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To assist with the provision of Cardio-Respiratory services throughout the Trust and partnership agencies and to ensure the delivery of a high standard, quality service in an extended role to that of a  Assistant Practitioner

To ensure courtesy, privacy, confidentiality and respect at all times to patients, relatives, staff and colleagues.

The Cardio-Respiratory Department provides a high quality service for all cardiac and respiratory diagnostic investigations.  A 24/7 service is provided for basic investigations such as ECG and spirometry which is provided by Senior  Assistant Technical Officers and Assistant Practitioners.

You will have at sufficient experience as a Senior ATO within the cardiac or respiratory field during which you will have completed a six month basic in-service training programme and at least a further 12 months continuing to build and expand upon these skills. You will be aware of the full range of procedures provided by the department.

You will undertake a wide range of work activities. As an Assistant Practitioner you will be expected to :

• Supervise basic and junior trainee staff
• Participate in a 24 hr shift system, work alone with the backup of on call Physiologist if necessary.

Post is subject to Enhanced DBS check + Children's & Adults' Barred Lists

Main duties of the job

• ECG’s throughout the Trust – wards, clinics, A & E and other departments.
• Cardiac monitoring during clinical procedures eg. cardioversions, carotid sinus massage and valsalva manoeuvres.
• Basic spirometry and Peak Flows.
• Arterial blood gas analysis.
• Non-invasive BP measurement.
• Blood glucose measurement.
• Holter monitoring, 24 hr ambulatory ECG & BP hook up.
• Actively participate at cardiac arrests, with ILS training.
• Use of external pacemaker.
• Participate in audit collection.
• Assist with Exercise Tolerance Tests - 2^nd person attending.
• Assist with Tilt Table tests – 2^nd person assisting.
• Responsible for mouth guard in TOE’s.
• Cleaning and maintenance of equipment and reporting of any faults to a senior physiologist.

Working for our organisation

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1^st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

• CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• ​​​​​​SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.