Advanced Specialist Practitioner (XR07)

The post holder is accountable to the Health Care Science Manager (HCSM). This post has 2 components-: 1) Specialist role Each Advanced Specialist Practitioner (ASP) will take the lead on a specialism within the overall service. The successful candidate will have a special interest in line with the needs of the service e.g. intraoperative monitoring, neurophysiology support for critical care areas, intracranial recordings etc. It is expected that the successful applicant will take responsibility for further development of their special area of interest and skill in line with the Departments development plan, Clinical Service Unit priorities and under the supervision of the Clinical Service Manager. As the lead they will, working under the supervision and guidance of the Health Care Science Manager (HCSM), be responsible for managing their particular specialism including allocating the workload and the day to day management of the staff related to the service. They will take responsibility for their own training and development within this field and in turn use this increased knowledge in the training and development of staff working alongside them. This will include both their neurophysiology colleagues and other medical staff, such as doctors, specialist nurses etc. Each ASP will be responsible, within his/her specialism for policy development, financial planning and budget monitoring (in collaboration with the HCSM) and will work with managers and clinicians to help plan the service. Each ASP will be responsible for service improvements within their lead role /specialism, in accordance with national guidance and for maintaining the quality of the service. 2) Generic role The ASP will be responsible for undertaking all clinical neurophysiology diagnostic procedures provided by the department. This will include both routine and highly specialist procedures. However the band 5 physiologists will be mainly responsible for the routine procedures with the specialist ones being escalated to the ASP. As well as performing the procedures the ASP will be responsible for analysing, interpreting and providing factual reports to clinicians regarding them. They will be expected to undertake these procedures without the need for supervision and be in a position to deal with any problems relating to them as they arise. The Post holder will be expected to work closely and effectively with other technical, clinical and clerical staff, within the department to ensure the delivery of a high quality service. The role will also see the ASP be responsible for the general training and development of junior and trainee staff within the department. The post holder will participate in audit of activities and undertake research and development. The department is responsible for providing a comprehensive clinical neurophysiology diagnostic service to patients of all ages from a wide range of specialties suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders. The service is provided across the trust, to GPs and other regional hospitals As the specialism lead the ASP will be required to effectively manage the service provision to the appropriate clinical services. These include: workload planning and day-to-day management of staff, responsibility for service development, responding to new indications for specialist services and appraising advances in technology. They will be involved in the administration of the service including scheduling, activity recording, resource management and business case development (for equipment and for service development), within their lead role/ specialism. They will be responsible for the effective use of resources. Working in collaboration with the HCSM and management, the ASP will be required to monitor the service budget for consumables and action equipment orders within their specialism. They will be responsible for implementation of the Trusts governance and quality priorities in respect to the specialist service. This will include responsibility for audit, peer review, patient satisfaction/complaints and relevant aspects of patient safety. Within their specialist area the post holder will be responsible for the training and updating of their neurophysiology colleagues as well as taking part in the training of doctors and nurses from other areas of the trust. The post holder would be expected to act as the equipment controller for their specialism which involves being responsible for all equipment, including regular service and safety testing, writing business plans and working with managers and clinicians regarding purchase of new and replacement equipment. The post holder will carry out all neurophysiology procedures under the direction of the Health Care Science Manager. The department provides a service to a large centre for neurosciences, and as would be expected the neurophysiological investigations require a high degree of skill and experience. The post holder will take part in the training and supervision of the junior staff within the department. The post holder will participate in the out of hours rota, triaging all Neurophysiology request and advising the on call consultant as appropriate Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post: The beliefs and attitudes that underpin effective performance within the job role. Emphasis should be on the requirements of the role not the individual when completing this section. Examples might include: quality focus, mistakes are used as a continual learning experience, honesty, integrity etc.