Assistant Technical officer (ATO)

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a motivated, hard-working, and enthusiastic individual to join our respiratory team to deliver services in the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at the Halton Health Hub in Runcorn and at community venues across Warrington and Halton.

We currently undertake a variety of respiratory studies and want the successful applicant to have the ability to work independently and be competent in Spirometry and issuing overnight monitors.

Main duties of the job

The main duties will be being part of the Community Spirometry Service, delivering quality spirometry and FeNO across the Warrington and Halton areas at 6 community venues including Orford Jubilee Hub, Widnes HCRC, Bath Street Health and Wellbeing Centre as well as at Warrington Hospital. We also undertake limited sleep studies from the CDC venue. Full training will be given to enable you to become an independent practitioner and following initial training you will undertake the ARTP spirometry certificate. The successful applicants may also rotate around other duties within the department across the main hospital sites.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.