A vacant full time position, for a 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 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.
The candidate will work alongside fellow Consultants, nurses and other Healthcare professionals to ensure high standards are maintained across the organization.
This post is based in Whiston Hospital and requires that you work flexibly across all MWL sites
An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
• 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.
• Clinical supervision of testing
• Assist staff training programs for all levels of staff.
• Peer evaluation of competency levels.
• Stock control and consumable costs in this area.
• Assist in the initiation of research and audit programs in order to review services and to monitor capacity.
• Deputise for other service leads in their absence.
• Participate in on call service and provide out of hours sessions when required.
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.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
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.
• Clinical supervision of testing
• Assist staff training programs for all levels of staff.
• Peer evaluation of competency levels.
• Stock control and consumable costs in this area.
• Assist in the initiation of research and audit programs in order to review services and to monitor capacity.
• Deputise for other service leads in their absence.
• Participate in on call service and provide out of hours sessions when required.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Deliver clinical skills and knowledge unsupervised across a wide range of basic and specialised clinical procedures.
• Be proficient in a 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 taking into account 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
• 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.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
• Participate in national and local audits
• Ensure compliance with all Trust research governance procedures
This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Jan 2025
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