About this role
Job summary
NHS Band 3 Salary:£25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5
Contract: Permanent
We are recruiting fora Healthcare Science Assistant in Respiratory and Sleep who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic individual to join our friendly team. You will be working across the Respiratory Outpatients and the Community Diagnostic Hub which opens in 2024. This post will require flexible working with the Community Hub operating 7 days a week.
We are looking for someone who is organised, flexible, able to use initiative and enjoys working in a team. You will need to be friendly and highly motivated with a keen eye for detail and accuracy. Experience in working in a healthcare environment with respiratory knowledge is desirable. The role includes basic lung function and sleep diagnostic testing. Other roles include stock management, cleaning of equipment and daily administration tasks. Full training will be provided
Previous candidates need not apply
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
As a minimum good standard of secondary education or level 2 healthcare certificate
For further information or to discuss the post please contact Tracy Jones, Lead Clinical Respiratory/ Sleep Physiologist on 01983 552112 or e-mail tracy/[email protected]
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
To support the Clinical Physiologists in the delivery of agreed standards of care to all patients. Provide administrative support for the Clinical Physiologist. To support respiratory clinics in the need of spirometry and inhaler management. and supportsleep clinics including sleep studies and yearly CPAP clinics. To ensure that relationships and behaviour is managed in line with the Behaviour Framework competencies. The Respiratory Physiologist Assistant will work within the limits of their competence for respiratory testing including spirometry and sleep studies. To provide support to the Clinical Respiratory/Sleep Physiologist in the delivery of agreed standards of care to all patients, providing role-specific skills including spirometry, sleep studies, yearly CPAP reviews basic life support, and production of reliable and accurate data.
Required qualification NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
Person Specification
Qualifications and role specific knowledge Essential
NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
Desirable
ARTP spirometry certification
Physical Skills Essential
Good hand eye co-ordination. High level of dexterity and manipulation skills. Must be computer literate and able to use software related to clinical applications.
Aptitudes Essential
Ability to demonstrate knowledge in practice. Must be able to work independently within agreed parameters and also within a team.
Abilities Essential
Previous Level 2 health experience.
Communication Skills Essential
Good interpersonal skills. Ability to liase with colleagues, clinicians and other service users. Can respond to general queries in an efficient and confident manner. Knows who to direct more complex enquires to.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address St Mary's Hospital
Parkhurst Road
Newport, Isle of Wight
PO32 5TG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)