Senior Chief Respiratory Clinical Physiologist

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Respiratory Physiologist at Ipswich Hospital, part of the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will lead a dedicated team and deliver high-quality respiratory and sleep diagnostics, contributing to the ongoing training and development of staff within the department. A generous benefits package, including extensive training opportunities and a supportive work environment, is provided to foster career growth in a dynamic healthcare setting.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)

NHS discounts

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Post graduate experience in respiratory physiology.
• Experience handling clinical requests and prioritizing them.
• Supervisory and management experience within a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert opinion and advice on respiratory assessments.
• Manage and lead the respiratory physiology team.
• Conduct comprehensive respiratory and sleep investigations.

Skills

Team Management

Communication Skills

Multi-tasking Skills

Clinical Assessment Skills

Education

BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology (Respiratory Physiology)

Professional body qualification

RCCP registration

Specialist Respiratory/Sleep training

Leadership training

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic Senior Respiratory Physiologist with significant experience in both disciplines of Lung Function & Sleep Diagnostics to lead the respiratory physiology at Ipswich Hospital.

The Respiratory Physiology service provides a range of routine investigations including spirometry, gas transfer, static lung volumes (by body plethysmography and nitrogen washout), reversibility testing, FeNO and respiratory muscle strength testing.

The Sleep Service is a diagnostic and therapeutic service, diagnosing and providing comprehensive domiciliary CPAP treatment to over 3000 patients with OSAHS.

You will manage a team of respiratory physiologists. You will contribute to the teaching and training of staff which may include physiologists, student physiologists, Doctors in training and medical students.

Along with the ability to perform a wide range of respiratory and sleep physiology investigations you should have experience of managing a team, have excellent communication skills and have great multi-tasking skills

Main duties of the job

Provide a comprehensive respiratory and comprehensive sleep investigative clinical service to patients of all ages referred from a wide range of specialities.

Provide expert opinion, advice and interpretation of simple, specialist, complex and highly complex assessments to medical staff and other healthcare professionals.

Provide management, leadership and clinical training of Lung Function Unit staff and other staff groups.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details Date posted

10 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR350-25

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Job description Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• oPost graduate experience
• oPractical experience and familiarity with a wide range of simple, specialist, complex and highly complex Respiratory/Seep investigations performed by the department
• oPractical experience and knowledge of operating specialist Respiratory/Sleep services.
• oExperience as a Chief Respiratory Clinical Physiologist
• oSupervisory experience
• oManagement experience including having managed staff
• oExperience Training and assessing Respiratory Clinical Physiologists
• oExperience in handling clinical requests and determining priority

Qualifications Essential

• oBSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology (Respiratory Physiology) or equivalent qualification
• oProfessional body qualification
• oRCCP registration
• oSpecialist Respiratory/Sleep training
• oTraining and assessing qualification
• oLeadership training

Person Specification Experience Essential

• oPost graduate experience
• oPractical experience and familiarity with a wide range of simple, specialist, complex and highly complex Respiratory/Seep investigations performed by the department
• oPractical experience and knowledge of operating specialist Respiratory/Sleep services.
• oExperience as a Chief Respiratory Clinical Physiologist
• oSupervisory experience
• oManagement experience including having managed staff
• oExperience Training and assessing Respiratory Clinical Physiologists
• oExperience in handling clinical requests and determining priority

Qualifications Essential

• oBSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology (Respiratory Physiology) or equivalent qualification
• oProfessional body qualification
• oRCCP registration
• oSpecialist Respiratory/Sleep training
• oTraining and assessing qualification
• oLeadership training

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)