Job summary
Join Our Passionate Team of Respiratory Physiologists!
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in patient care while advancing your career in a dynamic and supportive environment?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated permanent full-time positions Clinical Physiologist (Band 5) to join our team.
About the Role
As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in performing essential lung function tests, empowering patients to manage their conditions.
What We're Looking For
We are seeking candidates with:
- Experience working in a Respiratory Function Laboratory or relevant clinical physiological measurement.
- A biological science degree or equivalent (essential).
- A commitment to providing outstanding patient care and contributing to a collaborative team environment.
What We Offer
- Monday to Friday shifts (9 AM-5 PM or 8 AM-4 PM).
- Professional Growth: Opportunities to develop your skills in a supportive environment that values research and continuous learning.
- A Dedicated Team: Work alongside a passionate group of other professionals who are committed to delivering exceptional service in respiratory physiology.
Why Join Us?
We believe in putting patients first while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. Whether you're taking the next step in your career or seeking a new challenge, you'll find a welcoming team eager to support your success.
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Main duties of the job
Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting advanced lung function tests, including body plethysmography, helium dilution, gas transfer, and skin prick allergy testing.
- Teaching patients how to use home monitoring and therapy devices, such as inhalers, peak flow meters, and nebulizers.
- Ensuring equipment calibration, cleaning, and stock management to maintain smooth operations.
- Producing accurate and informative test results and contributing to high-quality patient care.
- Performing quality control checks, including biological control procedures, to uphold the highest standards in our service.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK' hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Our values
Caring
Ambitious
Inclusive
Our values and behaviours framework describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action. A summary of our framework can be foundon our Trust jobs pages and our intranet.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Tasks & Responsibilities:
Patient Care
- To be able to perform the procedures listed under physiological tests, with minimal supervision.
- To perform all relevant quality control procedures within the department including the performance of personal biological control procedures.
- To help maintain safe functioning departmental equipment.
- To perform general administrative duties when necessary.
- To take personal responsibility for compliance with all Trust and Departmental infection control policies and procedures. See Trust policies and Departmental local health and safety rules.
- To be an active member of the Respiratory function lab working day as deemed necessary by the chief clinical physiologist.
Physiological Tests
- Routine Tests
- Lung volume measurements using body plethysmography & Helium Dilution (+ N2 Washout)
- Airways resistance measurements using the body plethysmograph
- Spirometry/ Flow volume loops
- Gas transfer measurements
- Bronchodilation assessments
- Allergy Skin Prick Test
- Six-minute walk test
- Specialised tests
- Blood gas analysis
- FeNO tests.
- Basic respiratory muscle tests (MIP, MEP, SNIP)
- Any other tests as deemed necessary by the Chief Clinical Physiologist.
Policy Development
- To adhere to the trust policies and protocols within the department.
Service Development
- To adhere to existing departmental procedures ensuring accurate data is obtained in an environment with the best possible patient care.
- To assist in development of departmental procedures.
- To help perform and contribute to research projects within the department.
People Management
- To aim to complete objectives set during Individual Performance Reviews.
- Involvement in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and attendance at relevant internal/external courses, seminar.
- Offer give general advice to all trust staff.
- Act as a mentor to junior staff members to assist in their training and development.
Communication
- To supervise and encourage patients during their time in the department and deal with queries or problems in a suitable manner.
- When appropriate, discuss results with patients using discretion, awareness of patient confidentiality.
- To communicate effectively with department colleagues and other members of the trust in all aspects of patient care and respiratory physiology.
- To check test results and report on the routine lung function tests if required, using interpretation of guidelines and relevant scientific and medical knowledge.
Resource Management
- Safe use of complex equipment involving reporting of faults, routine maintenance and monitoring of stock levels.
- To perform the maintenance and cleaning of departmental respiratory measurement equipment. Including quality control, calibration, problem solving and liaison with other departments and manufacturers.
Information Management
- To ensure all patient data is stored in a suitable manner.
- To assist with storage of electronic patient data utilising available information technology to manage the department database.
- To ensure all data is as accurate and valid as possible and identify possible sources of erroneous test results.
General
- To ensure all mandatory training courses such as Manual handling, Fire, Adult and Resuscitation, Infection Control, Blood Handling, Health and Safety and GCP training are attended on an annual basis or at the interval deemed necessary and the knowledge gained adhered to.
- To abide by the Trusts core behaviours for staff and all other Trust policies including standing financial instructions, research governance, codes and practices and health and safety policies
- To perform any other duty as deemed necessary by the Chief Clinical Physiologist
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Tasks & Responsibilities:
Patient Care
- To be able to perform the procedures listed under physiological tests, with minimal supervision.
- To perform all relevant quality control procedures within the department including the performance of personal biological control procedures.
- To help maintain safe functioning departmental equipment.
- To perform general administrative duties when necessary.
- To take personal responsibility for compliance with all Trust and Departmental infection control policies and procedures. See Trust policies and Departmental local health and safety rules.
- To be an active member of the Respiratory function lab working day as deemed necessary by the chief clinical physiologist.
Physiological Tests
- Routine Tests
- Lung volume measurements using body plethysmography & Helium Dilution (+ N2 Washout)
- Airways resistance measurements using the body plethysmograph
- Spirometry/ Flow volume loops
- Gas transfer measurements
- Bronchodilation assessments
- Allergy Skin Prick Test
- Six-minute walk test
- Specialised tests
- Blood gas analysis
- FeNO tests.
- Basic respiratory muscle tests (MIP, MEP, SNIP)
- Any other tests as deemed necessary by the Chief Clinical Physiologist.
Policy Development
- To adhere to the trust policies and protocols within the department.
Service Development
- To adhere to existing departmental procedures ensuring accurate data is obtained in an environment with the best possible patient care.
- To assist in development of departmental procedures.
- To help perform and contribute to research projects within the department.
People Management
- To aim to complete objectives set during Individual Performance Reviews.
- Involvement in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and attendance at relevant internal/external courses, seminar.
- Offer give general advice to all trust staff.
- Act as a mentor to junior staff members to assist in their training and development.
Communication
- To supervise and encourage patients during their time in the department and deal with queries or problems in a suitable manner.
- When appropriate, discuss results with patients using discretion, awareness of patient confidentiality.
- To communicate effectively with department colleagues and other members of the trust in all aspects of patient care and respiratory physiology.
- To check test results and report on the routine lung function tests if required, using interpretation of guidelines and relevant scientific and medical knowledge.
Resource Management
- Safe use of complex equipment involving reporting of faults, routine maintenance and monitoring of stock levels.
- To perform the maintenance and cleaning of departmental respiratory measurement equipment. Including quality control, calibration, problem solving and liaison with other departments and manufacturers.
Information Management
- To ensure all patient data is stored in a suitable manner.
- To assist with storage of electronic patient data utilising available information technology to manage the department database.
- To ensure all data is as accurate and valid as possible and identify possible sources of erroneous test results.
General
- To ensure all mandatory training courses such as Manual handling, Fire, Adult and Resuscitation, Infection Control, Blood Handling, Health and Safety and GCP training are attended on an annual basis or at the interval deemed necessary and the knowledge gained adhered to.
- To abide by the Trusts core behaviours for staff and all other Trust policies including standing financial instructions, research governance, codes and practices and health and safety policies
- To perform any other duty as deemed necessary by the Chief Clinical Physiologist
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Scientific knowledge acquired to Clinical Physiology BSc or equivalent.
Desirable
- Working towards ARTP part 2 or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Familiar with using computer software packages to analyse complex data.
- Familiarity and knowledge of using scientific equipment through education or work
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of following protocols or procedures to complete tasks
Desirable
- ARTP I or II & / or RCCP equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a respiratory function department.
- Has worked within a team environment
Desirable
- Experience working with patients or the public
Additional
Desirable
- Respiratory function basic interpretation
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Scientific knowledge acquired to Clinical Physiology BSc or equivalent.
Desirable
- Working towards ARTP part 2 or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Familiar with using computer software packages to analyse complex data.
- Familiarity and knowledge of using scientific equipment through education or work
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of following protocols or procedures to complete tasks
Desirable
- ARTP I or II & / or RCCP equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a respiratory function department.
- Has worked within a team environment
Desirable
- Experience working with patients or the public
Additional
Desirable
- Respiratory function basic interpretation
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.
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).
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.
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).
