Responsibilities
* Providing cross cover as and when required to the other hospital sites.
* Facilitate students and others to develop their competence through supervision, teaching and role modelling.
* Assist in setting department objectives in line with the Unit, Corporate and national objectives.
* Responsibility for ensuring that safe systems of work are practised in the Lung function & sleep department and that all Health and Safety legislation, other relevant legislation and Trust policies are adhered to.
* Responsibility for undertaking risk assessments and reporting all significant problems and identified hazards to the Respiratory speciality management group meetings.
* To communicate and negotiate with staff at all levels, within the Trust (medical, nursing, technical and administrative colleagues, Consultant medical staff and senior management) and external stakeholders as required.
* Undertake all audit and governance roles within lung function services.
* Maintain databases and records and to produce timely and relevant statistical reports on workload.
* Active participation in the MDTs or Respiratory meetings.
* To ensure that all information is recorded appropriately on the necessary clinical systems.
* To ensure all statistical and activity data including coded is accurately recorded.
The role will include to plan and undertake a range of simple, specialist and complex diagnostic respiratory assessments with a considerable degree of responsibility and autonomy as outlined below performed in accordance with ARTP or ERS/ATS criteria where applicable, in both paediatric and adult patients.
* Maintain up to date clinical knowledge.
* To obtain accurate and informative results.
Qualifications
The candidate must have previous experience performing Spirometry test. Previous experience with paediatrics is not essential as training will be provided. The successful candidate will be able to analyse, interpret a large range of diagnostic tests.
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