Healthcare Scientist Polysomnographer
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Job summary
The key duty is to work as part of the sleep laboratory team to providing a sleep diagnostics service and supporting the management team in planning and quality control of the service. This will include:
*Prepare patients and set up equipment for polysomnography,
*Analyse, interpret and report respiratory polygraphy and actigraphy studies.
*Assessment of patients referred to the sleep services by clinical interview and report outcomes to their care teams.
*Represent the Department to the wider hospital. Working with other Departments and clinical teams as necessary.
*Support the development of the Sleep Laboratory service so it continues to meet clinical need
*Actively participate in research, audit and service evaluation.
Main duties of the job
The duties of this role are described fully in the role profile included. They include:
*Independently take the lead in running the home respiratory polygraphy service. This includes setting up equipment, downloading data as well as scoring, interpreting and reporting the study outcomes.
*Score, interpret and report home actigraphy studies
*Assess and set patients up for in-patient polysomnography including maintaining patient safety and providing care where appropriate as well as troubleshooting any technical difficulties.
*You will be expected to work within our multidisciplinary team but be responsible for managing your workload and prioritising work appropriately.
*Be adaptable to the changing needs of the management and department.
*Support junior team members of the team and act as a mentor, as well as support students during placements with the department
*Preparing and maintaining updates to departmental SOPs
*Opportunities to be involved in audit and research will be available from time to time.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
21 August 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
175-2425-2-TH839
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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