Nrs02152 Job Specification Extended Closing Date Amended
Nrs02152 Job Specification Extended Closing Date Amended
Nrs02152 Job Specification Extended Closing Date Amended
Campaign NRS02152
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Closing Date Wednesday 06/May/2015 at 12 Noon
Purpose of the Post As an autonomous practitioner, a Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade
offers a comprehensive specialist clinical and technical perfusion service during both
routine and emergency procedures as a vital member of the multi-disciplinary team
during cardiac surgery. The Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade
will also participate in the development of department protocols and research.
Key Dimensions
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Administer drugs including colloid / crystalloid fluids, vasoactive drugs,
cardioplegia solution, potassium, anticoagulants, haemostatic drugs, sodium
bicarbonate and osmotic diuretics as clinically indicated.
Monitor a wide range of highly complex and routinely conflicting clinical
information on a minute-to-minute basis such as the blood oximetry, cardiac
output, systemic vascular resistance, ventilation and anticoagulation whilst
monitoring renal status and blood glucose and take appropriate autonomous
action.
Manipulate on a second-to-second basis the patient’s cardiovascular system
whilst on cardiopulmonary bypass.
Determine requirement for, and perform where clinically indicated, haemofiltration
and blood transfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Set up and manage, where appropriate; antegrade/retrograde cerebral perfusion;
deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; mechanical support devices; extracorporeal
membrane oxygenation; and extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal.
Ensure quality control, calibration and maintenance of expensive complex
medical equipment in Clinical Perfusion and their safe use in compliance with
Near-Patient Testing Policies.
Participate in the running of an intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation service,
ensuring availability of skilled clinical perfusion staff to support less-experienced
staff in surgery, cardiology, and intensive care.
Participate fully in Clinical Perfusion’s 24hr on-call cover.
Management
The Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade will:
Liaise with other members of the surgical, anaesthetic and nursing team.
Support management of a work programme for all clinical areas.
Manage and prioritise own caseload/workload independently.
Responsible for supervision of students, involving judging competence levels and
organising suitable activity.
Required to complete training record and casebook.
Discuss and sensitively deal with any highlighted problems that have arisen
during supervision. This may be providing reassurance where necessary or
discussing the problem with a senior member of staff.
Maintain infection control policies within the department.
Respect the confidentiality of all matters that may relate to colleagues
employment and other members of staff.
Advise line managers on issues of service delivery including shortfall and activity
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Encourage and support staff development and training.
Freedom to Act
The Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade will:
Draw on knowledge of a range of theories to inform practice. Assist in developing
strategies for the management and delivery of care to the patient.
Work as an autonomous practitioner, taking responsibility for organising and
delegating, where appropriate multiple techniques required during a single
procedure e.g. Cardiopulmonary bypass, cell salvage, blood gases and intra-
aortic balloon pumps.
Take initiative, manage and prioritise own caseload/workload independently.
Monitor and evaluate own service delivery and that of others in the team.
Accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional
boundaries through interpretation of clinical / professional policies.
Work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and
professional code of conduct.
Work independently accessing appraisal within an individual performance
framework at pre-determined intervals.
Provide evidential action on own initiative as clinical circumstances indicate.
Administer selective cardiovascular and controlled drugs as clinically indicated
and determined.
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Communication
The Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade will:
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making for complex cases and advise others on the same often in the absence of
a full clinical picture.
Monitor a wide range of highly complex and routinely conflicting and complex
clinical information on a minute-to-minute basis and take appropriate
autonomous action.
Discuss and evaluate options for best practice with colleagues as to the
individual case management to optimise patient outcomes.
Adapt to meet individual patient needs often in highly charged difficult critical
clinical circumstances.
Demonstrate reflection on practice with peers.
Information Resources
The Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade will:
Create own clinical perfusion reports by employing clinical perfusion data
acquisition software and manage own data acquisition database.
Maintain accurate paper and database records of clinical data.
These records should be easily accessible by all for the purpose of audit, stock
control, finance, performance management, professional registration and bench
marking purposes.
Ensure that all information is handled in accordance with Cork University
Hospitals’ policies.
Physical Skills
The Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade will:
Use highly developed auditory, visual and perceptive skills including precise hand
and eye co-ordination to ensure safe management of cardiopulmonary bypass.
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Act quickly and think clearly, frequently under acute time pressure to resolve an
emergency situation.
Accomplished manual dexterity essential for manipulation and construction of
extracorporeal circuit.
Physical Effort
Mental Effort
The Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade will:
Maintain intense levels of concentration in all aspects of patient management for
prolonged periods of time, in particular to monitor and manipulate vital patient
parameters.
Be flexible to the demands of environment including unpredictable workload,
emergency procedures, deadlines and catastrophic clinical situations.
Emotional Effort
The Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade will:
Working Conditions
The Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade will:
Work on a daily basis exposed to patient body fluids and infectious material
whilst managing the single most invasive device used in routine surgery and
patient management.
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Risk Management, Infection Control, Hygiene Services and Health & Safety
Staff will be provided with the necessary education, training and support to
enable them to meet this responsibility.
You are responsible for ensuring that you become familiar with the requirements
stated within the CUH Risk Management Strategy and that you comply with the
Hospitals Risk Management Incident /Near Miss reporting Policies and
Procedures.
You are responsible for ensuring that you comply with hygiene services
requirements in your area of responsibility. Hygiene Services incorporates
environment and facilities, hand hygiene, catering, cleaning, the management of
laundry, waste, sharps and equipment
You must foster and support a quality improvement culture through-out your area
of responsibility in relation to hygiene services.
Your specific responsibility for Quality & Risk Management, Hygiene Services,
and Health & Safety will be clarified to you in the induction process and by your
line manager.
Each employee must take reasonable care for his or her own actions and the
effect they may have upon the safety of others.
Employees must cooperate with management, attend Health & Safety related
training, and not undertake any task for which they have not been authorised and
adequately trained.
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Candidates must, on the latest date for receiving completed application forms for this post
Eligibility Criteria possess:
Qualifications and a) (i) Be accredited by the College of Clinical Perfusion of Great Britain and
experience Ireland
or
and
b) Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions
of the role
Age
Age restriction shall only apply to a candidate where s/he is not classified as a new entrant
(within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act,
2004). A candidate who is not classified as a new entrant must be under 65 years of age
on the first day of the month in which the latest date for receiving completed application
forms for the office occurs.
Health
Candidates for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of
undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would
indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.
Character
Candidates for and any person holding the office must be of good character.
Access to transport
Skills, competencies Demonstrate evidence of post-graduate knowledge of routine and specialised
and knowledge clinical techniques e.g. Ventricular Assist Devices, Vacuum Assisted Drainage,
Blood Conservation, including Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation,
extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Demonstrate evidence of Policy and/or Protocol development and/or contribution.
Demonstrate a basic understanding of statistics.
Demonstrate an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of clinical
equipment used
Demonstrate knowledge of clinical hazards & emergency procedures.
Demonstrate evidence of competency in IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel,
Power Point and Access as well as hospital and perfusion databases.
Demonstrate the ability to plan and organise effectively
Demonstrate leadership and team management skills, including the ability to work
as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Demonstrate evidence of being accountable for own professional action.
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Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills including the ability to build and maintain
relationships
Demonstrate sufficient communication skills to effectively carry out the duties and
responsibilities of the role
Campaign Specific A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information
Selection Process supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on
the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies
Ranking / and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you
Shortlisting / think about your experience in light of those requirements.
Interview
Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being
called forward to the next stage of the selection process.
Those successful at the ranking stage of this process (where applied) will be placed on an
order of merit and will be called to interview in ‘bands’ depending on the service needs of
the organisation.
Code of Practice The Health Service Executive will run this campaign in compliance with the Code of
Practice prepared by the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). The Code
of Practice sets out how the core principles of probity, merit, equity and fairness might be
applied on a principle basis. The Code also specifies the responsibilities placed on
candidates, facilities for feedback to applicants on matters relating to their application
when requested, and outlines procedures in relation to requests for a review of the
recruitment and selection process and review in relation to allegations of a breach of the
Code of Practice. Additional information on the HSE’s review process is available in the
document posted with each vacancy entitled “Code of Practice, information for
candidates”.
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Clinical Perfusion Scientist Staff Grade
Terms and Conditions of Employment
Tenure The initial vacancy for this post is permanent whole-time. This post is pensionable. A
panel will be formed from this recruitment campaign and future permanent or specified
purpose vacancies of full-time or part-time working hours will be filled from this panel. The
tenure of these posts will be indicated at “expression of interest” stage.
Remuneration The Salary scale (as at 01/01/10) for the post is:
Working Week The standard working week applying to the post is: 37 hours
The annual leave associated with the post is to be confirmed at Job Offer Stage
Annual Leave
Superannuation This is a pensionable position with the HSE. The successful candidate will upon
appointment become a member of the appropriate pension scheme. Pension scheme
membership will be notified within the contract of employment. Members of pre-
existing pension schemes who transferred to the HSE on the 01st January 2005
pursuant to Section 60 of the Health Act 2004 are entitled to superannuation benefit
terms under the HSE Scheme which are no less favourable to those which they were
entitled to at 31st December 2004
Every permanent appointment of a person who is not already a permanent officer of the
Probation Health Service Executive or of a Local Authority shall be subject to a
probationary period of 12 months as stipulated in the Department of Health
Circular No.10/71.
Protection of This post is one of those designated in accordance with Section 2 of the Protection of
Persons Reporting Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act, 1998. You will remain a designated
Child Abuse Act officer for the duration of your appointment in this post or for the duration of
19981 your appointment to such other post as is included in the categories
specified in the Ministerial Direction. Such officers will, on receiving a report
of child abuse, formally notify the Senior Social Worker in the community
care area in which the child is living.
Infection Control Have a working knowledge of Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Standards
as they apply to the role for example, Standards for Healthcare, National
Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated
Infections, Hygiene Standards etc
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