About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated respiratory scientist/physiologist to join our friendly paediatric respiratory team. This is a 1 year fixed term contract to help expand our service and testing within the community diagnostic centre at Roehampton.
At St George's Hospital , we are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge healthcare solutions and improving patient outcomes. As a leading healthcare provider, we pride ourselves on combining clinical expertise with advanced research to offer innovative treatments. We are currently seeking a dedicated and experienced Healthcare Scientist to join our multidisciplinary team.
The clinical scientist/physiologist will play a key role in our healthcare services, conducting diagnostic tests, clinical research, and providing support for medical investigations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in scientific research, analytical skills, and a passion for improving patient care.
For questions about the job, contact: 07920114496
Main duties of the job
To work in paediatric services for lung function and sleep investigations.
Undertakes a wide range of both simple and highly complex procedures in Sleep and lung function testing, Set-up, download and analyse inpatient and domiciliary respiratory sleep studies.
Reporting from simple to complex assessments in Sleep and lung function testing To maintain, calibrate and disinfect the equipment according to Trust and departmental policy.
About us
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, St Georges Hospital provides a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across south west London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Able to work effectively as an individual and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Evidence of implementing innovation or having responsibility for part of service delivery. Well-organised and able to prioritise own workload and that of others.
Desirable
Previous work with Paediatric patients. Previous experience of Hospital software. Evidence of managing a part of a service
Professional Qualifications Essential
BSc Clinical Physiology / Healthcare Science (Respiratory/Sleep) Continuing evidence of CPD Experience at a Band 6 or equivalent
Desirable
ARTP Qualifications Have or be applying for RCCP registration. Post-graduate courses (paediatrics) in sleep and respiratory
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.
Employer details Employer name St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address St Georges Hospital and Queen Mary's Roehampton
Blackshaw Road, Tooting
London
SW17 0QT
Employer's website https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)