Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
: The Lung Function Lab at Alder Hey Children's Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic, Child and Young Person Centred, person to join the team. Since 2016, the Lung Function Lab has performed over 5000 tests per year with children and young people. The successful candidate will join a small hard working team challenged with performing high quality testing for departments such as Respiratory, Rheumatology, Cardiology and Surgery. The role will include performing basic Lung Function testing such as Spirometry (with reversibility), FeNO and Overnight Saturation and TOSCA monitoring. The post will also include day to day running of the lab with cleaning and sterilising of equipment and stock ordering key to the role.
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A key part of the role will to be the main Lung Function advocate for the Cystic Fibrosis patients. The successful candidate will need to build up relationships with patients and families to ensure high quality results can be attained.
The post holder will need to work well in a team and have excellent communication skills for both patients and parents and also with other staff members.
The successful candidate will need to have a good relationship with children and young people and be able to encourage and support them to perform well. They will also need to have a good relationship with parents/carers who bring their child or young person to the lab.
They will also have a key relationship with the Lung Function Team and Senior Respiratory Clinical Scientist. The team is a small team; however, communication is important especially when the lab is busy. They will also need to report back to the Senior Respiratory Clinical Scientist any issues or concerns they may have
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Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
: The Lung Function Lab at Alder Hey Children's Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic, Child and Young Person Centred, person to join the team. Since 2016, the Lung Function Lab has performed over 5000 tests per year with children and young people. The successful candidate will join a small hard working team challenged with performing high quality testing for departments such as Respiratory, Rheumatology, Cardiology and Surgery. The role will include performing basic Lung Function testing such as Spirometry (with reversibility), FeNO and Overnight Saturation and TOSCA monitoring. The post will also include day to day running of the lab with cleaning and sterilising of equipment and stock ordering key to the role.
A key part of the role will to be the main Lung Function advocate for the Cystic Fibrosis patients. The successful candidate will need to build up relationships with patients and families to ensure high quality results can be attained.
The post holder will need to work well in a team and have excellent communication skills for both patients and parents and also with other staff members.
This is a very exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking, growing service as part of a wider World Class Respiratory Team.
The Lung Function Lab's vision is: To provide a high quality, child focused respiratory service with a skilled, motivated team to become a leader in paediatric care and research.
Key Relationships (detail below)
The successful candidate will need to have a good relationship with children and young people and be able to encourage and support them to perform well. They will also need to have a good relationship with parents/carers who bring their child or young person to the lab.
They will also have a key relationship with the Lung Function Team and Senior Respiratory Clinical Scientist. The team is a small team; however, communication is important especially when the lab is busy. They will also need to report back to the Senior Respiratory Clinical Scientist any issues or concerns they may have
The Lung Function Lab sits within the Respiratory Team at Alder Hey. A key relationship will be with clinicians (nurses, doctors and consultants) to relay results back and explain the importance of results.
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.
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