Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Child Health
- Gradd
- Band 3
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Rhan-amser - 30 awr yr wythnos (Due to the nature of this role and service, this role is on-site and the hours are as advertised. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service)
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 188-CLN100724
- Cyflogwr
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- University Hospital Southampton
- Tref
- Southampton
- Cyflog
- £22,816.00 - £24,336.00 or Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata.
- Yn cau
- 24/07/2024 23:59
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 15/08/2024
Teitl cyflogwr
Sleep Technician
Band 3
Trosolwg o'r swydd
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
Southampton Children's Hospital (SCH) has a exciting opportunity for a motivated technician to join our paediatric respiratory sleep team. We are looking for a technician with relevant experience to join our friendly team as a band 3 to support our overnight sleep service. This role will be 2 weeks of 2 nights and 2 weeks of 3 nights worked across a 4 week roster period, according to the needs of the service. On occasion day hours may be required to carry out mandatory training and professional development courses.
The respiratory sleep service facilitates inpatient studies on most nights of the week, admitting both elective patients who are referred for a sleep study or carrying out studies on acute inpatients. We are a friendly and supportive team comprised of two sleep technicians who run our overnight studies, three respiratory and sleep technicians, five sleep physiologists, two Long Term Ventilation nurse specialists with a dual role, and 1 lead physiologist.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Southampton Children’s hospital is a 115 bedded hospital catering for both local and regional children from the Wessex Region including the Channel Isles. Southampton’s Children’s Hospital is a Major Paediatric Trauma Centre in the region.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
What you’ll do:
You will carry out overnight sleep studies on elective admissions or acute inpatients. Following a period of orientation and training you will support patients and their parents on the night of their study, set up and monitor their study overnight and troubleshoot equipment when necessary to achieve high quality signals and data. You will download the data at the end of the study, ensure artefact removal, mark the periods of sleep and upload data to patients’ charts. You will flag any study that sits outside of given parameters once downloaded. You will also carry the on call phone on some night shifts providing telephone support on home clinic days between the hours of 1900-0500 to assist families carrying out home studies. For most nights this is a lone working role with support from ward staff.
What we’re looking for:
We are looking for someone who enjoys working night shifts in a patient facing role, who has a high level of attention to detail. You must have:
• the ability to work nights flexibly across a 7 day period
• the ability to communicate with a wide range of people in a variety of settings
• the ability to work independently, assessing and intervening as necessary to ensure patient safety
• the ability to work with respiratory equipment and trouble shoot problems
• good organisation skills and time management skills
Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification prior to application.
Additional:
The children’s hospital provides specialist intensive and high dependency care, regional cardiac, neurological and neurosurgery, regional orthopaedic, urology, general, renal and ear nose and throat surgery and is the regional oncology centre. The children hospital has a dedicated children’s emergency department day surgical / medical unit, children’s outpatients and Bursledon House which is a specialist unit treating a range of conditions. Southampton Children’s Hospital is a centre for paediatric research projects.
Within the site also sits our tertiary level 3 medical and surgical neonatal unit.
Our specialist paediatric consultants, nurses and wider healthcare teams offer a wide range of diagnosis, treatment and support facilities for children and their parents.
The Children’s Hospital offers many learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to with support from ward based Clinical Facilitators and a central Paediatric Education Team.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Manyleb y person
Trust Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Patient First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications / training required
Meini prawf hanfodol
- NVQ 3 in appropriate health care module or equivalent education and training or experience
- Child Protection and domestic violence awareness.
- Computer skills- data base and record keeping.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experienced and competent in additional clinical skills as per job description.
- Care and maintenance of sleep equipment.
- Knowledge and understanding of carrying out sleep studies.
Previous or relevant experience necessary
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Logical and consistent work and career pattern.
- Proven experience in an acute hospital environment
- Proven experience in a caring role involving children.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience carrying out sleep studies
- Experience in care and maintenance of sleep equipment.
Aptitudes and skills required
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of people in a variety of settings.
- Ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to work independently, assessing and intervening as necessary to ensure patient safety.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to use initiative, prioritise and deliver agreed objectives.
- Understanding of personal accountability with an awareness of personal/professional limitations
- Ability to work with respiratory equipment and trouble shoot problems.
- Ability to demonstrate effective time management skills and honesty regarding lone working.
- Ability to adjust to pressures of the job and deal with stressful situations.
- Good organisation skills and effective time management.
- Willingness to undertake further training.
- Able to prioritise.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Able to recognise stress in self/others.
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Gofynion ymgeisio
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Paula Lowe
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead clinical Respiratory sleep Physiologist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 023 8120 8368
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Contact name: Anne Marie Walker
Contact job title : Sleep Physiology Nurse
Contact email address: [email protected]
Contact telephone number: 023 8120 8368
Rhestr swyddi gyda University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust yn Gwasanaethau gwyddor iechyd neu bob sector