Job overview

The UHNM are looking to employ and enthusiastic and motivated individual who is qualified in GI Physiology as a Clinical Scientist/GI Physiologist. The applicant is expected to be competent and qualified (or at the end of their training such as STP) as a registered Clinical Scientist in GI Physiology with the HCPC or as an Independent Practitioner by the Association of GI Physiologists and registered with the AHCS. The GI Physiology unit is a small team of members including a Clinical Scientist and several Endoscopy support workers. The service provides a variety of upper and lower gastrointestinal investigations including high resolution manometry, 24hr pH and Impedance monitoring, hydrogen breath testing, anorectal manometry and we offer a comprehensive biofeedback therapy service for a range of defaecatory disorders.

The department is actively involved in MDT meetings including Pelvic floor MDT twice monthly and the Upper benign MDT once a month.

The applicant will be encouraged to progress themselves and will be supported to attend training and meetings to facilitate their professional development.

The service sits within a busy endoscopy unit and supports Gastroenterology Consultants, upper GI surgeons, Colorectal Consultants, Gynaecology Consultants and Respiratory Physicians. We also provide diagnostic testing to hospitals outside the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Conduct a wide range of physiological measurement investigations as offered by the department including, but not limited to, oesophageal manometry, oesophageal pH impedance studies, hydrogen and methane breath testing, anorectal physiology and wireless pH monitoring.
 
Support the provision of comprehensive bowel behavioural therapy within the pelvic floor multidisciplinary team to include patient education sessions, advice and medication review, counselling, and computer aided biofeedback techniques.
 
To provide analysis and high-quality diagnostic reports of investigations and the appropriateness of tests.
 
To work with multidisciplinary teams reporting test results and
contributing to discussions on patient management and care pathways.
 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.