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Job overview

Northern Care Alliance are looking for a self-motivated person with an interest in working in a clinical environment to join our Respiratory/Sleep Team.

The role will involve performing a range of respiratory/ sleep investigations  and assisting in more advanced respiratory/sleep procedures.

If you are able and willing too learn, organised and have good communication skills , this would be a great time for you to become a member of our busy team.

The Respiratory/Sleep Team based on Fairfield Hospital site and covering services on Royal Oldham Hospital and the newly build Community Diagnostic Centre in Royton Oldham, offers a range of respiratory/sleep investigations to give a complete patient experience from initial investigation, treatment and up to the follow on care of patients within this field. 

Main duties of the job

• Performing a range of non-routine respiratory/sleep investigations such as Simple Spirometry, basic sleep screening, inhaler techniques and CPAP mask fitting.
• Assisting in more advanced respiratory/sleep investigations.
• Provide reports for routine respiratory/sleep investigations.
• Participate in resuscitation procedures/BLS.
• Liaise with wards, departments requesting procedures to give best patient care.
• Ensure effective administration of patient reports and data storage  ensuring confidentiality.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.