A Vacancy at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
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 Community Diagnostic Centre.
• To perform high quality, appropriate and effective Respiratory and Sleep test service; interpret results and provide technical reports
• Responsible for the monitoring and performance of calibration and quality control procedures for all equipment
• Proven competency to be able to supervise, guide and support all junior staff and other professionals
Planning and Organisational Skills
• To plan and prioritise own duties and those of junior staff, clinics and training activities within the service.
• Plan undertake and quality assure a range of simple, specialist, complex diagnostic assessments undertaken within the department as listed below under clinical duties.
Responsibility for policy/service development
• The post holder will be required to work according to trust policy such as data protection and patient privacy and dignity. The post holder will also be responsible for ensuring that all their own training and education is completed as directed by the Respiratory Physiologists.
Clinical Duties and Responsibilities:
• To be responsible for the daily operation of the respiratory and sleep department, including ensuring that all clinic administration.
• To independently perform, analyse, interpret and report on
1. Measurement of dynamic lung volumes and flows (Spirometry)
2. Reversibility studies
3. Measurement of static lung volumes and capacities (via body plethysmography )
4. Transfer (diffusion) tests.
5. Field exercise tests
6. Skin allergen tests
7. Exhaled nitric oxide tests
8. Bronchial Challenge tests using Mannitol
9. Capillary Blood gas measurements
10. Hypoxic Challenge tests
11. Respiratory muscle strength tests
12. limited cardio-respiratory polysomnography
13. home oximetry
14. WatchPAT
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the duties of the role.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex.With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offerspecialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
Looking for flexible working?
We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it’s adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.
Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
• At least 27 days of annual leaveplus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more,additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your applicationfor errors/omissions prior to submission.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
Applicants whose first language is not English and who are required to provide a language test certificate as evidence of their proficiency must ensure that it is, or is equivalent to, IELTS level 7.0 with no element below 6.5 (or IELTS level 8.0 with no element below 7.5 for Speech and language therapists).
This advert closes on Thursday 20 Mar 2025