An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, hardworking and enthusiastic individual to join our busy lung function & sleep team in one of the largest hospitals in the UK. We pride ourselves on providing a comprehensive range of quality diagnostic and treatment services.

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will require excellent interpersonal skills, be able to motivate and develop others, enjoy working as part of a team but also be able to work autonomously with a high level of responsibility. The successful applicant would be expected to be proficient in a number of advanced respiratory and sleep physiology investigations, including NIV initiation, with the ability to provide accurate and detailed reports for the clinical team and communicate effectively within your own team and others across the Trust.

Applications are invited from suitably experienced physiologists with significant experience post RCCP/ AHCS registration, who hold a relevant degree and experience of leadership or management of an area of service within a respiratory physiology department.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *BSc Clinical in Clinical Science/ Physiology or equivalent
• *ARTP National Assessments or equivalent
• *RCCP /AHSC registered

Experience

Essential

• *Specialist training/ experience in areas of advanced respiratory measurement and therapeutics e.g sleep and ventilation
• *Ability to make clinical decisions safely
• *Experience of teaching and training physiologists to associate and practitioner level
• *Experience of leadership/ staff supervision

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Undertakes a range of routine and specialist diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• *Analysis and clinical interpretation of results, particularly those of specialist area
• *Plans and prioritises own workload
• *Communicates technical information with colleagues and patients/carers
• *Teaches and trains junior physiologists and other healthcare professionals
• *Manual dexterity
• *Attention to detail
• *Reliable
• *Punctual
• *Adept with patient skills
• *Good communication

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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