The post holder will provide specialist clinical physiology knowledge within respiratory and sleep and will ensure best principles of care are provided to patients at our acute sites Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital and new Community Diagnostic Centre.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide a high quality, appropriate and effective Respiratory and Sleep test service, interpret results, and provide technical reports.
2. Responsible for the monitoring and performance of calibration and quality control procedures for all equipment.
3. Proven competency to be able to supervise, guide, and support all junior staff and other professionals.
4. To deputise for the principal respiratory physiologist.
About us
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* BSc Clinical Physiology/ Science or equivalent.
* Relevant Master qualification or STP equivalent.
* Registered with RCCP/ HCPC (or eligible for registration).
* ARTP Part 1 & 2 or ARTP practitioner.
Desirable
* Research evidence.
* Mentoring qualification.
Experience
Essential
* Post registration experience in respiratory physiology.
* Experience of teaching / mentoring staff.
* Experience of research and audit together with presentation skills.
Knowledge
Essential
* Must be competent in producing accurate test data from highly complex respiratory tests.
* Management and development of clinical protocols.
* A thorough understanding of respiratory physiology.
Desirable
* Trained in sleep physiology.
* Highly complex procedures including full polysomnography, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and respiratory muscle testing.
* An understanding of sleep physiology.
Employer details
Employer name
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Address
Maidstone
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9QQ
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