Advanced Paediatric Sleep Physiologist Band 7

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key areas of responsibility will include clinical practice, leadership and management, education, research and professional development.

The following key focus points of the role are:

1.Clinical Practice

1.1 To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

1.2 To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.

1.3 To work both independently and within a team structure, demonstrating leadership to manage own and team caseload. To efficiently manage a caseload and organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

1.4 To formulate and deliver an individualised and specialist care plan / therapy management programme based on advanced knowledge of evidence based practice, advanced clinical reasoning skills and a wide range of specialist treatment options. As a specialist clinician to provide a second opinion where required

2.Leadership and Management

2.1 To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work.

2.2 To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams as a whole.

2.3 To manage changes in service and staffing, both planned and unpredictable, and support and facilitate staff with caseload management.

2.4 To ensure that all staff within the team have appropriate support for their clinical practice and continuing professional development through team meetings, review, supervision, appraisal, training and development. To be a role model for more junior staff members.

2.5 To assist with performance management of more junior staff, technical instructors, support workers and students as required.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Undergraduate degree in physiological sciences or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate degree (Masters or equivalent) in physiological sciences, or equivalent.
• RPGST or equivalent qualification
• Registered Clinical Scientist (Respiratory and Sleep Physiology)

Experience

Essential criteria

• 2+ years' experience working in a paediatric sleep and long-term ventilation unit in a band 6+ physiology role.
• 3 - 4 years' experience working in a sleep physiology unit.
• Experience assisting in department management, including line-management of junior staff
• Experience assisting in department operational including implementing and maintaining departmental policies and procedures.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in leading or contributing to departmental research projects
• Experience in assisting with the business development of the department

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates strong theoretical knowledge of a broad range of respiratory and sleep investigations, alongside competence in setting up, supervising, and interpreting paediatric cardiorespiratory sleep studies to AASM standards, including complex cases.
• Possesses advanced technical skills to independently troubleshoot and manage diagnostic equipment and long-term ventilation devices such as CPAP and NIV.
• Able to support patients and carers through mask fitting, education sessions, troubleshooting queries, and ongoing annual reviews, ensuring safe and effective use of therapy.
• Applies sound clinical judgement in complex situations while recognising the limits of own expertise and seeking appropriate advice when required.
• Effectively plans, organises, and manages workload including patient scheduling, while working both autonomously and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, and communicating complex clinical information clearly to diverse audiences with strong IT skills.

Desirable criteria

• Competent in the set-up, supervision, and interpretation of polysomnographic sleep studies in children to AASM standards
• Competent in performing and interpreting spirometry in children
• Ability to perform more complex lung function testing in adults and/or children

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Approachable, caring, kind and honest
• Punctual and enthusiastic
• Calm under reasonable pressure
• Good Customer Skills
• Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Physical abilities such as to meet the requirements of the role with any reasonable adjustments

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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