Trainee Respiratory Assistant Practitioner

Cardiac Associate Practitioner

Hours per week - 37.5

Permanent

Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum)

**Interview Date**: TBC

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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The post holder will be expected to demonstrate care and respect for both patients and fellow staff members.

Here at George Eliot our vision to‘excel at patient care’takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
Effective Open Communication

Excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Clinical
- To assist with undertaking a range of specialised cardiac investigations as listed to aid diagnosis and treatment of referred patients.
- To accurately record routine and emergency resting 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECG) and occasional15-lead ECGs, on inpatients and outpatients to aid diagnosis and treatment.
- Obtain automated blood pressure readings
- To perform ABPI leg Doppler studies

**Responsibilities**:

- To undertake duties as an autonomous practitioner, organising and prioritising own work under the direction of more senior physiologists
- To perform a range of cardiac investigations and generate results to aid diagnosis and future treatment or continuous patient monitoring for both in-patients and out-patients.
- To assist senior level physiologists in performing specialised investigations carried out within the Cardio-Respiratory Department under direct supervision.
- To facilitate maintenance of a range of equipment including, ambulatory blood pressure and holter monitors
- To ensure all equipment is cleaned before and after use and is prepared prior to use
- To communicate with medical and nursing staff to provide effective services for patient care, and to inform/alert them of patients requiring immediate or urgent attention following interpretation and analysis of test results.
- To assess patients’ physical and mental abilities to perform and follow test procedures, and to use persuasive and reassurance skills to achieve optimum diagnostic results.
- To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating.
- To manage clinical risk and take responsibility for patient safety during test procedures. On occasion initiating and leading Basic Life Support (B.L.S.).
- To provide advice and instruction to patients, relatives, carers and other professionals on the use of loan equipment and to promote understanding of respiratory services.
- To follow departmental, Trust and manufacturers protocols and guidelines in the decontamination and sterilisation of equipment to ensure compliance with Health and Safety standards and to take appropriate action on unsafe/malfunctioning equipment.
- Monitor stock levels, order internal stock, including pharmaceuticals and advise of need to purchase non stock, to ensure uninterrupted service.
- Participate in service developments and implement changes in present service

**Professional**:

- To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through CPD activities, and to maintain a portfolio which reflects development as outlined in personal development plan.
- To maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence-based practice and incorporate new developments into your area of work.
- To participate in staff appraisal scheme and be responsible for complying with your agreed personal development program to meet set knowledge and competencies.
- To attend and participate in in-service training programmes, individual training sessions and external courses as expected/identified at IPR.
- To maintain high standards of infection prevention practice
- Undertake all clerical duties concerning all aspects of investigation

**Organisational**:

- To work in accordance with Trust and department policies and standards.
- To ensure that your own practice meets the required professional standards of clinical physiology.
- To attend mandatory training sessions as determined by the Trust
- To record activity by updating databases to enable performance monitoring