Job summary
Respiratory Assistant Practitioner
15 hours per week
Permanent
Salary: £24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
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Main duties of the job
This role is working as part of a multi-disciplinary team under the direction of experienced respiratory physiologists to assist in the day-to-day work of respiratory and sleep investigations. The post holder will be expected to work within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice in the delivery of respiratory and sleep investigations within the Physiological Sciences Services. Duties are to be undertaken whilst maintaining a caring and compassionate environment.
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
Clinical:
- To undertake a range of specialised respiratory and sleep investigations as listed to aid diagnosis and treatment of referred patients.
To include but not limited to depending upon candidate experience: -
- Performance of Spirometry
- Performance of Reversibility studies
- Capillary blood gases & Haemoglobin testing
- Maintaining the nebuliser service
- Equipment maintenance of CPAPs nebulisers, sleep diagnostic equipment
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 respiratory 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, CPAPs and nebulisers.
- To maintain and accurately update databases for sleep diagnostic equipment, CPAP machines and nebulisers
- To ensure all equipment is cleaned before and after use and is prepared and calibrated prior to use and accuracy confirmed by the use of a biological control subject.
- 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 have knowledge and skills in the use and application of relevant equipment and to be responsible for your own safe and competent use of that equipment.
- 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 nonstock, 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 demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and risk management and to apply to the work situation.
- To maintain high standards of infection prevention practice.
- Be fully competent in using a range of IT packages including Microsoft applications, hospital administration systems and specialist equipment software.
- Undertake all clerical duties concerning all aspects of investigation.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- To undertake a range of specialised respiratory and sleep investigations as listed to aid diagnosis and treatment of referred patients.
To include but not limited to depending upon candidate experience: -
- Performance of Spirometry
- Performance of Reversibility studies
- Capillary blood gases & Haemoglobin testing
- Maintaining the nebuliser service
- Equipment maintenance of CPAPs nebulisers, sleep diagnostic equipment
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 respiratory 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, CPAPs and nebulisers.
- To maintain and accurately update databases for sleep diagnostic equipment, CPAP machines and nebulisers
- To ensure all equipment is cleaned before and after use and is prepared and calibrated prior to use and accuracy confirmed by the use of a biological control subject.
- 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 have knowledge and skills in the use and application of relevant equipment and to be responsible for your own safe and competent use of that equipment.
- 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 nonstock, 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 demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and risk management and to apply to the work situation.
- To maintain high standards of infection prevention practice.
- Be fully competent in using a range of IT packages including Microsoft applications, hospital administration systems and specialist equipment software.
- Undertake all clerical duties concerning all aspects of investigation.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the public within health care environment
Desirable
- Experience of recording ECGs in a health care environment
- Knowledge of investigations other respiratory investigations performed
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Good standard of general education, English & Maths GCSE or equivalent.
- Commitment to undertake and complete the professional bodies certificates of competence required for the post.
Desirable
- To hold an ARTP spirometry certification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- To be able to push a wheelchair, manoeuvre and assist patients to transfer to and from examining couch. Manoeuvre lung function equipment
- To be able to assist patients to dress and undress.
- To have the ability to walk up to 4 km per shift between wards and departments
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good communication skills (especially verbal)
- Ability to form positive working relationships
- Ability to remain calm under a range of circumstances
- To be able to prioritise and manage your own work
- To be able to appropriately manage patients and relatives/visitors who may be anxious or aggressive when attending the department or on the wards
- To be able to deal with exposure to distressing circumstances, at the death of a patient or when attending patient resuscitation.
Trust Values
Essential
- Effective Open Communication
- Excellence and Safety in all that we do
- Challenge but Support
- Expect Respect and Dignity
- Local Healthcare that Inspires Confidence
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the public within health care environment
Desirable
- Experience of recording ECGs in a health care environment
- Knowledge of investigations other respiratory investigations performed
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Good standard of general education, English & Maths GCSE or equivalent.
- Commitment to undertake and complete the professional bodies certificates of competence required for the post.
Desirable
- To hold an ARTP spirometry certification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- To be able to push a wheelchair, manoeuvre and assist patients to transfer to and from examining couch. Manoeuvre lung function equipment
- To be able to assist patients to dress and undress.
- To have the ability to walk up to 4 km per shift between wards and departments
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good communication skills (especially verbal)
- Ability to form positive working relationships
- Ability to remain calm under a range of circumstances
- To be able to prioritise and manage your own work
- To be able to appropriately manage patients and relatives/visitors who may be anxious or aggressive when attending the department or on the wards
- To be able to deal with exposure to distressing circumstances, at the death of a patient or when attending patient resuscitation.
Trust Values
Essential
- Effective Open Communication
- Excellence and Safety in all that we do
- Challenge but Support
- Expect Respect and Dignity
- Local Healthcare that Inspires Confidence
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).
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).
