Job requirements
Essential
28 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Minimum two years practical experience
- Experience
Familiarity with the range of basic and advanced clinical investigations in respiratory physiology.
- Qualifications
Good pass in GCSE English and Maths.
- Qualifications
ARTP Spirometry Certificate or/willing to work towards
- Qualifications
Scientific Knowledge acquired through formal training to BSc Healthcare Science (Respiratory and Sleep) or Clinical Physiology or equivalent level
- Qualifications
AHCS Registration/eligibility
- Qualifications
ARTP membership
- Qualifications
BLS certificate
- Specific Role Requirements
Good written communication
- Specific Role Requirements
Ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Specific Role Requirements
Take responsibility for accurate work
- Specific Role Requirements
Pleasant manner, Smart Appearance, Clearly spoken
- Specific Role Requirements
Need to be adaptable to using new PC software
- Specific Role Requirements
Able to push patients in wheelchairs from waiting room to clinic room.
- Specific Role Requirements
Need to be able to concentrate and focus when analysing.
- Specific Role Requirements
Compassion towards patients and staff
- Specific Role Requirements
Be able to encourage patients who may be upset to undertake the tests to their best ability.
- Specific Role Requirements
Need to have Full UK driving license and access to a car for work purposes
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Analysing polygraphy and overnight oximetry studies.
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
CPAP clinics using auto and fixed pressure devices.
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Wide range of respiratory knowledge.
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Knowledge of Caldicott Guidelines.
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Knowledge of appropriate manual handling guidelines.
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Health and Safety awareness
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Experience training of junior staff both physiologists and medical.
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Good IT skills
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Competent in Performing PFTS
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Competent in reporting PFTS / Spirometry
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
ILS certificate
- Qualifications
ARTP Part 1
- Qualifications
ARTP Part 2
- Qualifications
ARTP Full Practitioner certificate
- Specific Role Requirements
Able to move gas cylinders for lung function equipment from corridor into clinic room.
- Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Knowledge of Lorenzo, Airview, Prismacloud and Care Orchestrator
Job overview
We are seeking a motivated, hard‑working, professional, and passionate Physiologist to join our Cardio‑Respiratory Department.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our friendly, supportive team, working across both Warrington and Halton Hospital sites. Our department undertakes a wide range of respiratory investigations, and we are looking for an individual who can work independently and contribute confidently to our service.
The successful candidate will be competent in all aspects of respiratory diagnostics, including:
- Full lung function testing
- Overnight polygraphy
- CPAP initiation and follow‑up
We are looking for someone with strong clinical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a genuine enthusiasm for delivering high‑quality patient care.
Main duties of the job
- To be competent in all routine investigations in the department including Spirometry +/- reversibility, respiratory muscle strength, full lung function test using nitrogen washout method and/or body box.
- Reviewing and signing off spirometry performed in community clinics and ensuring reports are sent out within deadline targets.
- To undertake fitting and analysis of limited channel sleep studies and overnight oximetry.
- Analyse and produce complex reports on limited channel and respiratory sleep studies to ARTP standards.
- To support the services as they evolve and change for the benefit of our patients.
- Provide CPAP treatment and change prescriptions as required.
- Provide administrative support as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work unsupervised as a competent practitioner. To provide the diagnostic and technical services of the Cardio-Respiratory Department for Warrington and Halton Hospitals both on site and within community venues when needed. To participate in the training and supervision of the Trainee Clinical Physiologists and ATO staff.
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
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This advert is for Senior Clinical Physiologist (Respiratory and Sleep) with North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust in Warrington, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical physiologist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 21 Sep 2026.
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