Principle Clinical Physiologist

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Doncaster seeks a Principal Clinical Physiologist to lead teams in providing high-quality cardio-respiratory diagnostic services. The role includes operational leadership, governance management, and ensuring efficient service delivery. You will engage with staff in service improvements and manage clinical systems effectively. Candidates should have a strong background in healthcare science and leadership experience, with a commitment to enhancing patient care and safety through best practices.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Comprehensive health and wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Discounts through external providers

Qualifications

• Experience in leading healthcare science teams.
• Strong understanding of cardio-respiratory diagnostic services.
• Ability to manage financial balance and cost improvement in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to deliver high quality cardio-respiratory diagnostic services.
• Ensure clinical governance and risk management protocols are followed.
• Manage staff engagement in service improvement projects.

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare Science

Clinical Governance

Risk Management

Patient Care Improvement

Data Collection

Job description

Overview

The Principal Clinical Physiologist will lead a team of Healthcare Science staff to ensure the provision of high quality, efficient and effective Cardio-Respiratory diagnostic services in line with the overall Medical Division requirements, Trust vision and objectives. You will provide operational senior leadership, providing solutions and/or advice to staff in response to service pressures. You will develop and deliver service strategy, together with leading the appropriate governance and risk management processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery of key diagnostic performance indicators in line with local and national agreements.
• Data collection to inform demand and capacity planning.
• Cardio-Respiratory Clinical Governance and risk management.
• Delivering financial balance and for the management of cost improvement.
• Ensuring that all service issues are managed with a focus of improving the service provided to patients.
• Ensuring that staff are fully engaged in the process of change management, and in particular, that Physiologists and support services are fully involved and at the forefront of service improvement projects.
• Managing the asset base of the Cardio-Respiratory Department, ensuring all the equipment is maintained and is safe to use, including developing plans to update and replace equipment.
• Manages the clinical systems in conjunction with IT Department.
• Working as a specialised independent practitioner within own area of expertise, performing and reporting highly complex specialised diagnostic procedures, both routine and emergency on outpatients and inpatients for all Divisions using best current practice and to local and national standards.
• To travel between sites to ensure support and presence is co-ordinated with clinical team.
• To act as an ambassador for Healthcare Science at local, regional and national level.

Additional Information

The Trust may close the advert early if a high number of applicants is received. The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications, professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if deemed required. If appointed, DBS checks will be carried out, with the check charged to the candidate in two instalments. Flexible working arrangements are available where required by the service.

Benefits

• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.