Job overview
Are you interested in physiology and all things breathing-related? We are looking for a motivated individual to come and join the respiratory physiology team here at UCLH. If you are interested in looking after patients; have good communication and organisational skills, along with the enthusiasm and drive to improve all aspects of patient care, then you could be just the person we are looking for.
The successful candidate will join the respiratory physiology team performing complex respiratory and sleep diagnostics across both the UCH and NHNN sites. The main focus of this role is it to help support the respiratory sleep service re-design and implementation of new consumable resupply system across our entire CPAP and NIV cohort. Independent analysis and reporting of both outpatient and inpatient complex respiratory sleep studies will also be a significant part of the role.
Main duties of the job
- Independent performance of all routine and specialised respiratory and sleep diagnostics • Have a working knowledge of routine and more specialised sleep studies including the ability to score and report multichannel sleep studies and transcutaneous CO2 studies. • Initiation of patients onto CPAP and NIV therapy, and optimisation of therapy thereafter and support the set up and running of a remote monitoring service for our domiciliary ventilated patients • To ensure all equipment is calibrated at the appropriate time and maintain good hygiene in both the lung function and sleep labs and troubleshoot technical problems relating to lung function and sleep equipment. • To provide technical support for any research undertaken within the lung function and sleep departments. • Support all junior member of the team in training and CPD within the department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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This advert is for Highly Specialised Respiratory Physiologist with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Health science services role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 17 Jun 2026.
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