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To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. Additional contact information Dr Matthew Taylor Consultant Anaesthetics and Intensive Care - Matthew.Taylor@uhd.nhs.uk Dr Nigel Chee Nigel.Chee@uhd.nhs.uk

Clinical/Professional Study towards completion of the National School of Healthcare Science Graduate Diploma in Respiratory Science. Work autonomously with the assistance of protocols to practice in an effective physiology lead diagnostic service. Provide a supportive environment for patients and their partners with respiratory and sleep disorders. Ensure effective communication occurs between health professionals to promote patient care. Learn to perform a variety of diagnostic pulmonary function and sleep tests. Act as a practitioner and professional role model, demonstrate clinical skills, promote clinical excellence and ensure an optimum standard of care is delivered. Monitor the use of resources when implementing treatments. Inform the lead physiologist of deviations from the budget. Demonstrate a commitment to evidence-based practice, highlight areas for change then initiate and evaluate evidence to improve and develop patient care. Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities. Demonstrate expertise and share in-depth knowledge with other members of the multidisciplinary team with relation to respiratory and sleep medicine. Demonstrate competence in the working of computers. Take responsibility for implementation, maintenance and evaluation of evidence based clinical standards. Demonstrate knowledge of regulations pertaining to respiratory and sleep disorders. Facilitate patients to take an active role in improving lifestyle choices, smoking, weight, alcohol, drugs, Participate in team meetings and be involved in the development of the respiratory and sleep service. Management/Leadership Always demonstrate effective leadership to other health professionals in the management of patients with sleep and associated conditions. Communicate effectively, to health professionals and health commissioners the benefits of a patient-centered service for patients and health economics. Build support for change in service management by using effective influencing and negotiating strategies to include key stakeholders, including hospital managers, primary care fund-holders and NHS England. Demonstrate competency and confidence in leading change, liaising with departments and individuals to improve and minimize problems experienced by patients. Be able to constructively challenge professionals at all levels as an advocate for patient wishes and preferences in managing disease. Demonstrate supervisory skills for junior medical and nursing staff. Utilise Trusts Policies, Procedures and Guidelines actively contributing to their development. Demonstrate efficient use and utilization of resources, taking any recommendations to the lead nurse. Demonstrate effective management of patients with sleep and associated conditions. Demonstrate knowledge of effective multi-disciplinary teamwork and the role of individual team members. Deal personally with patients, relatives or visitors who make a complaint in line with Trust policy. Demonstrate advisory skills to staff in dealing with complaints. Maintain appropriate records, adhering to Nursing and Midwifery Council and Trust guidelines on record keeping. Deal with emotional and psychological issues as they arise. To be responsible for managing risk for patient specialty, in accordance with the Trust Risk policies and arrangements. Research and Education Participate in teaching at the MDT and develop and maintain the learning environment in respiratory and sleep conditions. Educate and support patients with sleep and respiratory conditions. Provide information for patients, carers and other health-care professionals with sleep and associated conditions. Assist in the evaluation of the service and patient care, including patient satisfaction. Liaise with other colleagues in local and national forums to influence and improve respiratory care. Be responsible for professional development using Personal Development Plan and professional portfolio Incorporate health education and health promotion in working practices. Lead in the dissemination and implementation of evidenced based care in the writing of shared guidelines/protocols for patients with sleep and respiratory disordersCommunication and Working Relations Communicate highly sensitive and complex information with empathy, ensuring that information is understood. Ensure patients, their carers and the MDT have access to specialist information and provide care that meets individual patients' needs at all stages of the care pathway. This includes the provision of telephone support/advice. Adjust communication strategies to deal with situation- face to face, telephone, video consultations. Communicating and cooperating with other specialist areas, promoting and maintaining good working relationships within own clinical area and across the organisation, giving accurate information as required. An active member of the clinical team contributing to Trust wide groups and meetings. Develop expertise in dealing with interpersonal conflict and be responsible for the resolution of any adverse situation/incidents. Comply and promote compliance to Trust policies e.g. Harassment and Bullying Working Conditions Working within an outpatient clinic environment that occasionally requires rapid response to unpredicatable events.

The trainee will undertake the full training program in order to progress through the academic and practical elements of the training scheme. In so doing they will learn how to perform and interpret clinical, and specialist scientific processes underpinned by theoretical and applied knowledge and practical experience and will learn how to: perform and interpret routine cardiac investigations perform specialised diagnostics investigations carry out complex scientific and clinical roles, including those working directly with patients analyse and interpret and data compare investigative and clinical options make judgements, including clinical and differential judgements, involving complicated facts or situations that impact on patients initiate and undertake innovation, improvement and R&D and be involved in the education of healthcare science trainees and other learners in the workplace carry out audit to continuously improve patient care and service needs participate in the training and development of both external university students and junior team members communicate and interact effectively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive patient experience assist the Principal Cardiac Physiologist and other senior members of the team in the day to day organization and delivery of the cardiothoracic diagnostic service They will be expected to complete all work-based training and assessment alongside the academic course to exit the Programme with eligibility for registration with the BSE and the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS). Trainees must meet the AHCS Standards of proficiency for Healthcare Science Practitioners. Post qualification and with appropriate additional experience and competencies, graduates from this scheme would be eligible to apply for Clinical Scientist equivalence and HCPC registration. In addition, they will be expected to undertake work-based experience to enable them to communicate complex technical, scientific and sensitive information to colleagues within their department in both verbal and written forms.