Highly Specialised Physiologist

at  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

A vacant full-time position, for a Highly Specialised Physiologist has arisen in Mersey West Lancs Hospital Trust.
We are committed to meeting the needs of modern healthcare and providing the best possible services to our patients; as a result we have an exciting opportunity, which represents great career opportunities for the right person.
The successful candidate will be an RCCP registered Physiologist, with a post grad qualification in a specialised area, with sufficient number of years’ post qualification experience.
It is important that the candidate can demonstrate flexibility, good communication skills, and the ability to work as a team member.
The candidate will work alongside fellow Consultants, nurses and other Healthcare professionals to ensure high standards are maintained across the organization.
This post is based in Whiston Hospital and requires that you work flexibly across all MWL sites.
We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 350,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man. We are also a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.
Our ‘5 Star Patient Care’ strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.
Provides fully comprehensive, unsupervised reports of a highly professional standard in a range of procedures.
Uses clinical judgements to act on reports in an unsupervised way.
Has highly specialised knowledge and skill in at least one specialist area and is responsible for the development and delivery of that service.
Clinical supervision of testing in this area
Developing and implementing relevant policies and procedures.
Producing costs for each procedure.
Implementing staff training programs for all levels of staff.
Peer evaluation of competency levels.
To assist with the provision of Cardio-Respiratory services throughout the Trust and partnership agencies and to ensure the delivery of a high standard of service for both routine and emergency work.
The post holder will have a broad range of skills across the entire service but provide highly specialised supervision of a particular area within that service.
Service lead physiologists will be expected to continually consolidate and expand their skills by formal and informal means, constantly updating their knowledge in line with local and national policy.
A commitment to participation in the relevant societies and local and national groups and committees is essential.

KEY DUTIES

Provides fully comprehensive, unsupervised reports of a highly professional standard in a range of procedures.
Uses clinical judgements to act on reports in an unsupervised way.
Has highly specialised knowledge and skill in at least one specialist area and is responsible for the development and delivery of that service.
Clinical supervision of testing in this area
Developing and implementing relevant policies and procedures.
Producing costs for each procedure.
Implementing staff training programs for all levels of staff.
Peer evaluation of competency levels.
Stock control and consumable costs in this area.
Maintain optimal functioning and regular servicing of equipment.
Initiation of research and audit programs in order to review services and to monitor capacity.
Provide regular updates to manager on service progress and re-design.
A commitment to setting up new services and expanding the Physiologist role into areas traditionally covered by doctors.
Deputise for other service leads in their absence.
Participate in out of hours sessions when required.
May be called upon to participate in a 24hr on call emergency rota covering a range of invasive and non-invasive tests.
During out of hours or on call sessions, together with clinical responsibilities, the Physiologist will take on a level of managerial control of departmental issues.
Take on a level of managerial control as designated by the manager.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Deliver clinical skills and knowledge unsupervised across a wide range of basic and specialised clinical procedures.
Be proficient in a in a range of invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures.
Provide high quality care for patients.
Required to deliver complex information and instruction in a sensitive manner considering the diverse needs of all patients regardless of their age and abilities.
Required on a regular basis to communicate information concerning patients and their test results, giving advice and recommendations to a wide range of staff groups.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

To ensure the accuracy of data quality in line with departmental policies and procedures are all current and correct.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES

Designs and implements training and education programmes in own specialist area.
Assists with the delivery of education programs in a broad range of subjects to a variety of staff throughout the Trust
Actively participates in the mentorship arrangement and takes an active interest in liaising with Higher Education Institutes providing teaching and placements when required