WELLSLEEP, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO, WELLINGTON
About our team/Mo te tima
The University of Otago, Wellington (UOW) provides health research and teaching in New Zealand's capital city.
It enjoys collaborative relationships with District Health Boards, local health service providers, multiple central and local government agencies such as the Ministry of Health and Wellington City Council as well as other tertiary education providers such as Massey and Victoria University. It also has strong links with local iwi.
The role/Te mahi
As a Clinical Physiologist – Sleep, you will work as a member of a multidisciplinary team performing diagnostic and therapeutic overnight sleep studies for patients.
This role also educates patients with respect to treatment issues and prepares clinical reports on these studies. This is completed by providing specialist technical support to WellSleep in the area of polysomnography and ventilatory treatment support and providing a high standard of care to patients to ensure best practice outcomes.
You will provide technical support for research within the Centre and actively contribute to Wellsleep's Quality Assurance programme.
Your skills and experience/Ka pukeka me ka wheako
We are looking for candidates with:
A health-related degree including a knowledge of the pathophysiology of the neurological and respiratory systems, diagnostic techniques and instrumentation.
Computer literacy including networked systems, word processing and databases.
Understanding of the importance of patient focussed outcomes.
Excellent communication skills.
Logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Clinical monitoring experience.
Interpretation of physiological systems during live monitoring.
Patient/clinical consultation experience.
Further details/Puroko
This is a fixed term (6 month), full-time position. With actual hours of work being determined by a roster set in advance. This could include either a day, evening or night shift.
The role is based at Bowen Hospital.
You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this role.
The appointments range for this role is $70,602 to $76,668. Top of range $82,849.
The University of Otago is a workplace that values and utilises diverse and inclusive thinking, people and behaviours. This means that the contributions of staff with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected.
Specific enquiries may be emailed to Angela Campbell, via the contact details.
Application/Tono
Applications quoting reference number 2401474 will close on Sunday, 29 September 2024.
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