Healthcare Scientist in Clinical Measurement

The Clinical Measurement Service provides highly specialised technical and scientific measurement for vision, vestibular and hearing for referrers across the North West.

The Clinical Scientist will perform a range of advanced visual and/or hearing and vestibular diagnostic measurements on adult and paediatric patients in an out-patient setting. They will determine appropriate test strategy, perform, process, interpret and report the results of these diagnostic measurements. Providing highly specialist information and advice to the referring clinicians based on the measurement findings. They will also perform vestibular treatments when necessary.

The post holder will be expected to undertake technical and supervisory duties and support the delivery of the clinical measurement service.

Consideration will be taken for candidates that do not meet the full job specification. If successful, they will be placed on the terms and conditions of Annex 21.

Perform a range of advanced visual and/or hearing and vestibular diagnostic measurements on adult and paediatric patients in an out-patient setting.

Support the departmental post-graduate trainees throughout their placement within the clinical measurement service.

The post holders job plan will be made up of:

• 70% patient facing clinical measurement including reporting
• 20% personal and service development
• 10% research

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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In absence of Heads of Service triage incoming clinical referrals and schedule according to urgency, clinical need and date of referral and availability of resources.

Select appropriate tests for individual patients, based on information from the referral and clinical history as taken by scientist at the start of the session.

Set up and operate complex equipment to perform highly specialised scientific clinical measurements, (dealing with issues that may arise during the test procedure) in order to diagnose patients who have complex hearing, vertiginous, balance or sight problems.

Process results for subsequent analysis, ensure the data is of the best quality and identify results where there may be some uncertainty (e.g. due to artefacts, technical or patient co-operation difficulties).

Analyse the results of the clinical measurement accurately and reliably. Interpret the complex (sometimes conflicting) results. Interpret these results taking into account the clinical information (referral, patient history obtained) and presentation, all of which can again be conflicting.

All must be within the departmental time frame determined and provide a precise interpretation on the results.

Within vestibular appointments, deciding when particular repositioning
manoeuvres are appropriate, performing these manoeuvres and developing a program of follow-up care specific to the patient.