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Job summary

Main area
Respiratory Medicine
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR580-24
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ipswich Hospital
Town
Ipswich
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 pro rata, per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/07/2024 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Chief Respiratory Clinical Physiologist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic Senior Respiratory Physiologist with significant experience in both disciplines of Lung Function & Sleep Diagnostics to lead this service at Ipswich Hospital.

The Lung Function service provides a range of routine investigations including spirometry, gas transfer, static lung volumes (by body plethysmography and nitrogen washout), reversibility testing, FeNO and respiratory muscle strength testing

The Sleep Service is a diagnostic and therapeutic service, diagnosing and providing comprehensive domiciliary CPAP treatment to over 3000 patients with OSAHS. 

You will contribute to the teaching and training of staff which may include physiologists, student physiologists, Doctors in training and medical students. You will work with and manage a small team of respiratory physiologists.

Along with the ability to perform a wide range of respiratory and sleep physiology investigations you should have experience of managing a team, have excellent communication skills and have great multi-tasking skills

Main duties of the job

Provide a comprehensive respiratory and comprehensive sleep investigative clinical service to patients of all ages referred from a wide range of specialities.

Provide expert opinion, advice and interpretation of simple, specialist, complex and highly complex assessments to medical staff and other healthcare professionals.

Provide management, leadership and clinical training of Lung Function Unit staff and other staff groups.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post graduate experience
  • Practical experience and knowledge of operating specialist Respiratory/Sleep services.
  • Management experience

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology (Respiratory Physiology) or equivalent qualification
  • Professional body qualification
  • RCCP registration
Desirable criteria
  • Respiratory/Seep Specialist course

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Able to interpret and report specialist /highly specialist Respiratory/Sleep investigation results and patient conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Jonathan Douse
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01473 703779
Additional information

Abbi Mackenzie - General Manager -  [email protected] 

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