Respiratory Physiologist / Clinical Scientist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and skilled Band 6 Clinical Respiratory Physiologist to join a progressive, patient-centred Respiratory Physiology Service within a large Trust spanning York, and working in partnership with Scarborough. The role offers a high level of professional autonomy, delivering accurate, timely, and clinically relevant investigations that directly support diagnosis and treatment.

The post involves working across York Hospital and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Askham Bar and Selby War Memorial Hospital, the latter two with free parking. As part of an evolving specialist team of physiologists and scientists, you will perform and report full lung function testing, contribute to triage of referrals, and work closely with Respiratory Consultants and the wider multidisciplinary team to support a seamless patient journey, including an innovative breathlessness pathway.

There are excellent opportunities for involvement in a wide range of respiratory investigations, including Hypoxic Challenge testing, inpatient sleep studies, bronchial provocation testing, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), as well as participation in audit and service development. We offer a supportive, forward-thinking department based in the vibrant and historic city of York.

Please note, the interviews for this position will be held in person only with no remote option available.

Main duties of the job

• Provides a complex, specialist Clinical Cardio-respiratory service to patients of all ages from a range of specialities suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders
• Undertake professional interest in a specialist area of cardio-respiratory service delivery.
• Undertakes interpretation of results and provides a provisional report.
• Works collaboratively on a day-to-day basis with others to contribute to the smooth and efficient running of the service.
• Supervision of junior staff and participates in training and education of junior and /or other staff groups.
• Participate in quality assurance, audit and/or research and development programmes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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