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Healthcare Scientists - Respiratory
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
12 months (fixed term)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Term time hours
we will consider applications from candidates seeking full time, part time or term time hours contracts.
Job ref
349-RES-7273589*
Employer
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
NIHR Clinical Research Facility, Wythenshawe Hospital
Town
Manchester
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/07/2025 23:59
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Healthcare Scientist/Science Practitioner – Respiratory

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic respiratory research team as a Band 6 Respiratory Healthcare Science Practitioner/Scientist. This role is ideally suited to a respiratory physiologist looking to broaden their experience and develop their skills within a clinical research setting.

 

If you’re passionate about respiratory science and eager to make a difference through research, we’d love to hear from you.

 

The post is available for 12 months on a full or part time basis.

 

This post is funded by the Respiratory theme of the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (Manchester BRC). The National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) funds BRCs as experimental medicine centres of excellence via competitive application every five years.

 

Manchester BRC is in the middle of a five year award to provide experimental medicine infrastructure funding across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria.

 

If you are looking for a new challenge to develop your skills in a research environment, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a friendly research team striving to make a difference then we want to hear from you. 

Main duties of the job

The focus of this post will be the Rapid Access Diagnostics for Asthma (RADicA) study, which explores innovative approaches to diagnosing asthma and predicting treatment response to inhaled corticosteroids in both adults and children. Based at Wythenshawe Hospital, the study utilises a wide range of established and novel tests, including advanced lung physiology and inflammometry, to provide detailed characterisation of individuals with suspected asthma. You will also work on other respiratory medicine studies.
 
As part of the research team, you will perform a variety of lung function and bronchial challenge tests on study participants, including both adults and children.
 
Responsible for delivering and interpreting a range of basic to more complex assessments of respiratory function, such as oscillometry, multiple breath washout and challenge tests to patients enrolling onto asthma clinical research studies.
 
Responsible for ensuring the technical accuracy and quality of the test procedures and producing accurate reports based on these procedures.
 
To promote and ensure the delivery of high-quality clinical research
 
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge respiratory research in a supportive environment.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. 

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. 

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. 

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. 
 
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 To support the Radica study team in the delivery of an efficient clinical research study and to support other respiratory studies as needed

To collaborate with research team on all other aspects of study delivery, such as screening, recruiting and organising patient research visits

Report and collate results from research studies into databases. 

 

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.  So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected]. 

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

 

Person specification

education/qualifactions

Essential criteria
  • BSc Physiological sciences, or Practitioner Training Programme, or Scientific Training Programme. RCCP/ AHCS registration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience as a Respiratory Healthcare scientist/ science practitioner.
  • Presentation / teaching skills required to mentor new members of staff

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to analyse and interpret complex lung function data.
  • Competent in Microsoft Word and Power Point presentation software
  • Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines. This includes planning a broad range of complex activities
  • Good organisational skills, methodical, reliable. Ability to motivate patients to perform tests to required standards
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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Zoe Talks
Job title
Respiratory Medicine Research Project Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07977 593 217

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