Senior Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist

Senior Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen to further develop the respiratory service across Royal Cornwall, West Cornwall and Bodmin. This role will enhance diagnostic services and respiratory care within Cornwall.

• Clinical/Technical Investigations including generation of accurate reports.
• Flow volume loop.
• Reversibility testing administration of bronchodilator drugs.
• Gas transfer test.
• Body Plethysmography/Nitrogen Washout.
• Feno testing.
• Pulse oximetry.
• Six Minute Walk test.
• Skin prick allergy testing (Royal Cornwall Hospital site).
• Respiratory muscle testing (MIP, MEP and SNIP).
• Hypoxic challenge tests.

Full time - 37.5 hours per week.

• Responsible for appropriate use, upkeep, and maintenance of highly specialised equipment.
• Calibrate and clean daily.
• Disconnect and reconnect compressed gas cylinders as required.
• Undertake routine maintenance and troubleshooting, fault finding on complex equipment to maintain service delivery.
• If problems arise that cannot be solved contact the manufacturer for advice or to request call out.
• Monitor stock levels of disposables/chemicals.
• Undertake physiological check on equipment on a weekly basis.

• Professional registration on the Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS / RCCP / BSE).
• Knowledge of respiratory physiology to Degree level and / or equivalent.
• ARTP Part 1 which includes clinical supervision of practice and competency assessment.

• Previous experience of performing a range of diagnostic procedures within specialist area of Respiratory Physiology (LFT's, Hypoxic challenge tests etc).
• Experience working independently as well as part of a team.
• Supervision/training of junior staff or MDT.
• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects.
• Experience in Sleep medicine.

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.