Assistant Technical Officer

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 23 December 2024

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

Date posted

09 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year Pa Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

236-SCO-CS383-24-A

Job locations

Salford Royal and Community Hubs

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD


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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salford Royal and Community Hubs

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD


Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salford Royal and Community Hubs

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD


Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Principle Cardiac Physiologist

Gill Taberner

gill.taberner@srft.nhs.uk

01612064751

Date posted

09 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year Pa Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

236-SCO-CS383-24-A

Job locations

Salford Royal and Community Hubs

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD


Supporting documents

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