Job overview
We are welcoming applications for an exciting opportunity that has arisen for a well motivated and enthusiastic Highly Specialised Healthcare Scientist/Practitioner in the Department of Clinical Engineering and Measurement at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The purpose of this post is to support the Principal Clinical Scientist to apply engineering and scientific principles and knowledge to facilitate the effective operation of high quality Clinical Measurement services, in a range of areas across the Trust.
Services include providing physiological measurements of evoked potentials and sweat tests. As well as leading the technical and operational delivery of the blood gas measurement service, quality assurance, and supporting device training and calibration procedures across a number of device types.
This post also comes with management and business-related tasks to assist with the running of the Clinical Measurement Group and deliver services to other clinical staff and patients. They will also be involved in teaching and service development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a member of an experienced team of practitioners who work collaberatively and independently to ensure high quality and safe patient care is delivered at all times. They will need to have a flexible approach to work and a high level of drive and ambition to help achieve organisational goals. Attention to detail and professional integrity is essential.
Main duties involve but are not limited to:
- Plan, perform and interpret multimodal evoked potential monitoring during spinal surgery.
- Perform routine maintenance of ABL blood gas analysers across the OUH Trust, rectify complex faults and ensure quality assurance standards are met.
- Manage finances and budget reports as well as contracts with external stakeholders
- Line manage, supervise and train staff
There will be opportunities for further training and development in the field of Clinical Science.
The Clinical Engineering and Measurement Group is involved in the support of all blood gas analysers and approximately, other pieces of medical equipment across all OUH sites.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .