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Job requirements
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Essential
20 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Ability to perform a wide range of pulmonary function tests
- Experience
Ability to perform a wide range of sleep diagnostic tests
- Experience
Ability to set up CPAP therapy on OSA patients, troubleshoot and follow up
- Experience
Ability to analyse information
- Experience
Proficient in MS Word, Excel
- Experience
Good verbal and written communication skills
- Experience
Ability to prioritise own workload in relation to the priorities of the department
- Experience
Ability to pay close attention to detail in verbal, written and electronic communication
- Experience
Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure a high-quality service
- Experience
Ability to work on own initiative
- Experience
Possess a willingness to learn
- Experience
Looks to improve service
- Experience
Ability to be caring, patient, tolerant and use discretion at all times
- Experience
Ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Experience
Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Qualifications
BSc (Hons) In Clinical Physiology (Respiratory) or equivalent
- Additional Criteria
As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Additional Criteria
Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
- Additional Criteria
Ability to deal with sensitive information in a professional manner
- Additional Criteria
Ability to concentrate for periods of time whilst testing patients and inputting data into a computer
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working as a clinical respiratory and sleep physiologist
- Experience
Experience of noxturnal, visi-download, Sentrysuite and dominolite.
- Experience
Experience of RESMED, SEFAM and Lowenstein CPAP devices.
- Experience
Experience of airview.
- Qualifications
ARTP Practitioner Qualification or equivalent
- Qualifications
ARTP CPAP qualification
- Qualifications
A-STEP
- Qualifications
ESRS Expert Somnologist Technologist Qualification
- Qualifications
RPSGT
- Qualifications
Registration with RCCP, ACHS or HCPC
Job summary
The role of the Healthcare Scientist is to provide a high quality, patient focused, efficient Respiratory Physiology service within Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The role is expected to work alongside the administrators in the sleep and CPAP teams in a cross cover model.
This role involves following departmental operating procedures to provide a patient focused, high quality, efficient and complete required diagnostic and follow up lung function testing. You will be working within a multidisciplinary team and support routine clinical service.
Main duties of the job
Communication -- ability to demonstrate excellent customer care skills, greeting patients visiting the Heart & Lung Department according to trust values, assisting flow through the department. To ensure that patients and visitors receive a friendly and professional service, always demonstrate patient confidentiality. Contribute to departmental discussions and work towards Directorate and Trust objectives, participate in service and cost improvement programmes.
Administrative -- demonstrate planning, good organisational and prioritising skills, assist with elements of local induction for new starters. Day to day diary management using departmental computer programmes, deal with internal and external correspondence, coordinate patient activity through the department, liaise with physiologists, clinic, ward areas and other diagnostic services. Ensure electronic filing and departmental staff e-rostering systems are kept up to date, book follow up appointments, develop and maintain departmental administration policies and procedures, contribute to data inputting, coordinate ordering of stationery items and managing stock levels and administration support to management team as well as reporting respiratory function investigations.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Details
- Date posted: 26 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 175-2627-1952
- Job locations: Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
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This advert is for Respiratory and Sleep Healthcare Scientist / Trainee Scientist with Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Health science services role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Sep 2026.
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