Job summary
Advanced Sleep/Respiratory Physiologist
The respiratory physiology department at the Royal Berkshire NHS FT provide a range of routine and advanced diagnostic tests across multiple sites in berkshire.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced physiologist to join our team as an Advanced Sleep and Respiratory Physiologist.
This is a period of exciting expansion for the department and this is an opportunity for you to be involved in the continued development of a service where scientific process, data quality and patient experience are at the core of the daily activities.
Main duties of the job
To supervise the provision of diagnostic assessment, initiation of treatment and monitoring of patients in the respiratory sleep and ventilation service.
The supervision and provision of the diagnostic assessment services in Respiratory Physiology and the therapeutic monitoring of patients with lung disease.
About us
The Trust provides services over five hospital sites and delivers services over a wide range of specialities. We are one of the country's largest general hospital foundation trusts - serving a population of more than 500,000 people - and the primary provider of acute and specialist care services for West Berkshire. Our reputation for delivering high quality, well-led services in a hospital is rated as "GOOD" by the CQC.
Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
It is desirable for the successful applicant to have had some previous experience of home monitoring of CPAP/NIV patients, CPET and flight assessment testing.
Job description
Job responsibilities
It is desirable for the successful applicant to have had some previous experience of home monitoring of CPAP/NIV patients, CPET and flight assessment testing.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Scientific knowledge acquired through formal training to Clinical Physiology BSc or equivalent level.
- Registration with RCCP/AHCS or working towards/eligible for registration.
Desirable
- Postgraduate Scientific/Clinical Qualification or working towards equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience as a Senior Respiratory Physiologist.
- Experience of training and daily management of staff.
- Experience of non-routine respiratory physiological tests (airway challenge, hypoxic challenge, CPET)
- Experience of a sleep apnoea service.
- Experience of service development and audit.
Desirable
- Experience of working in spoke physiology service.
- Experience of NIV delivery in both acute and non-acute settings.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Scientific knowledge acquired through formal training to Clinical Physiology BSc or equivalent level.
- Registration with RCCP/AHCS or working towards/eligible for registration.
Desirable
- Postgraduate Scientific/Clinical Qualification or working towards equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years experience as a Senior Respiratory Physiologist.
- Experience of training and daily management of staff.
- Experience of non-routine respiratory physiological tests (airway challenge, hypoxic challenge, CPET)
- Experience of a sleep apnoea service.
- Experience of service development and audit.
Desirable
- Experience of working in spoke physiology service.
- Experience of NIV delivery in both acute and non-acute settings.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
