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Job summary

Main area
Respiratory Medicine
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent: Full Time Contract to be able to work across the two main sites as required but main site is QMC
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
164-7754344
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cross Site Cover For NUH
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/06/2026 23:59

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Highly Specialised Respiratory and Sleep / NIV Physiologist

Band 7

Job overview

We are looking for a passionate individual, who has a keen interest in our patient groups and are willing to help the respiratory, sleep and NIV services continue to recover and grow from the implications that have come on the back of the global pandemic.  

Short listed candidates will be contacted prior to interview with the title of a scenario based question to present as an MSTeams presentation as part of the interview process.

Main duties of the job

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a suitable candidate to join the teams as a Highly Specialised Respiratory, Sleep and NIV Physiologist. This role will involve working in all aspects of our lung function, sleep and NIV services, to be able to support diagnosis and in some cases initiate and review the delivery of treatment.

For interested applicants we can provide the opportunity to develop within the team and become involved in training and to gain leadership skills.  

Working for our organisation

Our lung function services are busy dynamic services spread across two main acute hospital sites; compromising Nottingham University Hospitals. The trust supports over 12,000 patients receiving therapy for sleep apnea and also more specific ventilation support for other patient groups. Under normal circumstances we perform more than 2,000 lung function investigations per year. You will be joining established teams within NUH who have recently become aligned under new leadership.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will possess a good Bsc in Physiology or the equivalent and have or are willing to gain the ARTP practitioner qualifications in lung function and sleep.

Your skills will be most useful but not exclusive in providing leadership to the team of junior sleep physiologists. The opportunities to personally develop would be accommodated, this could be applied to higher education we would welcome applicants with an interest to join the HSST program

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Bsc in Respiratory Physiology or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of attendance to BTS/ERS/ARTP conferences
  • ARTP parts 1 and 2

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of performing CPAP initiation and reviews
  • Experience of performing NIV initiation and reviews
  • Experience at performing CPET testing
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to recognise acceptable respiratory physiological results from those caused by poor technique, effort or understanding.
  • line management experience of junior respiratory / sleep physiologists

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working at a band 6 physiologist level in respiratory and sleep / NIV
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in staff development and training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rupinder Singh
Job title
Head of Respiratory Physiology Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07812 269 010
Additional information

Candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Rupinder Singh to discuss their interest in the post further or if they have any queries around the position advertised.

We will look forward to receiving your application

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