Job overview

Due to the expansion of  the  Community Diagnostic Programme to include a Children's and Young Person Asthma diagnostics pathway, an exciting opportunity has arisen within our Respiratory Physiology teams across Manchester Foundation trust.

We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Healthcare Scientist ideally with experience working with  children and young people  to join our busy expanding and evolving service.

The successful applicant should be a friendly and highly motivated individual that wants to excel professionally and is committed to provide a high-quality service.

The role will  be to deliver person centred care, comprehensive respiratory assessment and expert opinion and advice to our MDT. 

This role is based at our two CDC sites one in the south of Manchester at Withington Community diagnostic centre, and one in the North of Manchester at our Harpurhey Diagnostic centre. 

The successful candidate will need to be willing to travel to these two sites and to the host hospital departments at Wythenshawe Hospital and North Manchester Hospital. 

Main duties of the job

Delivery of  a comprehensive asthma diagnostic pathway for Children and Young People.

Responsible for ensuring the technical accuracy and quality of the test procedures and producing accurate reports based on these procedures.

Participating in MDT discussions and supporting wider decision making 

To assist in the management of staff, including personal development plans, performance appraisals, recruitment and selection.

Participate in the education, development and line management of junior staff.

Contribute to teaching Clinical Physiology to BSc and MSc students.

Participate in improvement of services and the quality of care provision.

Opportunity to rotate through host departments to maintain skills in  Challenge test, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, respiratory muscle assessment, fitness to fly assessment, long term oxygen assessment and allergen skin prick testing.

To ensure data quality by undertaking equipment calibration and quality control for all tests performed within the laboratory

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.