Job summary
Job Title: Lead Clinical Scientist - Sleep/ Respiratory
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (4/5 day working pattern)
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £50,952-£57,349 per annum
Please note if you commence in post prior to October 2024, you will be paid in line with 2023/2024 agenda for change pay scales.
Closing Date: 3rd October 2024
Interview Date: 25th October 2024
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
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Main duties of the job
Support in the delivery and development of a high quality Clinical Physiological sciences service ensuring all national and local targets are met.
Perform highly specialist clinical duties to meet the demands of the service, including reporting of investigations.
Represent the Clinical Physiological Sciences services in multi-disciplinary meetings and committees.
Promote service improvements and development to maintain and progressing needs of the Clinical Physiological Sciences service
About us
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 services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Demonstrate specialist skills, knowledge and expertise in clinical practice in Respiratory and Sleep Sciences e.g., CPET, Oxygen Therapy and Pulmonary Function Testing.
Analyse, interpret and report on the results of a range of investigations.To be proficient at performing respiratory and sleep physiology tests independently to departmental standards.
To be responsible for the safe use of complex and expensive equipment e.g. Pulmonary Function, CPET and NIV equipment.
To assess and adapt clinical techniques following assessment for each procedure to meet the individual needs of the patient.
To be responsible for quality assurance of the routine and specialised tests within the department, including external assessment, internal monitoring and taking corrective action where the need is identified.
Support the Clinical service manager in achieving long-term objectives of the department and its strategic direction including devising and revising COPs and guidelines as needed.
Deputise for the Clinical service manager for respiratory and sleep science services in theirabsence
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, full details are in the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Demonstrate specialist skills, knowledge and expertise in clinical practice in Respiratory and Sleep Sciences e.g., CPET, Oxygen Therapy and Pulmonary Function Testing.
Analyse, interpret and report on the results of a range of investigations.To be proficient at performing respiratory and sleep physiology tests independently to departmental standards.
To be responsible for the safe use of complex and expensive equipment e.g. Pulmonary Function, CPET and NIV equipment.
To assess and adapt clinical techniques following assessment for each procedure to meet the individual needs of the patient.
To be responsible for quality assurance of the routine and specialised tests within the department, including external assessment, internal monitoring and taking corrective action where the need is identified.
Support the Clinical service manager in achieving long-term objectives of the department and its strategic direction including devising and revising COPs and guidelines as needed.
Deputise for the Clinical service manager for respiratory and sleep science services in theirabsence
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, full details are in the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience in a formal leadership role within an NHS Hospital Trust
- Experience as an independent practitioner across the range of routine and specialised investigations and therapeutic interventions, such as but not limited to oPulmonary function testing oCPET oCPAP oNIV
- Evidence of communicating specialist information to key stakeholders including clinicians
- Evidence of leading clinical research and audit
- Developing and implementing training packages
Desirable
- Experience with governance, QA and/or complaint management
- Experience of planning and developing specialist services including contributing toward local and national policies
- Experience of developing service plans, business cases and cost improvement plans
- Experience of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation process
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Master level degree or equivalent qualification in Healthcare Science
- ARTP Award (Part 1, Part 2, Associate or Practitioner examinations)
- HCPC registered
- Intermediate Life Support
Desirable
- Mary Seacole NHS Leadership Award or equivalent
- DClinSci or PhD
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Day-to-day local rota management
- Comprehensive leadership and management abilities
- Self-disciplined and self-motivated
- Ability to manage and lead team in emergency situations
- IT competency
- Evidence to demonstrate continual professional development
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal
- Able to prioritise workload as changes occur and to simultaneously focus on a particular task to meet set deadlines
- To be able to assist patients to dress and undress
- To be able to push, maneuver and assist patients to transfer from wheelchair to examining couch
- To be able to deal sensitively with anxious patients and relatives attending the department for tests and to answer patient complaints/ queries.
- To be able to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances
- To be able to deal with and advise on personal and professional staff issues
- To be able to apply frequent concentration in the interpretation and analysis of test data and results, together with a high level of concentration during patient test procedures
- To be able to concentrate for prolonged periods when producing service reports, business cases and planning.
- Professional manner
- To be able to work autonomously, lead and organise a team of staff.
- To be able to combine the demands of leading a team with the commitment to clinical input
- Ability to form positive working relationships
- To demonstrate the ability to facilitate changes in practice
- Flexible and reliable
- Good previous health record
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience in a formal leadership role within an NHS Hospital Trust
- Experience as an independent practitioner across the range of routine and specialised investigations and therapeutic interventions, such as but not limited to oPulmonary function testing oCPET oCPAP oNIV
- Evidence of communicating specialist information to key stakeholders including clinicians
- Evidence of leading clinical research and audit
- Developing and implementing training packages
Desirable
- Experience with governance, QA and/or complaint management
- Experience of planning and developing specialist services including contributing toward local and national policies
- Experience of developing service plans, business cases and cost improvement plans
- Experience of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation process
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Master level degree or equivalent qualification in Healthcare Science
- ARTP Award (Part 1, Part 2, Associate or Practitioner examinations)
- HCPC registered
- Intermediate Life Support
Desirable
- Mary Seacole NHS Leadership Award or equivalent
- DClinSci or PhD
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Day-to-day local rota management
- Comprehensive leadership and management abilities
- Self-disciplined and self-motivated
- Ability to manage and lead team in emergency situations
- IT competency
- Evidence to demonstrate continual professional development
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal
- Able to prioritise workload as changes occur and to simultaneously focus on a particular task to meet set deadlines
- To be able to assist patients to dress and undress
- To be able to push, maneuver and assist patients to transfer from wheelchair to examining couch
- To be able to deal sensitively with anxious patients and relatives attending the department for tests and to answer patient complaints/ queries.
- To be able to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances
- To be able to deal with and advise on personal and professional staff issues
- To be able to apply frequent concentration in the interpretation and analysis of test data and results, together with a high level of concentration during patient test procedures
- To be able to concentrate for prolonged periods when producing service reports, business cases and planning.
- Professional manner
- To be able to work autonomously, lead and organise a team of staff.
- To be able to combine the demands of leading a team with the commitment to clinical input
- Ability to form positive working relationships
- To demonstrate the ability to facilitate changes in practice
- Flexible and reliable
- Good previous health record
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
