Job summary
Job Title: Chief Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist
Division: Medicine and Emergency Care
Care Group: Specialist Medicine
Band: 7
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for a Chief Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist to join our friendly and supportive team of 17 physiologists and 2 administrative staff, working with 9 Respiratory Consultants.
We have a busy Respiratory and Sleep service, including outpatient respiratory and sleep testing, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, comprehensive patient care and direct patient education at Medway Maritime Hospital and two new Community Diagnostic Centres.
You must have a BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent, and or be on the RCCP/AHCS register.
Main duties of the job
1. To competently and confidently perform pulmonary function tests and sleep investigations.
2. To provide technical reports and interpretation on investigations that are performed within the department.
3. To hold CPAP consultations for patients requiring treatment set-up, follow-up and annual review, and to provide comprehensive written reports.
4. To deputise for the Principal Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist during times of leave and where delegated.
5. To vet referrals and, with the support of the Principal Physiologist, make patient treatment decisions.
6. To ensure personal development through continued professional development (CPD).
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
The person should have specialist experience in advance sleep technology / advanced respiratory testing. To perform as an independent practitioner using clinical experience to manage patient care in a medical clinical environment.
In addition your role will include supporting and training more junior team members and running or attending regular meetings, updating policies and procedures and training students.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Date posted: 10 April 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 275-2504CRSP
Job locations: Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, ME7 5NY
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will be working independently in either Respiratory and Sleep.
1. Perform, analyse and report on a wide range of respiratory investigations including:
* Full lung function testing (Spirometry, static lung volumes and gas transfer)
* Bronchodilator reversibility testing
* FENO
* 6 Minute walk test
* Overnight oximetry
* Multichannel sleep studies (Respiratory Polygraphy)
* Full Polysomnography and MSLT
* Actigraphy
1. Record, measure and monitor physiological changes in patients and deliver accurate, reliable and reproducible results.
2. Hold consultation clinics discussing results of sleep investigations and explaining CPAP.
3. Revalidation and Registration therapy, including the administration of CPAP.
4. Follow up all patients on CPAP treatment to ensure adequate compliance, implement additional investigations as necessary and continue to support established patients.
5. Make decisions on treatment modifications for CPAP patients.
6. Ensure the safe use and maintenance of all equipment.
7. Perform required calibrations and organize maintenance updates as necessary.
8. Participate in the Sleep MDM and put patients through for discussion as appropriate, based on clinical queries.
9. Competency and experience performing and interpreting Lung Function Tests fully independently.
10. In-depth knowledge of respiratory anatomy, physiology and pathology.
11. Knowledge of sleep disorders and CPAP treatment.
12. Ability to analyse and report multichannel sleep studies independently.
13. Experience on CPAP setup, follow-up and troubleshooting.
14. Team leadership and management skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* BSc Clinical Physiology
Desirable
* RPSGT Registration
* ARTP Registration
* RCCP voluntary registration
Knowledge
Essential
* Expert in Lung Function and Sleep
* CPAP therapy and Scoring of home Sleep Studies
Desirable
* Ability to work unsupervised
Experience
Essential
* Minimum of 3 years experience as Band 6 working in NHS
Desirable
* Team leaderships and management skills
Skills
Essential
* Excellent communication skills
* Evidence of excellent teamworking skills with example
* Flexible and adaptable to cover gaps in service
* Evidence of putting the patient first
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.
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.
Employer name: Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, ME7 5NY
Employer's website: https://www.medway.nhs.uk/
#J-18808-Ljbffr