Clinical Sleep and Respiratory Physiologist- CPAP
The closing date is 29 September 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Associate CPAP Practitioner to transition into a Practitioner role within our Sleep, CPAP and Respiratory Physiology Team. This position would ideally suit an individual with a caring and positive attitude who strives to make the patient feel valued, while upholding the Trust values of Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration.
With our patient cohort currently in the region of over 20,000, and ever expanding we are looking for an individual who embraces innovation, with the motivation and passion to work both autonomously and within our team providing care, support and management for patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing.
Main duties of the job
Our Practitioners are predominately based in the outpatient department and CPAP Hub at Royal Papworth Hospital and travel independently across several locations in the East Anglia region to support outreach clinics when necessary. We work collaboratively with the Sleep Laboratory and Respiratory Physiology Department, and the successful applicant will be expected to undertake training and qualifications in each. Clinical practice will be across all 3 Areas of our service.
Health education and promotion plays a significant part in our role. The Team initiates on a weekly basis 60 new patients on treatment; maintains our telephone and e-mail support services; delivers review clinics for patients both virtually and on a face-to-face basis.
As someone with excellent communication skills you will be expected to work both alongside members of our team and autonomously, delivering exceptional care to our CPAP patients with professionalism and compassion.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
11 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
175-2526-TH1422
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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