A Vacancy at 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 of service for both routine and emergency work.
The post holder will have a broad range of skills across the entire service but provide highly specialised supervision within the Echocardiography service
Service lead physiologists will be expected to continually consolidate and expand their skills by formal and informal means, constantly updating their knowledge in line with local and national policy.
A commitment to participation in the relevant societies and local and national groups and committees is essential.
• 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.
• Assist department echocardiography lead as necessary.
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership betweenSt Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
· CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
· SAFETY that is of the highest standards
· COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
· SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
· PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
The Cardio-Respiratory Department provides a high quality service for basic and advanced cardiac and
respiratory diagnostic investigations. A 24/7 service is provided for basic investigations such as ECG
and spirometry which is provided by Senior ATO’s and Assistant Practitioners.
You will be aware of the full range of procedures provided by the department.
You will undertake a wide range of work activities
You will be expected to :
Adhere strictly to all Department and Trust policies
Maintain and promote a smart, professional image at all times.
Deputise for the department Echocardiography Service Lead
This advert closes on Monday 3 Mar 2025
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