Job summary
Cardiorespiratory Investigations are employing additional Assistant Technical Officers. The successful candidates will be working in the Community diagnostic hubs and at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust to support Cardiology, Respiratory and Phlebotomy. Experience in any diagnostic techniques to support these investigations will be beneficial.
Main duties of the job
Patients are transferred for diagnostic tests as in-patients, outpatients, from general practitioners and other hospitals.
- Provides a high quality efficient and effective Cardiorespiratory investigations service to the local population.
- Unsupervised recording of Electrocardiograms and routine pulmonary function tests
- Application and Removal and safe handling of cardiac event recorders BP and sleep monitors
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Desirable
- General education to A-level of 3 GCSE's or equivalent
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Desirable
- Experience of performing electrocardiograms
- Experience of performing pulmonary function tests
- Experience of setting up, applying and downloading 24 hr ambulatory BP recorders
- Experience of setting up, applying and downloading 24/48 hr ambulatory ECG recorders
- Previous experience of working in a cardiology and/or respiratory department
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Desirable
- General education to A-level of 3 GCSE's or equivalent
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Desirable
- Experience of performing electrocardiograms
- Experience of performing pulmonary function tests
- Experience of setting up, applying and downloading 24 hr ambulatory BP recorders
- Experience of setting up, applying and downloading 24/48 hr ambulatory ECG recorders
- Previous experience of working in a cardiology and/or respiratory department
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).