Associate Practitioner in Respiratory and Sleep Services

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Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as an Associate Practitioner in Respiratory and Sleep Services, where you will be responsible for conducting diagnostic tests and supporting patients in your care. This full-time role offers exciting career development in a dynamic department focused on providing high-quality healthcare services. Your experience in respiratory care and ability to communicate effectively will be essential as you work within a multidisciplinary team and contribute to improving service delivery across our hospitals and community centres.

Qualifications

• Experience working with respiratory patients and respiratory conditions.
• Ability to perform diagnostic tests like Pulmonary Function Tests.
• Experience within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Perform Pulmonary Function Tests and support the CPAP service.
• Recognise respiratory abnormalities and communicate results to clinical staff.
• Assist with administrative tasks and maintain hygiene of equipment.

Skills

Communication

IT Skills

Patient Care

Calm Under Pressure

Education

5 x GCSEs including Maths and English

ARTP Part 1 or spirometry accreditation

Job description

Main area Associate Respiratory Physiologist Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (weekends to support CDC as part of a rotation) Job ref 223-APS-452

Employer The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Cross site working - PRH/CDC/RSH Town Telford Salary £27,485 - £30,162 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59

Associate Practitioner in Respiratory and Sleep Services

NHS AfC: Band 4

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic , self-motivated Respiratory Associate Practitioner join our busy department. This post will be split between the PRH/RSH site and the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) which will be based at Hollinswood House, Stafford Park.

The CDC is a national initiative to improve diagnostic service provision. The aim is to increase diagnostic capacity and reduce health inequality by providing a single point of access to a range of services. Your role will be part of the Cardio-respiratory Department.

The successful applicant will need experience in dealing with the general public, ideally in a healthcare setting. Excellent IT and communication skills are essential. As is the ability to remain calm and professional under pressure, in the sometimes challenging role.

You will be performing respiratory diagnostic tests including Pulmonary Function tests and supporting the CPAP service. You will be supported to complete your ARTP associate examination level 1 or L4 Healthcare Science associate Apprenticeship. B4 will be awarded on completion of one of these qualifications. You will also support our other support staff in some of our basic Cardiorespiratory tests. You will be expected to cover all hospital environments when on the PRH/RSH site, and work independently when at the CDC.

Main duties of the job

• Perform Pulmonary Function Tests, Spirometry, Polysomnography including all measurements.
• Generating a Pulmonary Function Test summary.
• Recognise signs and symptoms of urgent Respiratory abnormalities and take steps to support patients as necessary.
• To undertake basic Spirometry interpretation after sufficient training.
• Communicate accurate procedure results to appropriate clinical staff.
• Recognise equipment faults and errors, take first-line action to correct them and report to senior staff as necessary
• Contribute to the hygiene and cleanliness of equipment and work area.
• Assist in activity audit and clinical data collection through maintenance of database entry and filing systems.
• Assist in the stock maintenance of consumable items.
• Answer enquiries from hospital staff, patients, carers, general practice and the public or direct such enquiries to more senior staff or other staff groups.
• Ability to plan and prioritise patients to ensure a clinic list runs smoothly. For example accommodating in-patients into a busy outpatient clinic list.
• Advise and reassure patients and or carers before and during investigation.
• Communicate complex information, e.g. test procedure, to the elderly, children and those with learning or physical disabilities.
• Assist in the administration of the department e.g. prioritising requests, managing appointments
• Undertake other reasonable duties at the request of senior staff

Working for our organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of district general hospital services for nearly half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Our main acute sites are are The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shrewsbury.

Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

The Cardio-respiratory Department has a base at both hospital sites with the larger department at the Princess Royal. We have a busy CPAP and Home Oxygen Service amongst a variety of other Cardiorespiratory diagnostic tests.

We also provide community diagnostics at the Community Diagnostic Centre in Hollinswood House, Stafford Park.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

Person specification

Qualifications

• 5 x GCSEs inc maths and English
• ARTP Part 1 or spirometry accreditation

Experience/knowledge

• Experience working with respiratory patients and of respiratory conditions
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
• Expereince with Cardiorespiratory diagnostics
• Spirometry experiecnce

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.

Name Shannon Hodgkiss Job title Lead Resiratory/Sleep Service Physiologist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01952 565749 Additional information

Nina Moran

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Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Anchorage Avenue
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
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