Senior Respiratory Physiologist

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

The respiratory physiology service has an opportunity to appoint a motivated, enthusiastic individual to the role of Senior Clinical Physiologist. The service provides a comprehensive range of diagnostic testing on a wide variety of patients with both respiratory and non-respiratory conditions. You will join a busy, friendly, multidisciplinary team including physiologists, clinical scientists, administrators and consultants.

The post is primarily based at the Sleep Centre in Charing Cross Hospital, where they will be involved in a wide range of diagnostic tests and treatments including CPAP provision and support, Respiratory polygraphy, PSG/MSLT and NIV. As part of the cross-site rota, there will also be the opportunity to work in lung function departments within the Trust.

Away from clinical testing, we host students from the PTP and STP courses so there will be an opportunity to be involved in teaching, training and supervision of junior staff. The postholder will be required to deputise for the Chief Clinical Physiologist in their absence and to proactively contribute to the wider development of the service.

It is essential for the successful applicant to have had previous experience in either sleep physiology or lung function testing, with a good science background with a BSc in Healthcare Science (respiratory major) or equivalent.

Main duties of the job

• Perform standard lung function testing, unsupervised, gaining accurate and clinical valuable measurements.
• Lead, educate and encourage patients in required test techniques, explaining the need for full co-operation and maximum effort in performing Lung Function tests by demonstrating the same physical effort and enthusiasm.
• Obtain reproducible and clinically meaningful results, acknowledging when to reject poor measurements and technical errors in order to gain the best and most accurate results.
• Distributing and interpreting results for colleagues, junior members of staff, students and other members of staff in all aspects of patient care and respiratory physiology.
• Listening to patient with empathy, patience and tolerance, comforting upset or distressed patients and relatives.
• Communicate effectively with departmental colleagues and other members of staff in all aspects of patient care and respiratory physiology.
• Produce written reports on Lung Function measurements and patient co-operation with procedures and technique to give clinicians the greatest understanding of the patients' physiology.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc Healthcare Science or equivalent
• Able to progress to HCPC/RCCP registration

Desirable criteria

• CPD by attendance at internal and external lectures, seminars and courses

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant practical experience

Desirable criteria

• Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures within respiratory physiology

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Planning and organisation of a number of activities including own duties and patient scheduling
• Attention to detail throughout patient testing
• Overcome barriers such as language and disability to gain full understanding.
• Ability to communicate effectively to hostile or highly emotional patients
• Use of persuasive, motivational skills with empathy and re-assurance skills
• Judgement skills using complex facts and situations with regards to patients

Desirable criteria

• Experience of analysing respiratory and full polysomnography sleep studies
• Previous experience of capillary +/- arterial blood gas sampling
• Previous experience of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 619.8KB)
• Functional requirement.pdf (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)