Job Title: Highly Specialist Respiratory and sleep clinical scientist

Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (4 day week Monday - Friday)

Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent

Salary: �43,742-�50,056 per annum

Please note if you commence in post prior to October 2024, you will be paid in line with 2023/2024 agenda for change pay scales.

Closing Date: 11th October 2024

Interview Date: 24th October 2024

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

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Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will be expected to an independent autonomous clinical scientist.

They will be expected to demonstrate an advanced level of experience across respiratory and sleep science and undertake advanced clinical physiology investigations.

They are expected to provide leadership, training and education across clinical areas of sleep and respiratory services, enabling staff to develop the clinical skills and competencies required delivering a high-quality service responsive to changing needs.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:

Effective open communication

Excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Demonstrate specialist skills, knowledge and expertise in clinical practice in Respiratory and Sleep Sciences e.g., CPET, Oxygen Therapy and Pulmonary Function Testing.

Analyse, interpret and report on the results of a range of investigations.

To be proficient at performing respiratory and sleep physiology tests independently to departmental standards.

Attend and participate in local and national meetings related to Respiratory and Sleep Sciences.

Identify the diagnostic and therapeutic requirements of specialist clinical departments and clinical colleagues, this may require attending multidisciplinary team meetings.

To interpret complex data to ascertain and identify any pathological or incidental findings observable. Consider and report diagnoses as appropriate.

To communicate test results, technical information, and exchange specialist information with colleagues from your own and other disciplines.

Assist in the day to day running of the department ensuring

Support the Clinical service manager in achieving long-term objectives of the department and its strategic direction including devising and revising COPs and guidelines as needed.

Please note that this list is not exhaustive, for more information please find that the full details can be found in the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

Person Specification

Qualification and Professional Traing

Essential

• BSc in Clinical Physiology Respiratory or equivalent
• Master level degree or equivalent qualification in Healthcare Science
• ARTP Award (Part 1, Part 2, Associate or Practitioner examinations

Desirable

• HCPC registered
• Intermediate Life Support
• Mary Seacole NHS Leadership Award or equivalent
• DClinSci or PhD

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum of 5 years' experience post qualification
• Experience in a formal leadership role within an NHS Hospital Trust
• Experience as an independent practitioner across the range of routine and specialised respiratory and sleep investigations
• Evidence of clinical research and audit
• Developing and implementing training packages
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams

Desirable

• Experience of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation process
• Experience with governance, QA and/or complaint management
• Experience of planning and developing specialist services including contributing toward local and national policies

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Comprehensive leadership abilities
• Self-disciplined and self-motivated
• Ability to manage and lead team in emergency situations
• Ability to engage the team and develop changes in working practices including research and audit
• IT competency
• Evidence to demonstrate continual professional development
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Excellent analytical and influencing skills
• Able to prioritise workload as changes occur and to simultaneously focus on a particular task to meet set deadlines
• To be able to assist patients to dress and undress
• To be able to push, maneuver and assist patients to transfer from wheelchair to examining couch
• To be able to deal sensitively with anxious patients and relatives attending the department for tests and to answer patient complaints/ queries.
• To be able to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances
• To be able to deal with and advise on personal and professional staff issues.
• To be able to apply concentration in the interpretation and analysis of test data and results, together with a high level of concentration during patient test procedures.
• To be able to concentrate for prolonged periods when producing service reports, business cases and planning.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Professional manner
• To demonstrate the ability to lead and organise a team of staff
• To be able to combine the demands of leading a team with the commitment to clinical input
• Ability to form positive working relationships
• To demonstrate the ability to facilitate changes in practice
• Flexible and reliable
• Good previous health record

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

230-36782466-MED-HSR-A