Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologist - Echocardiography
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Stanley Gate, Lancashire
Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologist - Echocardiography
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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Stanley Gate, Lancashire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 14 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 054f77c1956244819fda8fe4d8e9cee6
Full Job Description
- Provides fully comprehensive, unsupervised reports of a highly professional standard in a range of procedures
- Uses clinical judgements to act on reports in an unsupervised way
- Has highly specialised knowledge and skill in at least one specialist area and is responsible for the development and delivery of that service
- Clinical supervision of testing in this are
- Developing and implementing relevant policies and procedures
- Producing costs for each procedure
- Implementing staff training programs for all levels of staff
- Peer evaluation of competency levels
- Stock control and consumable costs in this area
- Maintain optimal functioning and regular servicing of equipment
- Initiation of research and audit programs in order to review services and to monitor capacity
- Provide regular updates to manager on service progress and re-design
- A commitment to setting up new services and expanding the Physiologist role into areas traditionally covered by doctors
- Deputise for other service leads in their absence
- Participate in out of hours sessions when required
- May be called upon to participate in a 24hr on call emergency rota covering a range of invasive and non-invasive tests
- During out of hours or on call sessions, together with clinical responsibilities, the Physiologist will take on a level of managerial control of departmental issues
- Take on a level of managerial control as designated by the manager.
We are committed to meeting the needs of modern healthcare and providing the best possible services to our patients; as a result we have an exciting opportunity, which represents great career opportunities for the right person.The successful candidate will be an RCCP registered Physiologist with sufficient number of years' post qualification experience.It is important that the candidate can demonstrate flexibility, good communication skills, and the ability to work as a team member.The candidate will work alongside fellow Consultants, Nurses and other Healthcare professionals to ensure high standards are maintained across the organization.
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals. From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals. The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales. Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care: - CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme