuromuscular weakness, and craniofacial and palate disorders

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of this post is to manage the provision of a cardio-respiratory, sleep disorders investigation & monitoring service (Sleep Service) for Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. More specifically this post is to oversee the running of the service which provides advice to the clinical team on the diagnosis and management of cardiorespiratory sleep disorders in infants and children. There are responsibilities/duties for analysis and reporting investigations for which highly specialised skills are required. The role requires active involvement in service development.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached documents detailing the main duties of the role within the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

specification

Essential

• Degree in Clinical Physiology or related subject or able to demonstrate specialist knowledge through practical experience.
• Highly developed knowledge of and wide practical experience in respiratory sleep investigation.
• Competent in performing respiratory sleep-related diagnostic procedures.
• Experience of communicating specialist information to other members of the clinical team at all levels.
• Knowledge and experience in sleep related cardiorespiratory measurement. Including advanced ability in performing respiratory polygraphy.
• Extensive experience in utilising sleep diagnostic equipment - hardware and software.

Desirable

• Postgraduate theoretical qualification, e.g. PhD or MSc
• Registered Clinical Physiologist or Healthcare Scientist (Clinical Scientist), or working towards this.
• Extensive high level analytical skills in cardiorespiratory measurement
• Experienced in the practical application of sleep diagnostic and therapeutic technologies
• Experience in analysing, interpreting, disseminating advice for specialist services (clinical and or management).
• Advanced knowledge of paediatric respiratory sleep related disorders and treatments.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Children's Hospital Oxford

John Radcliffe Hospital

Headington

OX9 3DU

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