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An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Respiratory and Sleep Clinical Physiologist to assist with the management and development of respiratory and sleep clinical physiological services at Ipswich Hospital. You will also be responsible for the day to day management of the Lung Function Unit alongside and in the absence of the Lead Respiratory Clinical Physiologist.

You will be expected to provide highly specialist clinical physiological knowledge and interpretation of a range of diagnostic and analytic studies within the respiratory and sleep services.

As the deputy lead for the respiratory and sleep services, you will have a duty to deliver and develop the service as set out in the Trust’s plan, as well as having managerial responsibilities for both services and the team.
• Perform simple, specialised, complex and highly complex respiratory and sleep diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, as per the attached job description
• Assist with the management and development of respiratory and sleep clinical physiological services
• Assist the Lead Respiratory Clinical Physiologist in overseeing the day to day running of diagnostic services and staff cover within the department
• Provide a comprehensive respiratory and sleep investigative clinical service to patients of all ages referred from a wide range of specialities from across the region
• Provide expert opinion, advice and interpretation of simple, specialist, complex and highly complex assessments to medical staff and other healthcare professionals.
• Assist with the management, leadership and clinical training of Lung Function staff and other staff groups

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 the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, 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 thatTime Mattersto 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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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 21 Mar 2024