Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 14 months (Maternity leave to cover from March 2025 to May 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 297-6780033
- Employer
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- Gateshead
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/12/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Respiratory Physiologist
Band 7
In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.
All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.
Job overview
To provide support to the Respiratory Physiology Department in a variety of functions across the trust.
Main duties of the job
• Perform a range of Clinical Respiratory investigations.
• Undertake interpretation of results and provision of factual reports.
• Provide general administrative support when required.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
• Competently perform and interpret spirometry (reversibility of airways obstruction with bronchodilators), gas transfer, static lung volumes, , exhaled and nasal nitric oxide.
• Liaise with and report to medical staff.
• Supervision, maintenance, calibration and general care of all equipment, organisation of repairs and servicing to ensure quality of service and high safety levels.
• Keep abreast of developments in pulmonary physiology & sleep medicine.
• Maintain a working knowledge of emergency procedures with regard to resuscitation and fire.
• Accept responsibility for professional development and competence.
• Be involved in research or audit projects and clinical trials.
Working for our organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Demonstrate knowledge of specialty, as appropriate.
· Basic computer skills to use email and access intranet.
· Ability to work as part of a team.
· General admin skills.
· Extended scope or practice skills, i.e. BLS.
· Undergraduate degree in clinical physiology or Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) qualification or equivalent science-related subject.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate knowledge of specialty, as appropriate
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Undergraduate degree in clinical physiology or Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) qualification or equivalent science-related subject
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Logan Thirugnanasothy
- Job title
- Consultant in Respiratory
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 445 3836
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