Job Title: Chief Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist
Division: Medicine and Emergency Care
Care Group: Specialist Medicine
Band: 7
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for a Chief Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist to join our friendly and supportive team of 17 physiologists and 2 administrative staff, working with 9 Respiratory Consultants.
We have a busy Respiratory and Sleep service, including outpatient respiratory and sleep testing, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, comprehensive patient care and direct patient education at Medway Maritime Hospital and two new Community Diagnostic Centres.
Responsibilities:
1. To competently and confidently perform pulmonary function tests and sleep investigations.
2. To provide technical reports and interpretation on investigations that are performed within the department.
3. To hold CPAP consultations for patients requiring treatment set-up, follow-up and annual review, and to provide comprehensive written reports.
4. To deputise for the Principal Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist during times of leave and where delegated.
5. To vet referrals and, with the support of the Principal Physiologist, make patient treatment decisions.
6. To ensure personal development through continued professional development (CPD).
7. To support and train more junior team members and run or attend regular meetings, updating policies and procedures and training students.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies and procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
The person should have specialist experience in advanced sleep technology / advanced respiratory testing, performing as an independent practitioner using clinical experience to manage patient care in a medical clinical environment.
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST Values Underpin Patient First And Are At The Core Of The Care We Give To Our Patients, The Support We Offer To Our Staff And Our Overall Leadership Approach:
1. B – Bold
2. E – Every person counts
3. S – Sharing and open
4. T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Carla Paradela
Job title: Principal Respiratory & Sleep Physiologist
Email address: carla.paradela@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01634 976139
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