Clinical Physiologist

**Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District**
**Location**: Wellington Regional Hospital

**Service**: Respiratory

**Contract**: Permanent, Full-time

**Salary**: As per Te Whatu Ora Health NZ & PSA Allied, Public Health, Scientific and Technical Collective Agreement, $77,087 - $110,210

**Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role**

We are looking for an enthusiastic clinical physiologist to join our team working in a busy respiratory physiology department within a multidisciplinary environment. The role will be involved in performing respiratory physiology tests such as spirometry, diffusing capacity and lung volumes, and more complex testing on people referred for a respiratory review. The role will also include working with CPAP and NIV patients, setting up and providing long term treatment and management for patients with sleep related breathing disorders, and provide support/assistance with Bronchoscopy procedure.

**Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team**

The Respiratory Service is part of the Sub-Speciality Medicine Group. The Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley (CCHV) District Respiratory service provides secondary and tertiary care for patients with respiratory and sleep related breathing disorders. It provides outpatient services at Wellington, Hutt Valley, Kapiti, Wairarapa and Kenepuru hospitals and in patient services at Wellington Regional Hospital and Hutt Hospital. Outreach sleep clinics are provided at Hutt and Masterton hospitals and community sleep clinics are provided in Porirua region.

The service is fully supported by a full equipped pulmonary function laboratory with core and complex testing at Wellington, Kenepuru and Hutt Hospital.

Across the CCHV District, the team is made up of 13 Senior Medical Officers, 6 Clinical Nurse Specialists, one Nurse Practitioner, one Respiratory Physiotherapist, 9 Respiratory Physiologists, 2 Respiratory Registrars, one Sleep Registrar Advanced Trainee posts, 1 basic Trainee post and a House Officer.

**Moū - About you**

Knowledge and Experience:

- Registration with the Clinical Physiologists Registration Board NZ
- Ideally, experience in pulmonary function diagnostic testing and setup of CPAP and Bi-Level devices

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**Skills**:

- Operate and maintain equipment within the lab according to laboratory manufacturer - s procedures. This includes Calibration, quality control, preventative maintenance, basic trouble shooting and infection control / cleaning prior to and after each patient.
- Work in accordance within the laboratory procedures manual and international guidelines.
- Achieve accurate, reliable and repeatable measurements of a patient - s respiratory function.
- Analyse, calculate and present the results for reporting.
- Writes factual reports based on acceptability and reproducibility of patient test performance including detailed clinical history and test data interpretation
- Attention to detail
- Commitment to work effectively within a team environment

**E pā ana ki a tatou - About us**

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:
Capital and Coast

Hutt Valley

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

**Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply**

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**By joining together we will succeed