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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
The shift pattern for this post is Monday to Friday Dayshift with rotational nightshift and backshift
Are you interested in a career within healthcare science with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility which is highly rewarding?
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, in partnership with NHS Education Scotland, has an exciting opportunity to train an individual to become a registered clinical scientist within the field of Respiratory and Sleep Physiology.
The role will be based within paediatrics at the Royal Hospital for children in Glasgow. We provide respiratory and sleep physiology services to children and adolescents referred from a wide range of specialities from all over the country. We perform on average 6000 investigations per year between our respiratory & sleep physiology laboratories. We have state-of-the-art pulmonary function and cardiopulmonary exercise testing laboratory. Alongside this we have a dedicated sleep laboratory which has four in-patient sleep bedrooms.
The successful candidate must have a minimum of 2:1 BSc Honours science-based degree. This role will comprise of on-the-job training with rotational components to various departments and an academic component which will involve distance learning and block release at a Higher Education Institute in England. This is a 3 year fixed-term funded training post. You are required to be a good team worker and have patient care at the heart of what you do.
Informal Contact: Paul Burns - Respiratory & Sleep Physiology Manager 01414524071 / Paul.burns3@nhs.scot
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs
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