Exercise Physiologist Cpet

The Royal Marsden is a world leading Cancer Centre specialising in diagnosis treatment care education and research. It plays a vital role in pioneering and improving cancer care. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experience and trained Exercise Physiologist to perform Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test on inpatients and outpatients.

The post holder will be responsible for organising and conducting cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPETs) and participate fully in the clinical service and research activities of the Admissions & Pre-Assessment Unit (APU) and Anaesthetic Department. The post holder will work closely with the APU team (nursing, anaesthetic and administrative personnel), as well as referring clinical teams, other hospital staff and research collaborators within the RM and externally.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Under the supervision of the Consultant Anaesthetic Lead Pre-Assessment the post holder will be responsible for:

- Performing Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPETs) and reporting of tests (clinical and research) to a consultant anaesthetist for interpretation

2.3 Ensure that all documentation relating to CPET is maintained to the Trust standard (including electronic records) and implement clinical audit of records to measure and evaluate care planning.
- Providing specialist clinical advice about CPET testing Trust wide to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/ clients and relatives/ carers in collaboration with the multi professional team, in line with the local and national targets.

2.5 Providing sound clinical leadership and developing support mechanisms for sharing good practice within the Department and Trust wide.

2.6 In conjunction with the Clinical lead and Nurse lead for pre-assessment, participate in developing, implementing, evaluating and maintaining a Departmental ethos and a standard approach to the delivery of excellent patient centred care.