Band 2 Assistant Respiratory Physiologist

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a keen and dynamic individual to join the Lung Function & Sleep team at QE Hospital. The role involves face-to-face patient interaction and performing a range of respiratory and sleep tests to aid diagnosis, monitoring and therapeutic interventions.

We provide training to develop your skills, with supervision, calibration and quality control of equipment, maintaining safe practice, updating knowledge, and opportunities to

Responsibilities

• Undertakes routine spirometry and reversibility testing and blood gas analysis under supervision.
• Performs calibration and quality control on laboratory equipment.
• Responsible for the safe use and maintenance of own equipment within Lung Function & Sleep.
• Updates own professional knowledge.

Job description

We are looking for a keen and dynamic individual with an interest in science and patient care to join our large and friendly team at the QE. This role involves face to face patient interaction where you will be performing a range of respiratory and sleep tests on patients attending the department to aid with diagnosis, monitoring and therapeutic interventions. We provide support and training to enable to succesful candidate to develop their skills and knowledge., The post has the following principal areas of responsibility;

• Undertakes routine spirometry and reversibility testing as well as blood gas analysis in a variety of clinical settings subject to supervision
• Performs calibration and quality control procedures on all laboratory equipment.
• Responsible for the safe use and maintenance of own equipment within Lung Function & Sleep
• Updates own professional knowledge

• Participates in departmental research

  University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.