Highly Specialised Respiratory Physiologist

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 7 or Band 6, depending on experience, to join our friendly team in at the lung function unit Castle Hill Hospital and Community Diagnostic Hub, Hull University Teaching Hospital Trust. We are a busy unit performing diagnostic tests for patients from Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North and North East Lincolnshire.

We run a well-established lung function, sleep and CPAP service, with plans to establish CPET service. Current recruitment opportunities arise to meet the new demand at the Community Diagnostic Hub in Hull city centre. Staff will be rostered to cover both sites.

Hull University Teachings Hospitals operates as the tertiary centre for many specialties including; respiratory, cardiology, rheumatology, haematology, neurology and immunology as a result the post holder will be expect to recognise and adapt to the needs of more complex patient cohort.

Successful applicants will help service provision of lung and sleep diagnostics to ARTP standards for in/outpatient services.

The post holder must be reliable, accurate and work to high professional standard, in line with ARTP. The information measured is used to aid in diagnosis of disease and influence treatment regime. The post holder will also be responsible in the maintenance and calibration of equipment, including those intended for domiciliary use.

Main duties of the job

• Diagnostic and follow up testing
• Flow Volume Loops (Spirometry)
• Gas transfer
• Lung volumes (Nitrogen washout/body plethysmography)
• Reversibility studies
• Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide
• Sitting/Supine spirometry
• Muscle strength testing
• SNIP
• Challenge testing (Mannitol)
• Hypoxic challenge testing
• 6 minute walk testing
• Overnight oximetry
• Limited polysomnography
• Capillary blood gases
• CPAP initiation
• CPAP follow up
• CPAP annual service
• CPAP helpline/support
• Technical and clinical interpretation of results
• Up keep of EPR forms
• General support for the respiratory nurse specialists and consultant pool
• Process of DVLA form informing and updating EPR

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.