Senior Respiratory Clinical Physiologist

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Manager of Pulmonary Function & Respiratory Diagnostics / ServiceLeads The post-holder will contribute to the provision of a comprehensive respiratory and oesophageal service. This service will include the following diagnostic and therapeutic modalities (in accordance with NICE guidelines), although this list is not exhaustive: Lung volumes and forced expiratory flows, respiratory gas exchange, blood gases, including routine maintenance and internal and external quality control, oximetry, plethysmography, oesophageal studies, cardio respiratory exercise studies, diagnostic sleep studies, challenge testing.Clinical physiologist led community spirometry service together with diagnostic reporting. The post-holder must actively participate in all ongoing and development of research, clinical trials and equipment evaluation. Regular teaching and training of trainees, students, medical staff and other healthcare professionals. The post-holder must provide a full diagnostic reporting service for all delivered tests. Clinical Responsibility Assess, determine and perform the appropriate respiratory or oesophageal function test.Identify possible contra-indications to any type of modality (respiratory oroesophageal) investigation. Produce reports of tests performed/interpretation of results.Verbal and written interpretation to referring medical team and other healthcare professionals where appropriate for simple and specialist assessments. As a minimum be trained in Basic Life Support (Will be required to undertake ILStraining for Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing). Demonstrate IT skills in data input and ability to produce clinical/departmentalreports/spreadsheets, and a sound knowledge of clinical software related to individual analysers and specialist equipment.Assess and maintain equipment (static and portable) during all respiratory oroesophageal investigation.Record mechanical and electronic calibration of all equipment prior to clinical use.Analyse, diagnose and report any equipment faults to appropriate parties if the post-holder cannot rectify the fault.Handle and store equipment and consumables within accepted safe limits accordingto national regulations, departmental and trust policy for health and safetyrequirements. Demonstrate capability in undertaking clinical governance, audit and researchprojects contributing to the overall departmental strategy. Knowledge, Education, Experience and Training Undergraduate degree in clinical physiology or Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) qualification or equivalent science-related subject.Professional examinations, ARTP Parts I & II,Associate & Practitioner Certificates,2 years post-qualification experience as Band 5 respiratory physiologist. Teach and mentor junior/student healthcare scientists and other healthcareprofessionals the principles and practicalities of basic and some advanced lungfunction assessments. Development of leadership skills to enhance personal development, along with promoting expected good behaviours in line with trust policy etc Communication and Relationships Receive and assist patients +/- carers for lung function or oesophageal studies. Obtain additional information to assist with assessment, planning and preparation of lung function or oesophageal investigation. Communicate requirements for accurate performance of appropriate investigations to patients/participants/subjects/service users through building and maintaining a good rapport. Provide clinical interpretations and recommendations on results, investigations and quality control (both internal and external). Provide advice to healthcare colleagues on existing or developing protocols relatingto lung or oesophageal function including, adverse incidents and legal/regulatoryprocedures. Provide advice to referring clinicians, colleagues and external stakeholders todetermine respiratory/oesophageal investigations to meet clinical needs. Service Development and Improvement Ensure continual service development and improvement through maintaining up to date knowledge of specialist area, obtaining membership and securing roles within the national professional body and/or international societies. Be regulated via a voluntary/mandatory register of practitioners, e.g. AHCS, HCPC along with being a registered member of ARTP. Ensure equipment used in lung function assessments is functioning correctly byperforming a number of calibration and validation techniques including mechanicalverification and biological control procedures for quality assurance and qualitycontrol. Ensure any faulty equipment is reported to senior colleagues and corrective maintenance is undertaken. On the request of senior staff within the department, undertake review of departmental standard operating procedures to ensure up to date and fits with current best practice. Ensure that all consumable items required to maintain an efficiently running serviceare kept stocked and communicate to senior colleagues when ordering of such items are required. Maintenance of Continual Professional Development. Research and Development Contributes to departmental research where appropriate, examples include: Performing investigations for commercial research, undertaking in-house audit, presentation of outcomes of audit/non-commercial/academic research atnational and/or international meetings