Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

Key Responsibilities 2.0 Leadership and management Provides leadership to the designated team. Investigates and responds to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events. Ensures the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies within the team. Takes responsibility for setting, monitoring and seeking to continuously improve standards and the quality of care delivered to patients. Promotes evidence-based practice, wherever possible. Implements policies and proposes change to practice for own specialist area. Contributes to the development of specialist protocols for specialist area. Engages users on service delivery and development. 2.1 Clinical skills Acts in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct. Maintains a safe working environment. Works as a specialist practitioner within established Trust and departmental policies. Act as a source of expertise within their designated area. Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy
are required and performs a broad range of highly specialist and complex investigations providing accurate factual reports following analysis and interpretation of physiological data. Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of cardio-respiratory investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation. Supervises and assesses the work of others within the designated team. Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g. NICE, NSF Reports clinical incidents and adverse events to the Service Manager and external agencies as required. Provides clinical leadership and acts as a role model to the designated clinical physiology team by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner. Giving lead specialist advice as required. Apply and use technology consistent with evidence of good practice. Prepare and maintain specialist equipment, ensuring overall functionality and comparing
overall performance with standardisations. Participate in Clinical Research Trials as directed by lead Physician. 2.2 Analytical skills Interpret and present findings and outcomes of all diagnostic procedures undertaken. Make recommendations based on valid interpretation of available information. 2.3 Teaching/Training/Assessing Take responsibility for own continuing professional development, identifying own development needs in relation to current practice, and attending relevant courses etc. Apply own learning to future development of service. Contribute to, and support learning and development of others, accessing appropriate learning opportunities, and encouraging professional development. Actively participate in training of trainees and other staff, with specialist training for clinical staff, to include planning and delivery of training activities. Objectively assess the work of individuals within areas of specialisation, providing clear and constructive feedback, and agreeing courses
of action to address issues, raising issues and related risks with relevant people. 2.4 Planning & Policy Evaluate your own work and the teams work, making constructive suggestions as to how services can be improved, seeking appropriate support for recommended/necessary changes, and implementing change. 2.5 Administrative Maintain accurate patient records. Input data, test results and reports into computerised system. Ensure others are processing data accurately, with an appropriate level of detail and in the agreed format, making amendments and highlighting problems as necessary. Investigate and take appropriate action when there are problems with processing data, identifying sources of error and taking appropriate action to implement change. Develop structure of systems/databases enabling others to input data more effectively. 2.6 Communication Maintains accurate clinical and other records in accordance with Trust policy. Ensure appropriate clinical record keeping within
the designated team. Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive information about routine and complex investigations ensuring they receive the required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery. Communicate effectively with technical, nursing medical and allied health profession colleagues, providing technical advice relating to specific patient care. Communicate effectively with technical, nursing medical and allied health profession colleagues in a training/educational role. Communicate effectively with manufacturers and technical specialists. 2.7 Patient/Carer contact Able to treat patients and relatives/carers with respect and consideration, maintaining emotional awareness in distressing circumstances. Communicate effectively with patients and relatives/carers, using verbal and non-verbal communication, ensuring understanding of what is being communicated, and taking into account patient communication problems, difficulty in
understanding, stressful situations/aggression, and requirement for persuasion/reassurance. 2.8 Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults The postholder has a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.