Highly Specialised Respiratory and Sleep Clinical Scientist
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
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.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will be expected to be an independent autonomous clinical scientist, demonstrating an advanced level of experience across respiratory and sleep science and undertaking 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 to deliver a high-quality service responsive to changing needs.
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.
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, which may require attending multidisciplinary team meetings.
Interpret complex data to ascertain and identify any pathological or incidental findings observable and report diagnoses as appropriate.
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.
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Training
* 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)
* HCPC registered
* Intermediate Life Support
* Mary Seacole NHS Leadership Award or equivalent
* DClinSci or PhD
Experience and Knowledge
* 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
* 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
* Self-disciplined and self-motivated
* Ability to manage and lead a team in emergency situations
* Ability to engage the team and develop changes in working practices including research and audit
* IT competency
* 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
* Able to assist patients to dress and undress
* Able to push, maneuver, and assist patients to transfer from wheelchair to examining couch
* Able to deal sensitively with anxious patients and relatives attending the department for tests and to answer patient complaints/queries
* Able to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances
* Able to deal with and advise on personal and professional staff issues
* Able to apply concentration in the interpretation and analysis of test data and results
* Able to concentrate for prolonged periods when producing service reports, business cases, and planning
Personal Qualities
* Professional manner
* Ability to lead and organise a team of staff
* Ability to combine the demands of leading a team with the commitment to clinical input
* Ability to form positive working relationships
* Ability to facilitate changes in practice
* Flexible and reliable
* Good previous health record
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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