Healthcare Scientist-Respiratory

1 month ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

A exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated experienced Band 7 Respiratory Physiologist to join our Lung Function team. The post holder must have an appropriate level of qualifications and experience.

This role is based at Wythenshawe Hospital, there will be a requirement to work at other MFT sites.

Responsibility for the day- to- day running and supervision of the Lung Function Lab.

As a service we provide a wide range of respiratory diagnostic tests in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for performing a wide range of highly advanced / highly complex measurements and developing new and innovative tests.

Responsible for ensuring the technical accuracy and quality of the test procedures and producing accurate reports based on these procedures.

To assist in the management of staff, including personal development plans, performance appraisals, recruitment and selection.

To deputise for the Head of Department

To support senior members of staff in providing an efficient and cost effective lung function service to the University Hospitals of South Manchester.

Participate in the education, development and line management of junior staff.

Contribute to teaching Clinical Physiology to BSc and MSc students.

Participate in improvement of services and the quality of care provision.

Professional, Technical and Clinical

Perform unsupervised, all routine techniques within the lung function laboratory. To include spirometry, lung volumes, TLco, plethysmography and reversibility testing.

Perform unsupervised: Histamine challenge, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, respiratory muscle assessment, fitness to fly assessment, long term oxygen assessment and allergen skin prick testing.

To ensure data quality by undertaking equipment calibration and quality control for all tests performed within the laboratory

Ensuring the technical quality of assessment complies with published national guidelines.

Ensure compliance with all aspects of legal and ethical obligations.

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £ & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at .

Were looking forward to hearing from you

Person Specification

Post graduate qualification

Essential

Relevant experience

Desirable

Teaching and Presenting 3

Experience

Essential

Broad range post registration experience in respiratory physiology. Must be competent in producing accurate test data from highly complex respiratory tests. Experience of teaching / mentoring staff Experience of research and audit together with presentation skills. Management and development of clinical protocols

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication skills Good interpersonal skills Ability to use own initiative to coordinate plan and prioritise activities. Ability to work autonomously Ability to keep accurate documentation Competent in Microsoft Word and Power Point presentation software. Compassion to sick patients. Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines. This includes planning highly complex activities. Good organisational skills, methodical, reliable Ability to work across professional boundaries

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