Principal Clinical Physiologist | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Principal Physiologist/Clinical Scientist to work in collaboration with the existing Principal Physiologist team. The post will be primarily based at Queens hospital, Burton with regular rotation to the Royal Derby Hospital.
You should already possess the skills and experience in leading a team as well as having a proven ability for technical and operational management. Maintaining your own clinical skills will also be an important part of the role.
The department continues to undergo transformations as services develop across sites. Being an integral part of this transformation will be key to the growing demands of a diagnostic service.
You must be an experienced Healthcare Scientist/Physiologist and have the ability to work under pressure. Managing your own workload as well as that of your team is vital to ensure the continuity of a high quality, diagnostic service. You will oversee and lead on operations relevant to all areas of the department ensuring high quality services and standards are met.
- Providing leadership and development for all practitioners across the department
- To perform a combination of clinical, technical and operational management duties in our high quality Cardiorespiratory/Clinical Measurement departments as part of the existing Principal Physiologist team.
- To act as operational manager for Cardio-respiratory, QHB
- Perform highly specialist clinical duties to meet the demands of the service, including reporting of investigations.
- Represent Cardio-respiratory/Clinical Measurement services in multi-disciplinary meetings and committees. Deputising for the Deputy General Manager when required.
- Promote service developments and integration to maintain and advance the Clinical Measurement/Cardiorespiratory services of UHDB.
- Support the ongoing Clinical Physiologist training programme as part of the department's long term strategy.
Date of interview: 20th March 2025
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In return we will offer:- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
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This advert closes on Thursday 6 Mar 2025