Highly Specialist Clinical Physiologist (Sleep)

NHS; Trafford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job description

Highly Specialist Clinical Physiologist (Sleep)

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Sleep Physiologist to join the team in the Sleep Service, Trafford General Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

The Sleep Service is a modern dynamic unit servicing a large area of the North West. It has a CPAP user base of over 8,000 patients and provides a wide range of services including diagnosis and treatment of non-respiratory sleep disorders.

The service is actively involved in the teaching of students on the PTP and STP courses at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Main duties of the job

The position will involve:

1. Supporting the service manager in the day to day management and leadership of the department.
2. Performing and analysing in-patient and outpatient sleep studies (including respiratory polygraphy, full video polysomnography, multiple sleep latency testing, maintenance of wakefulness testing and actigraphy).
3. CPAP issue and follow up (face-to-face and remote clinics).
4. Teaching, training and mentoring of students and junior staff.
5. Supervision and line management of junior staff, stock control and procurement.
6. Service improvement, audit and quality control.

The service encourages and supports flexible working (including home working where appropriate) but the successful applicant may be expected to cover evening and night shifts depending on service demand.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.6bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• BSc Physiological sciences, or Practitioner Training Programme, or equivalent
• Scientific Training Programme or equivalence
• RCCP/ AHCS registration or eligible to register.
• Documented evidence of good clinical practice and continued professional development.
• Post registration qualification in specialist areas
• Eligible for registration on the 'M' register of Health Care Scientists
• Registered with ESRS as Somnologist Technologist, or Somnologist.
• Registered with Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (RPSGT)

Experience

• Demonstrable experience as a Respiratory/Sleep Healthcare scientist/ science practitioner.
• Presentation / teaching skills required to mentor new members of staff.
• Experience in recording, interpreting, and reporting highly complex polysomnographic sleep data.
• Experience of training, mentoring, and assessing staff.
• Experience of preparing presentations and lecturing at degree level.
• Experience of research and audit.
• Experience of leading through change.
• Experience of working in a large multi-disciplinary setting.
• Training for trainers' qualification.
• Experience of lung function testing.
• Experience in Psychological testing or treatment.

Skills

• Giving presentations to inform and influence practice.
• Ability to use own initiative to coordinate, plan and prioritise activities.
• Ability to keep accurate documentation.
• Ability to work as a team leader and motivator.

Knowledge

• Up-to-date specialist knowledge of sleep physiology, sleep diagnostics and therapy.
• Up-to-date knowledge of respiratory physiology.

Other

• Dynamic, enthusiastic and positive attitude.
• Reliable.
• High level stamina, energetic.
• Articulate.
• Excellent attendance record.
• Ability to travel between clinical sites in the Manchester and Trafford area.
• UK Driving License holder.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year, Per Annum, Pro Rata