Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
To assist with the provision of Cardio-Respiratory services throughout the Trust and partnership agencies and to ensure the delivery of a high standard and quality service. This role will be predominantly based within the community setting providing a spirometry service.
To ensure courtesy, privacy, confidentiality and respect at all times to patients, relatives, staff and colleagues.
Main duties of the job
1. Working accurately and in accordance with the relevant guidelines, plan, undertake and perform baseline respiratory measurements, including Spirometry with reversibility, Pulse oximetry, inhaled nitric oxide levels and sleep studies. You will provide basic interpretation as required on a range of diagnostic assessments seeking advice from senior staff when necessary.
2. Ensure that equipment is calibrated in line with manufacturer's guidelines and in full working order. Reporting to senior staff/ EBME department if this is not the case.
3. Undertaking quality control procedures for the equipment and completing documentation. Ensure safe use of the equipment at all times including replacing any disposable components after each patient.
4. Take a brief clinical history of the patient, ensuring that there are no clinical contra-indications to the test being performed and putting the patient's health at risk. Make decisions autonomously in the best interests of the patients deciding whether it is appropriate to carry out the investigations.
5. Ensure that the patient fully understands the investigation procedure about to be carried out, including communicating the reason for the procedure being performed and explaining what the patient has to do to undertake the test in a variety of ways verbally and visually to ensure that the patient fully understands the process.
6. Understanding the baseline investigation results to determine if the patient needs the administration of a Bronchodilator and further testing. Use of clinical judgement and interpretation of the results will allow the person in this role to autonomously decide whether to continue to carry out the investigation.
7. Maintain a safe, clean, and fully stocked working environment for staff and patients. Ensuring that stock levels are maintained for clinics and re-ordering consumables/drugs. Auditing stock for usage monitoring and ensuring any out of date drugs/consumables are dealt with in accordance with the correct policy and procedure.
8. To recognise and recommend any potential improvements/changes that could be made to any SOPs, policies and guidance. Ensuring that any changes follow the governance process.
9. Participate in audits.
10. Responsible for mouth guard in TOEs.
11. Cleaning and maintenance of equipment and reporting of any faults to a senior physiologist.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma or equivalent experience.
* Immediate Life Support.
* S.C.S.T Certificate in Electrocardiography or equivalent.
* Certificate in spirometry or equivalent.
Knowledge & Experience
* Significant years previous experience as a Senior Assistant Technical Officer in a Cardiology or Cardio-Respiratory Department.
* Experience of assisting Clinical Physiologists in a wide range of specialist investigations.
* Experienced in supervising of junior staff.
* General experience in spirometry.
* NHS experience.
Skills
* Competent in a range of routine Cardio-Respiratory investigations.
* Skilled in a range of basic routine tests.
* Proficient in basic interpretation of routine tests.
* Ability to work independently and to a high standard.
* Resuscitation skills including use of external pacemakers.
Other
* Portfolio of Clinical Practice.
* Evidence based file of Clinical Assessment.
* Portfolio of Continual Professional Development.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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