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Respiratory
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NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
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Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
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NHS
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Community
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WOOLWICH
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£29,460 - £31,909 Per annum
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19/05/2024 23:59

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust logo

Assistant Practitioner Respiratory

NHS AfC: Band 4

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over  staying comfortable; Listening  over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Trosolwg o'r swydd

  • To provide a high quality and efficient respiratory diagnostics (including Spirometry, reversibility testing and FeNO testing) to a variety of stakeholders within the Bexley and Greenwich community respiratory hublets and Queen Elizabeth/Eltham Community Hospital sites.
  • To help provide a high-quality respiratory diagnostic service which meets the clinical needs of the users.
  • The post holder will be primarily based within the community with rotations between community diagnostic hubs based in Greenwich and Bexley Oxleas NHS trust locations, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Eltham Community Hospital Respiratory labs when required. Duties will include the routine respiratory testing under supervision, clerical input of patient and test details into the departmental computer network, sending out of diagnostics test results and filing of paperwork and clinical material and answering telephone enquiries.
  • This role requires you to primarily travel between community sites.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

  • The post holder should be familiar with the basic principles, operating requirements and uses of front-line equipment used in the respiratory department.
  • To troubleshoot routine equipment using initiative, experience and interpretation of User Manuals.
  • To assess and troubleshoot basic diagnostic equipment problems, referring these to a senior member of staff as necessary.
  • Become proficient in the use of the Respiratory Information System (SOLUS/ICARE) .
  • Ensure that records are kept up to date and stored safely to ensure compliance with practices required for MHRA and other relevant bodies
  • To undertake respiratory diagnostics.
  • To perform, document and technically report diagnostic respiratory results, for all stakeholders.
  • The post holder will be required to use diagnostic respiratory equipment and PC’s for almost all aspects of the role.

To undertake work and alternative duties as reasonably directed at variable locations in the event of and for the duration of a significant internal incident, major incident or pandemic.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

  1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
  2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
  3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
  4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
  5. Making equalities mainstream

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Key Result Areas & Performance:

  •  To check diagnostic equipment prior to use and perform quality control checks.
  • Ensuring that all required calibration and quality control procedures have been performed and documented.
  • To receive and prepare patients for testing.
  • Obtaining verbal consent prior to testing and highlighting any patients who do not wish to consent with the clinic lead.
  • To undertake diagnostic work in all sections of the Department, using both automated and manual techniques, in line with experience and training.
  • Ensuring that all spirometry measurements are performed to the required national standards for reproducibility and reliability.
  • To input patient, test and result data on to the Respiratory computer system.
  • To work under remote supervision to provide a supplementary community diagnostic respiratory service at the community hublets with possible rotation to Eltham Community Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Respiratory Labs.
  • To comply with all the policies and protocols designed to ensure accuracy of patient information.
  • To maintain patient confidentiality when giving and receiving patient information.
  • To participate in the departments stock control procedures.
  • To dispose of damaged or contaminated waste.
  • To maintain up to date skills and knowledge, attending appropriate training courses as required.
  • To adhere to all the Trust’s policies and guidelines relating to Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, Codes of Conduct, Data Protection, Human Rights and Confidentiality.

Work force

  • To prioritise own workload and that of less experienced colleagues.
  • To liaise with the clinic reception staff and stakeholders for the smooth running of the Respiratory Diagnostic Hublet Clinics.
  • To maintain good communications with all staff and of other disciplines if required.

Financial

  • To be economical and efficient in the use of resources.
  • To assist in the management of respiratory products to maximise usage and minimise waste.

Partnerships

  • Communications and Relationships
  • To answer telephone and other enquiries from health professionals.
  • To liaise with the all stakeholders using the Respiratory Diagnostic clinic.
  • To answer telephone enquiries and providing basic diagnostic related advice.

Manyleb y person

Qualifications and Training

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Ability to Travel across community/trust sites as required
  • Full UK Drivers Licence with access to car
  • Good standard of general education including numeracy and literacy
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Assistant practitioner (FdSc)

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Minimum of 1 year experience working as a Band 4 respiratory physiologist or equivalent in lung function
  • Willingness to undertake identified courses in line with achieving competency within this area.
  • ARTP accredited/Work towards ARTP accreditation.
  • Interpretation of vital signs including pulse oximetry
  • Knowledge of management of respiratory patients
  • Understanding issues regarding accountability and delegation
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Experience of using spreadsheets and other software for clinical and non-clinical activity

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Working knowledge of IT systems such as e-mail, word processing, and databases.
  • Experience in Primary/Community Care
  • Experience of blood gas sampling, smoking cessation counselling and venepuncture
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Familiarity with Lab Systems

Personal Qualitities

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Good interpersonal skills. Ability to work both within a team and unsupervised
  • Able to communicate and empathise with patients and other members of the public
  • Ability to work under pressure and achieve deadlines and targets.
  • Flexibility in working hours to suit the demands of the post
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Ability and willingness to follow an NVQ programme.

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Enw
Steve Sims
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Lead Physiologist & Mgr for Respiratory Lab/Sleep
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