We are recruiting for a Senior Respiratory & Sleep Physiologist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This post is an exciting opportunity to join a growing, dynamic team and develop as a respiratory and sleep physiologist. You will receive in house mentoring and training in simple and complex lung function testing, sleep diagnostics and the treatment of sleep disordered breathing. Focusing on performing a range of lung function testing, interpretation and reporting fully independently interpreting respiratory polygraphy traces performing CPAP treatment setup, routine follow-up, and troubleshooting. The unit is committed to participating in ongoing research, both locally and at a national level.

Training post option available - Within six months, the applicant will be offered a promotion to a band 6 senior respiratory and sleep physiologist provided all training requirements and competencies have been met, making this an excellent opportunity for physiologists starting their career or looking to broaden their everyday practice.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The post holder needs to be able to run Lung Function tests independently and ideally have experience with CPAP treatment but will be given any necessary training to complement their skills.

The Senior Respiratory & Sleep Physiologist will be expected to perform highly complex specialist and advanced clinical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the two disciplines of clinical respiratory and clinical sleep physiology, to adult patients, from a range of specialties.

The post holder will work as part of a team, prioritise, and manage the workload and work flexibly with staff at all levels.

If you do not have all the skills and competencies for this post, we would still encourage you to apply as we are happy to support in-house training. Whilst you undergo training you would work as a band 5 until all skills and competencies are met.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• BSc Clinical Physiology (Respiratory)
• ARTP 1 and 2 or equivalent

Desirable

• RCCP Registration A

Previous Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of working within the area of sleep disordered breathing and respiratory medicine.
• Ability to perform routine lung function tests and respiratory polygraphy analysis

Desirable

• Participated in research and published papers
• CPAP set ups and follow clinics.
• Experience with polysomnography and actigraphy
• Audit experience.
• Experience with SentrySuite software for lung function

Skills

Essential

• Good communication skills
• Analytical skills, Teaching skills
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise work.
• Ability to direct and work within a team

Knowledge

Essential

• Wide knowledge of appropriate general respiratory & sleep conditions and their management
• Very good knowledge of 5 channel sleep studies and their interpretation

Desirable

• Good knowledge of sleep diagnostic systems

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

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361-6621957-B