Job summary
Job Title: Highly Specialist Respiratory and sleep clinical scientist
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (4 day week Monday - Friday)
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £43,742-£50,056 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: 11th October 2024
Interview Date: 24th 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
The successful post holder will be expected to an independent autonomous clinical scientist.
They will be expected to demonstrate an advanced level of experience across respiratory and sleep science and undertake advanced clinical physiology investigations.
They are expected to provide leadership, training and education across clinical areas of sleep and respiratory services, enabling staff to develop the clinical skills and competencies required delivering a high-quality service responsive to changing needs.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' taking 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
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.
Attend and participate in local and national meetings related to Respiratory and Sleep Sciences.
Identify the diagnostic and therapeutic requirements of specialist clinical departments and clinical colleagues, this may require attending multidisciplinary team meetings.
To interpret complex data to ascertain and identify any pathological or incidental findings observable. Consider and report diagnoses as appropriate.
To communicate test results, technical information, and exchange specialist information with colleagues from your own and other disciplines.
Assist in the day to day running of the department ensuring
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.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, for more information please find that the full details can be found in the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
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.
Attend and participate in local and national meetings related to Respiratory and Sleep Sciences.
Identify the diagnostic and therapeutic requirements of specialist clinical departments and clinical colleagues, this may require attending multidisciplinary team meetings.
To interpret complex data to ascertain and identify any pathological or incidental findings observable. Consider and report diagnoses as appropriate.
To communicate test results, technical information, and exchange specialist information with colleagues from your own and other disciplines.
Assist in the day to day running of the department ensuring
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.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, for more information please find that the full details can be found in the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Traing
Essential
- BSc in Clinical Physiology Respiratory or equivalent
- Master level degree or equivalent qualification in Healthcare Science
- ARTP Award (Part 1, Part 2, Associate or Practitioner examinations
Desirable
- HCPC registered
- Intermediate Life Support
- Mary Seacole NHS Leadership Award or equivalent
- DClinSci or PhD
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years' experience post qualification
- Experience in a formal leadership role within an NHS Hospital Trust
- Experience as an independent practitioner across the range of routine and specialised respiratory and sleep investigations
- Evidence of clinical research and audit
- Developing and implementing training packages
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
Desirable
- Experience of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation process
- Experience with governance, QA and/or complaint management
- Experience of planning and developing specialist services including contributing toward local and national policies
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Comprehensive leadership abilities
- Self-disciplined and self-motivated
- Ability to manage and lead team in emergency situations
- Ability to engage the team and develop changes in working practices including research and audit
- IT competency
- Evidence to demonstrate continual professional development
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal
- Excellent analytical and influencing skills
- 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 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.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional manner
- To demonstrate the ability to 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
Qualification and Professional Traing
Essential
- BSc in Clinical Physiology Respiratory or equivalent
- Master level degree or equivalent qualification in Healthcare Science
- ARTP Award (Part 1, Part 2, Associate or Practitioner examinations
Desirable
- HCPC registered
- Intermediate Life Support
- Mary Seacole NHS Leadership Award or equivalent
- DClinSci or PhD
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years' experience post qualification
- Experience in a formal leadership role within an NHS Hospital Trust
- Experience as an independent practitioner across the range of routine and specialised respiratory and sleep investigations
- Evidence of clinical research and audit
- Developing and implementing training packages
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
Desirable
- Experience of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation process
- Experience with governance, QA and/or complaint management
- Experience of planning and developing specialist services including contributing toward local and national policies
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Comprehensive leadership abilities
- Self-disciplined and self-motivated
- Ability to manage and lead team in emergency situations
- Ability to engage the team and develop changes in working practices including research and audit
- IT competency
- Evidence to demonstrate continual professional development
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal
- Excellent analytical and influencing skills
- 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 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.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional manner
- To demonstrate the ability to 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).
