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Specialised Respiratory & Sleep Physiologist / Practitioner
The closing date is 31 July 2025
Are you a Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist or Healthcare Practitioner looking for a fresh opportunity? If so, we'd love to welcome you to our supportive and forward-thinking team at King's Mill Hospital.
Our multidisciplinary team of Healthcare Scientists, Physiologists, Practitioners, Assistants, and Trainees delivers a wide range of routine and complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in both Respiratory and Sleep Physiology. We also run Physiologist/Scientist-led CPAP and Sleep Clinics, offering a dynamic and rewarding work environment.
Main duties of the job
Your Role Will Include:
* Performing and reporting on a wide range of respiratory investigations, including: Spirometry, Diffusion Studies, Plethysmography, Nitrogen Washout, Bronchial Challenge Testing, Six-Minute Walks, Muscle Pressure Tests (MIPS/MEPS/SNIP), CPET (Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing) involvement and development
* Supporting the Sleep/CPAP Service, including: Overnight Oximetry, Multi-Channel Respiratory Sleep Studies, CPAP Therapy Reviews (face-to-face and virtual) and Initiations
* Contributing to the care of over7,000 home CPAPand200+ home NIV patients.
* Mentoring and supervising junior staff and supporting their training and competency development.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full role requirements and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc Healthcare Science /Clinical Physiology/Post Grad Diploma Respiratory Science or equivalent
* Able to work towards AHCS Registration
* ARTP Practitioner Exam or equivalent
* AHCS Registration
* European Computer Driving Licence
* TAQA/CAVA or equivalent
* ILS Certificate
Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional
* BSC in Clinical Physiology (2003 onwards)/ Post Grad Diploma Respiratory Science STP/ MSc Clinical Science or equivalent (up to 2002)
* Able to work towards Registration with AHCS
* Professional Exams or Completed Competency Framework
* ARTP Practitioner Exam or equivalent
* European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
* Qualified for AHCS Registration
* TAQA/CAVA or equivalent
* ILS Certificate
Further Training
* Training in NHS procedures, protocols and policies
* Ability to report on own clinical work
Experience
* Experience of Respiratory Sleep procedures gained either post graduate (up to 2002)/ registered practice (2003 onwards)
* Experience in training support staff & trainee Clinical Physiologists
Contractual Requirements
* 37.5 hours per weeks
Knowledge
* Specialist knowledge and experience across a range of Respiratory & Sleep Procedures
* Professional post-graduate exams or Completed Competency Framework in a specific specialised area
* Practical experience in /Respiratory or Sleep at an independent practice level including investigation, interpretation, reporting and recommending alternative investigations.
* To be able to identify when emergency medical intervention is required and take appropriate action.
* Evidence of professional awareness, CPD, and up-to-date knowledge through structured study, reflective practice and peer review. This includes epidemiology, pathology, diagnostic strategies, interpretation of investigations, management strategies and outcomes, contributing to clinical pathways.
* Ability to work as an autonomous Practitioner holding their own caseload.
* Good communication verbal and written skills.
* Good organisational skills with an ability to demonstrate initiative, motivation and independent thinking.
* Good interpersonal skills with an ability to manage self effectively.
* IT Literate
* Experience in training/teaching/assessing
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.
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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