Trainee Respiratory Physiologist

at  Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are an ambitious and enthusiastic respiratory department providing both routine and highly specialised respiratory and sleep testing for a team of respiratory consultants across three sites. The role of the Trainee Respiratory Physiologist is:
To assist in the provision of diagnostic assessments and the therapeutic monitoring of patients with lung disease
To assist in the performance of respiratory physiological measurements in accordance with ARTP national guidelines and departmental standards
The maintenance of equipment, stocks of consumables and to ensure accurate record keeping
To perform the following routine respiratory diagnostic tests to nationally recognised standards for accuracy and quality:
Spirometry +/- bronchial reversibility testing
Gas transfer
Static lung volumes (Helium dilution, Nitrogen Washout and Body Plethysmography)
Fraction of expired Nitric Oxide
Haemoglobin testing (POCT)
To ensure that all equipment is maintained in a fully functional state with adherence to appropriate quality and quantitative control
To record accurately patient information and maintain records and test results. Send outpatient appointments/information when required. Organise requests for inpatients. Ensure test results are communicated to the relevant specialitie
To ensure that the departments activities are carried out in accordance with the Trust policies and protocols on infection control, risk management, data protection and Health and Safety
Ensure that adequate stocks of all consumables are kept
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Happy to discuss Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached

Please refer the Job description for details