Job summary
Join Our Team as a Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist at Royal Preston Hospital!
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Are you passionate about delivering top-tier patient care and making a real difference in people's lives whilst learning new skills? If so, this is the challenge you've been waiting for!
We're on the hunt for a motivated, adaptable Respiratory Physiologist to become a vital part of our innovative team. This is your chance to work in a forward-thinking environment where your skills truly matter.
Why Join Us?This is an exciting time at Royal Preston Hospital! We're proud to have opened our brand-new Community Diagnostic Centre, where we are offering cutting-edge Respiratory and Sleep diagnostics to the community. You'll be at the forefront of this exciting development, helping to shape the future of diagnostic services.
What We're Looking For:
- A qualified Respiratory & Sleep Physiologist or working towards qualification
- Passion for exceptional patient care and teamwork
- Flexibility and drive to learn in a dynamic clinical setting
What You'll Get:
- The opportunity to work with the latest diagnostic technology
- Join a supportive, passionate, and collaborative team
- Play a key role in expanding vital community services
If you're ready to embrace a rewarding new challenge and start your career with us, apply now and help us deliver excellence in respiratory and sleep diagnostics!
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the delivery of a wide range of respiratory investigations including:
Spirometry, Diffusion studies, Plethysmography, Reversibility, Six minute walks, Muscle pressure tests ( MIPS/MEPS/SNIP)
You will also be responsible for providing support to the Sleep Service, performing Overnight Oximetry, Multi -Channel Respiratory Sleep studies and CPAP Therapy reviews and set ups.
Continuous professional development is strongly encouraged and you will have excellent opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge.
These tests will be primarily performed as an outpatient basis on the adult population.
About us
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will play a key role in the delivery of the Respiratory Physiology Service at Preston CDC, Royal Preston and Chorley District Hospital with support from the Respiratory Physiology team. You will play an active role in the delivery of the day to day sleep and respiratory physiology services. This will involve setting up and analysis of home sleep studies, initiation and follow up of CPAP therapy and performing full lung function tests.
The successful candidate must be able to perform a full range of respiratory investigations including spirometry, diffusion, body plethysmography, 6 minute walk testing. You will also be involved in the assessment of sleep disorders and be willing to undertake the challenge of developing these services further.
You will be self-motivated, well organised, have excellent interpersonal skills. You must have a flexible attitude and the willingness to travel between sites.
Perform, analyse and report all routine lung function investigations within Respiratory Physiology Laboratory including Spirometry, diffusion studies, lung volume measurements, 6 min walk tests and tests of muscle pressure to required national standard.
Perform, analyse and report Overnight Oximetry and Respiratory multichannel sleep studies.
Contribute to the day to day requirements of the Sleep and CPAP service.
Ensure calibration and quality control of equipment is carried out for all procedures.
Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation
To participate in education and training of junior staff.
Actively participate in research studies.
Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will play a key role in the delivery of the Respiratory Physiology Service at Preston CDC, Royal Preston and Chorley District Hospital with support from the Respiratory Physiology team. You will play an active role in the delivery of the day to day sleep and respiratory physiology services. This will involve setting up and analysis of home sleep studies, initiation and follow up of CPAP therapy and performing full lung function tests.
The successful candidate must be able to perform a full range of respiratory investigations including spirometry, diffusion, body plethysmography, 6 minute walk testing. You will also be involved in the assessment of sleep disorders and be willing to undertake the challenge of developing these services further.
You will be self-motivated, well organised, have excellent interpersonal skills. You must have a flexible attitude and the willingness to travel between sites.
Perform, analyse and report all routine lung function investigations within Respiratory Physiology Laboratory including Spirometry, diffusion studies, lung volume measurements, 6 min walk tests and tests of muscle pressure to required national standard.
Perform, analyse and report Overnight Oximetry and Respiratory multichannel sleep studies.
Contribute to the day to day requirements of the Sleep and CPAP service.
Ensure calibration and quality control of equipment is carried out for all procedures.
Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation
To participate in education and training of junior staff.
Actively participate in research studies.
Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 18 months experience at trainee level
- Experience and proven competence in routine measurements in Respiratory Physiology
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Ability to follow instructions in accordance with policy procedures and guidelines.
Desirable
- Experience of Sleep diagnostics and CPAP
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- BSc Healthcare Science or equivalent and/or Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP) qualification
- Experience of independently performing pulmonary function tests
Desirable
- Registered or working towards RCCP registration
- Registered with relevant professional body (ARTP)
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Competence in performing routine Respiratory Physiology measurements
- Excellent communication skills
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Commitment to CPD of self and others
- Willingness to learn
- Ability to prioritise
- Excellent time management skills
- IT literate
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 18 months experience at trainee level
- Experience and proven competence in routine measurements in Respiratory Physiology
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Ability to follow instructions in accordance with policy procedures and guidelines.
Desirable
- Experience of Sleep diagnostics and CPAP
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- BSc Healthcare Science or equivalent and/or Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP) qualification
- Experience of independently performing pulmonary function tests
Desirable
- Registered or working towards RCCP registration
- Registered with relevant professional body (ARTP)
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Competence in performing routine Respiratory Physiology measurements
- Excellent communication skills
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Commitment to CPD of self and others
- Willingness to learn
- Ability to prioritise
- Excellent time management skills
- IT literate
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).
