Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory & Sleep Physiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 381-ME-6277954
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Respiratory Physiology
NHS AfC: Band 6
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
The Respiratory Physiology Service at Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is a large Service, located at both City & Sandwell Hospitals
This is a high quality and varied promotional opportunity within Respiratory Physiology for a practitioner with demonstrable experience in order to show Band 6 entry level of competence in Respiratory Physiology, Sleep and Ventilation, or a first post opportunity for a newly or about to be, qualified Clinical Scientist (Respiratory and Sleep Sciences).
Main duties of the job
You will provide the full range of respiratory diagnostics, oxygen assessment and a large Sleep & Ventilation Service currently caring for over 5000 patients on either CPAP or NIV.
As well as routine respiratory diagnostics, you should also have experience of performing advanced diagnostic procedures as well as therapeutic interventions in a sleep and ventilation service.
You should have the Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) BSc in Healthcare Science (Cardiovascular & Respiratory and Sleep Science) or Certified Equivalence, or BSc in Clinical Physiology (Respiratory), or MSc in Healthcare Science (Respiratory and Sleep Sciences) and be on, or in the process of applying for, the RCCP or AHCS Accredited Registers OR qualifications and experience which would enable successful application for inclusion on the RCCP or AHCS Accredited Registers, or on the HCPC Statutory Register. You should be able to demonstrate evidence for continuing professional development.
You will require excellent verbal and written communication skills and organisational skills, work well both individually and within a team environment, and be computer literate.
Working for our organisation
We pride ourselves on being innovative in our thinking and ways of working; we want staff to be fully engaged in our development of services and are constantly looking at enhancing our service provision for our patient groups. Respiratory Physiology has been shortlisted for Clinical Team of the Year in the Trust’s annual Star Awards.
We are a training department for STP, PTP and Apprenticeships from Level 2 to Level 6 and have many years’ experience in training and developing staff in their careers. Both the department and the Trust have a strong commitment to continuing professional development, education and training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience in order to show Band 6 entry level of competence in Respiratory Physiology, Sleep and Ventilation with documented evidence of post basic training and competence in complex and specialised investigations, therapies and techniques in respiratory physiology, sleep diagnostics & therapeutics. Evidence to be provided by way of professional portfolio/KSF competencies/Competency based assessments.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Research Techniques and Methodology
- Knowledge of Equipment Assessment and Evaluation Methodologies
- Active participation in regional professional activities
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Clinical Physiology (Respiratory) or the Practitioner Training Programme BSc in Healthcare Science (Cardiovascular & Respiratory and Sleep Science) and be on, or in the process of applying for, the AHCS Accredited Register, qualification and experience which would enable successful application for inclusion on AHCS Accredited Register
Desirable criteria
- ILS/ALS
- Assessor qualification
- ARTP Professional Qualifications
- Working towards a post graduate qualification, e.g. MSc
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amina Mohamed
- Job title
- Professional Clinical Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 507 4102
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