Senior Respiratory Physiologist

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Senior Respiratory Physiologist to manage the Sleep and CPAP service. This role requires expertise in respiratory diagnostics, leadership skills, and a commitment to high-quality patient care. You'll collaborate with clinical staff and lead strategic planning for service development, enhancing care pathways in a high-performing environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Continuing professional development

Qualifications

• Minimum two years as band 5 Respiratory Physiology in NHS.
• Competent in producing accurate test data from complex respiratory investigations.
• Specialist knowledge in respiratory physiology.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Sleep and CPAP service, ensuring high-quality patient care.
• Perform standard lung function testing and analysis of respiratory polygraphy.
• Maintain equipment and follow-up on CPAP therapy patients.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

BSc Healthcare Science

Tools

CPAP therapy

Job description

Site Respiratory Department, Homerton Healthcare, NHS Foundation Trust Town Homerton, London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 p.a. incl. Salary period Yearly Closing 17/06/2025 23:59

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Respiratory Physiologist to lead our Sleep and CPAP service. You will be responsible for the operational management of the service, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care.

This senior role includes providing expert professional leadership, supporting clinical staff, and maintaining a high standard of diagnostic and therapeutic service. You will communicate regularly with the consultant lead to ensure the smooth running and ongoing development of the service.

You will play a key role in strategic planning and service development, contributing to discussions and projects that enhance care pathways and promote integrated working across the local healthcare system. Your input will help shape the future of sleep and respiratory care within the Trust and wider community.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in respiratory and sleep diagnostics, including CPAP therapy, along with strong leadership and organisational skills.

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a lasting impact on patient care, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Perform standard lung function testing, unsupervised, gaining accurate and clinical valuable measurements.

Standard lung function testing including dynamic lung volumes by spirometry; static lung volumes by whole body plethysmography and nitrogen washout; transfer factor for carbon monoxide by single breath method; assessment of bronchodilator response; 6 min walk testing and capillary blood gasses.

Analysis of respiratory polygraphy; CPAP initiation, education, home monitoring and maintenance of equipment; follow-up patients on CPAP therapy, trouble-shoot problems and alter treatment if required. Participate in rota for conducting patient ‘hook-ups’ for nocturnal full polysomnography studies

Obtain reproducible and clinically meaningful results, acknowledging when to reject poor measurements and technical errors in order to gain the best and most accurate results.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, our procedures and our People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ and Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values

Experience

• minimum two years as band 5 Respiratory Physiology in NHS
• Competent in producing accurate test data from highly complex respiratory investigations in sleep, CPAP and NIV
• BSc Healthcare Science or equivalent Able to progress to AHCS registration
• Planning and organisation of a number of activities including own duties and patient scheduling
• Use of persuasive, motivational skills with empathy and re-assurance skills
• Experience of analysing respiratory and full polysomnography sleep studies
• CPD by attendance at internal and external lectures, seminars and courses
• Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures within respiratory physiology
• Previous experience of capillary +/- arterial blood gas sampling

G eneral Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.