Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory Physiology
- Grade
- Band 4 Apprenticeship
- Contract
- Apprenticeship: 24 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (0830-1630)
- Job ref
- 393-NMUH-1338
- Employer
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £23,630 Band 4 apprentice salary – Substantive contract on completion of Apprenticeship
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Apprentice Associate Sleep and Respiratory Physiologist
Band 4 Apprenticeship
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
The successful candidate’s primary role will be to support the Respiratory Physiology team in the running of our busy sleep service. You will be setting up and downloading patient data from home sleep monitoring equipment, as well as initiating and supporting therapy for patients with sleep-disordered breathing. This includes setting up home therapy for patients, undertaking clinics and changing machine settings and basic maintenance under supervision. This will mainly be in the outpatients setting, although you will sometimes be needed on the wards to support colleagues looking after inpatients. You will also be given training in performing basic lung function tests, which will form part of the Apprenticeship. In addition to sleep duties, you will be expected to carry out these tests when required. You will also be expected to perform administration duties to support the smooth running of the clinics.
Main duties of the job
1. Work towards completion of Level 4 Healthcare Science Diploma in Sleep Science.
2. Work towards obtaining the ARTP Certificate in Spirometry.
3. Work towards being confident and proficient with initiating CPAP therapy, fitting CPAP masks and conducting CPAP compliance clinics under supervision.
4. To assist colleagues in initiating domiciliary noninvasive ventilation (NIV) under supervision.
5. Performing basic lung function tests in a supervised environment.
6. Analysing results and preparing reports with autonomy in a supervised environment.
7. To participate in calibration, maintenance, and general care of all equipment as well as quality assurance and infection control of any equipment used.
8. Proficiency in the use of computer software as necessary (lung function computers, Trust PC software, bespoke manufacturer software).
9. To take responsibility for your own continued professional development and competence.
10. To assist the routine running of the Respiratory Physiology Department (assisting with admin tasks and statistics)
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be considered for this post the applicant will have a level 2 Maths & English qualification as well as a level 2 science qualification (equivalent to GCSE Grade 4 and above). The successful candidate will study for one day per week for 2 years towards achieving a Level 4 Diploma in Sleep Science.
The successful candidate’s primary role will be to support the Respiratory Physiology team in the running of our busy sleep service. You will be setting up and downloading patient data from home sleep monitoring equipment, as well as initiating and supporting therapy for patients with sleep-disordered breathing. This includes setting up home therapy for patients, undertaking clinics and changing machine settings and basic maintenance under supervision. This will mainly be in the outpatients setting, although you will sometimes be needed on the wards to support colleagues looking after inpatients. You will also be given training in performing basic lung function tests, which will form part of the Apprenticeship. In addition to sleep duties, you will be expected to carry out these tests when required. You will also be expected to perform administration duties to support the smooth running of the clinics.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 2 Maths & English qualification as well as a level 2 science qualification
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Good communication and computer skills
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Some experience of a healthcare environment
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave professionally and courteously at all times towards patients, visitors and colleagues
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kris Spurling
- Job title
- Principal Respiratory Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8887 2802
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