Specialist Clinical Physiologist, Starship Children's Health at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Starship Child Health!

Here is an exciting opportunity for Specialist Clinical Physiologist to work in our Starship Respiratory and Sleep Service!

• Permanent, Full-time role
• Development opportunity for an experienced clinician
• Starship Children’s Hospital

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

The Starship Respiratory Physiology Laboratory is a combined Respiratory and Sleep physiology laboratory supporting a tertiary paediatric respiratory service with considerable national activity. In consequence, referred patients tend to have complex and severe chronic respiratory / sleep disorders necessitating highly specialized and broad needs for assessment and management.

We have a permanent full-time role available within the Starship Respiratory and Sleep Service, for an experienced Clinical Physiologist which specifically involves the clinical practice, quality assurance and teaching of but not limited to:

• Respiratory physiology assessment (lung function testing)
• Exercise testing
• Sleep physiology assessment (level 1-4 sleep studies)
• Long-term CPAP, non-invasive and invasive ventilation

The primary purpose of the role is but not limited to providing accountability for facilitating the professional and practice standards, ensuring physiology staff safely and effectively meet the clinical physiology care needs of tamariki and their whanau; may assist in day-to-day management of the Starship Respiratory and Sleep Physiology Services in support of reporting manager; assist in the support of junior staff to achieve full physiology registration, supporting their professional development and participate in research projects and clinical trials.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

To be successful in this role, you will require a high level of technical and clinical competency in both a laboratory (diagnostic) setting and within the clinical outpatient environment. Excellent professional conduct and communication is essential at all times, and initiative and flexibility are vital aspects to working within this small but busy team. Continuing education remains a vital aspect to sleep medicine, and continued professional development as required by the role and relevant registration body is essential.

Apart from the above, below are essential skills required

• Relevant NZQA Level 8 in addition to entry level qualification; or actively working towards Level 9 qualification or equivalent
• Current NZ Clinical Physiology Registration Board (CPRB) Registration and Annual Practicing Certificate (Sleep and/or Respiratory Physiology)
• Preferably six+ years practicing in sleep and respiratory, including experience in a paediatric setting
• Highly developed specialist practical and theoretical knowledge within specialty/subspecialty areas including knowledge of all modalities in the specialty area
• An ability to carry out duties independently and adapt to and work around unexpected changes and circumstances
• Provision of liaison and consultation on specialist field of child mental health knowledge to paediatric health professionals and multidisciplinary teams in Starship Hospital, schools, agencies and patient groups as indicated.

For further information, please refer to the Position Description here

To have a confidential chat about the role, please contact Simon Edmonds, Charge Sleep and Respiratory Physiologist SimonEdmon@adhb.govt.nz

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

Te Toka Tumai| Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre committed to delivering whānau-centered care that focuses on the needs of the child first, and values whānau (family) as an important member of the care team.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here
We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai | Auckland. For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role in your covering letter and CV quoting job reference ADHB17300.

To view details about our recruitment process, click here.

To apply please click 'apply now' below. If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Honey Pillai, Recruitment Consultant at HPillai@adhb.govt.nz

Advertising Closes: Sunday, 16 April 2023

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