Healthcare Scientist Associate - #724091

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Date: 1 week ago

City: Oxford, England

Contract type: Full time

To work as a team with the associate practitioners, nursing assistants and healthcare scientist assistants to ensure the smooth running of daily clinics within cardiology outpatients and community cardiology clinics.
Provide a range of cardiac physiological procedures accessible to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and local GP practices.
Support clerical staff to ensure the collection and availability of administration and clinical data (reception/clinical database entry/filing)
Support and deliver orientation and training to staff within and as appropriate.
Liaise with other staff to ensure that patients receive cardiac physiology procedures (E.G. 12-lead electrocardiogram, Ambulatory ECG, Ambulatory BP) requested by clinical staff in the delivery of health care.
To be a member of the interdisciplinary team, contributing to and delivering effective, quality care of cardiac patients.
To respect and maintain confidentiality in all matters relating to the Unit and patients.
To keep the Unit well maintained, stocked and tidy, while adhering to health and safety policies
To work without direct supervision in obtaining physiological data from patients (adults, children and neonates) from ECG recordings and other observations and phlebotomy where training permits.
Present accurate procedure results to appropriate clinical staff.
To obtain patient consent for the procedure, ensuring correct information governance procedures are followed.
To understand and troubleshoot significant findings and artefacts on recording ECGs and identify and utilise alternative recording technique.
To recognise a deteriorating patient and summon help when needed.
Maintain and update as appropriate, knowledge and skills required to record and provide first-line analysis/interpretation of results from a range of physiological procedures.
Contribute to the maintenance, development and implementation of local operating procedures and policies

Closing date: 25/08/2022 11:59pm

To contribute to the continuing development of professional cardiac physiology practice within the unit, embracing new ideas and changes for the benefit of patient care
To keep up to date with clinical practice issues relating to the specific speciality.
To take responsibility for own personal and professional growth and for maintaining a record of professional development experiences
To complete agreed local and Trust competency frameworks and take active responsibility for having an annual appraisal with a relevant personal development plan that is review with the mentor at 3 monthly intervals

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Robert Bunce Job title: Lead Echocardiographer Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01865 734364

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