Specialist Clinical Physiologist – Sleep And Respiratory
Department: Respiratory And Sleep Services
Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164‑178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £Competitive per annum, plus Bupa Benefits
Work Hours: Full‑Time, 37.50 hours per week
As a clinician at Bupa, our patients are your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and every day. Joining Bupa gives you access to our state‑of‑the‑art Clinical Training Facility, a centre for connected learning, care and careers. This forms part of Bupa Campus, a vibrant new learning initiative which brings us together in virtual and physical spaces across the Bupa globe.
About the Cromwell Hospital
The Cromwell Hospital is a major international private hospital in West London that receives both UK and international patients. We are committed to providing the highest quality healthcare outpatient and inpatient service care. The hospital has 180 beds and 4 suites, theatres, medical and surgical wards, cardiac centre, CDU, level 2 and 3 full intensive care facilities, paediatrics, outpatient, pharmacy, diagnostic services, physiotherapy, a dedicated day surgery unit, and a new cath lab.
Our sleep service offers high quality, extensive sleep investigations, led by expert physiologists who are supported by consultants in sleep medicine. This enables accurate, efficient, and excellent care for all patients. We offer a wide variety of sleep investigations and provide tailored treatments for conditions such as obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and snoring, all primary sleep disorders, and insomnia. We work with a multidisciplinary team to support patients throughout their sleep journey.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
* Lung Function Tests with Reversibility
* Skin prick allergy testing
* 6MWT
* Respiratory Polygraphies (set-up, analysis and reporting)
* Polysomnography (set up, analysis and reporting)
* Initiation, support and troubleshooting of ventilation (CPAP/NIV)
* Respiratory Muscle Strength Assessment (Desirable)
* Exercise Induced Bronchial Provocation (Desirable)
* Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (Desirable)
* Bronchial Provocation Studies (Mannitol and Methacholine) (Desirable)
* Hyperventilation and Dysfunctional breathing (HPVT) (Desirable)
* Fitness‑to‑Fly assessments (HCT) (Desirable)
Key skills needed for this role:
* Competency in an array of conventional Lung Function tests
* High level of technical and operational knowledge within a Lung Laboratory
* Ability to analyse and interpret respiratory polygraphy
* Interest in working with paediatric patients
Qualifications
* BSc Degree in Clinical Physiology / Healthcare Science (essential)
* ARTP Membership / ARTP Practitioner / RCCP Register (desirable)
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family‑friendly benefits.
* Payment of Professional Registration fees
* Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
* Access to Bupa Campus and our Clinical Training Facility to support your clinical career development
* Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
* An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
* Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
* Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
* Various other benefits and online discounts
* Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
* Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
At Bupa we strive to ensure all our customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.
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