Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
A vacant full-time position for a Highly Specialised Physiologist has arisen in Mersey West Lancs Hospital Trust.
We are committed to meeting the needs of modern healthcare and providing the best possible services to our patients; as a result, we have an exciting opportunity, which represents great career opportunities for the right person.
The successful candidate will be an RCCP registered Physiologist with a postgraduate qualification in a specialised area, with a sufficient number of years' post-qualification experience.
It is important that the candidate can demonstrate flexibility, good communication skills, and the ability to work as a team member.
This post is based in Whiston Hospital and requires that you work flexibly across all MWL sites.
We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 350,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales, and Isle of Man. We are also a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit. Our '5 Star Patient Care' strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world-class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.
Main duties of the job
* Provides fully comprehensive, unsupervised reports of a highly professional standard in a range of procedures.
* Uses clinical judgements to act on reports in an unsupervised way.
* Has highly specialised knowledge and skill in at least one specialist area and is responsible for the development and delivery of that service.
* Clinical supervision of testing in this area.
* Developing and implementing relevant policies and procedures.
* Producing costs for each procedure.
* Implementing staff training programs for all levels of staff.
* Peer evaluation of competency levels.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
* Provides fully comprehensive, unsupervised reports of a highly professional standard in a range of procedures.
* Uses clinical judgements to act on reports in an unsupervised way.
* Has highly specialised knowledge and skill in at least one specialist area and is responsible for the development and delivery of that service.
* Clinical supervision of testing in this area.
* Developing and implementing relevant policies and procedures.
* Producing costs for each procedure.
* Implementing staff training programs for all levels of staff.
* Peer evaluation of competency levels.
* Stock control and consumable costs in this area.
* Maintain optimal functioning and regular servicing of equipment.
* Initiation of research and audit programs in order to review services and to monitor capacity.
* Provide regular updates to manager on service progress and re-design.
* A commitment to setting up new services and expanding the Physiologist role into areas traditionally covered by doctors.
* Deputise for other service leads in their absence.
* Participate in out of hours sessions when required.
* May be called upon to participate in a 24hr on-call emergency rota covering a range of invasive and non-invasive tests.
* During out of hours or on-call sessions, together with clinical responsibilities, the Physiologist will take on a level of managerial control of departmental issues.
* Take on a level of managerial control as designated by the manager.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
* Deliver clinical skills and knowledge unsupervised across a wide range of basic and specialised clinical procedures.
* Be proficient in a range of invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures.
* Provide high-quality care for patients.
* Required to deliver complex information and instruction in a sensitive manner considering the diverse needs of all patients regardless of their age and abilities.
* Required on a regular basis to communicate information concerning patients and their test results, giving advice and recommendations to a wide range of staff groups.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
* To ensure the accuracy of data quality in line with departmental policies and procedures are all current and correct.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
* Designs and implements training and education programmes in own specialist area.
* Assists with the delivery of education programs in a broad range of subjects to a variety of staff throughout the Trust.
* Actively participates in the mentorship arrangement and takes an active interest in liaising with Higher Education Institutes providing teaching and placements when required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Clinical Physiology or equivalent qualification/experience.
* RCCP Registration.
* ILS Qualification.
* MSCST/master's level qualification/equivalent qualification/experience within a specialised field (BSE/NASPE/BPEG/ARTP).
* IT Qualification.
* ALS Qualification.
* Managerial Qualification.
Knowledge & Experience
* Sufficient number of years post qualification.
* Experience in a broad range of respiratory tests.
* Specialist knowledge in a range of respiratory tests.
* Supervision of staff.
* Participate in on-call/out of hours service.
* Managerial Experience.
Skills
* Good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in addition to working independently.
* Ability to work in a pressurised environment using highly technical equipment in a safe manner producing complex unsupervised reports.
* Ability to work with patients and provide high-quality care, imparting information, instruction and results in a sensitive manner.
* Excellent organisational skills.
Other
* Committed to continual professional development.
* Flexible and adaptable approach.
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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