# Highly Specialised Respiratory and Sleep Clinical Scientist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialised-respiratory-and-sleep-clinical-scientist/4573a3a1-b040-49a5-b876-d447c13e24e1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialised-respiratory-and-sleep-clinical-scientist/4573a3a1-b040-49a5-b876-d447c13e24e1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust - **Town:** Nuneaton - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (4 day week Monday - Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T09:21:21.858Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Nuneaton/George_Eliot_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Respiratory_sleep_clinical_scientist/Respiratory_sleep_clinical_scientist-v8019224 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8019224?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.geh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Highly Specialist Respiratory and Sleep Clinical Scientist - hours per week (4 day week Monday - Friday) Permanent Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Closing Date: Friday 5th June 2026 Interview Date: Wednesday 24th June 2026 This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. 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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. #JoinTeamEliot ### Main duties of the job - The successful post holder will be expected to an independent autonomous clinical scientist. - They will be expected to demonstrate an advanced level of experience across respiratory and sleep science and undertake advanced clinical physiology investigations. - They are expected to provide leadership, training and education across clinical areas of sleep and respiratory services, enabling staff to develop the clinical skills and competencies required delivering a high-quality service responsive to changing needs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Demonstrate specialist skills, knowledge and expertise in clinical practice in Respiratory and Sleep Sciences e.g., CPET, Oxygen Therapy and Pulmonary Function Testing. - Analyse, interpret and report on the results of a range of investigations. - To be proficient at performing respiratory and sleep physiology tests independently to departmental standards. - Attend and participate in local and national meetings related to Respiratory and Sleep Sciences. - Identify the diagnostic and therapeutic requirements of specialist clinical departments and clinical colleagues, this may require attending multidisciplinary team meetings. - To interpret complex data to ascertain and identify any pathological or incidental findings observable. Consider and report diagnoses as appropriate. - To communicate test results, technical information, and exchange specialist information with colleagues from your own and other disciplines. - Assist in the day to day running of the department ensuring - Support the Clinical service manager in achieving long-term objectives of the department and its strategic direction including devising and revising COPs and guidelines as needed. For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached. ## Job Details Highly Specialist Respiratory and Sleep Clinical Scientist 37.5 hours per week (4 day week Monday - Friday) Permanent Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Closing Date: Friday 5th June 2026 Interview Date: Wednesday 24th June 2026 This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas. A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. #JoinTeamEliot ## Responsibilities For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached. ## Person Specification ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Professional manner - To demonstrate the ability to lead and organise a team of staff - To be able to combine the demands of leading a team with the commitment to clinical input - Ability to form positive working relationships - To demonstrate the ability to facilitate changes in practice - Flexible and reliable - Good previous health record ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Comprehensive leadership abilities - Self-disciplined and self-motivated - Ability to manage and lead team in emergency situations - Ability to engage the team and develop changes in working practices including research and audit - IT competency - Evidence to demonstrate continual professional development - Excellent communication skills written and verbal - Excellent analytical and influencing skills - Able to prioritise workload as changes occur and to simultaneously focus on a particular task to meet set deadlines - To be able to assist patients to dress and undress - To be able to push, maneuver and assist patients to transfer from wheelchair to examining couch - To be able to deal sensitively with anxious patients and relatives attending the department for tests and to answer patient complaints/ queries. - To be able to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances - To be able to deal with and advise on personal and professional staff issues. - To be able to apply concentration in the interpretation and analysis of test data and results, together with a high level of concentration during patient test procedures. - To be able to concentrate for prolonged periods when producing service reports, business cases and planning. ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Minimum of 5 years’ experience post qualification - Experience in a formal leadership role within an NHS Hospital Trust - Experience as an independent practitioner across the range of routine and specialised respiratory and sleep investigations - Evidence of clinical research and audit - Developing and implementing training packages - Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams **Desirable** - Experience of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation process - Experience with governance, QA and/or complaint management - Experience of planning and developing specialist services including contributing toward local and national policies ### Qualification and Professional Traing **Essential** - BSc in Clinical Physiology Respiratory or equivalent - Master level degree or equivalent qualification in Healthcare Science - ARTP Award (Part 1, Part 2, Associate or Practitioner examinations **Desirable** - HCPC registered - Intermediate Life Support - Mary Seacole NHS Leadership Award or equivalent - DClinSci or PhD ## Documents - [respiratory and sleep clinical scientist - jd (pdf, 472.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10305536) - [respiratory and sleep clinical scientist - ps (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10305530) - [respiratory and sleep clinical scientist - frf (pdf, 505.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10305531) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.