# Senior Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Truro
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Health science services
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-24T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-10T08:52:18.499Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Truro/Royal_Cornwall_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Respiratory_Medicine/Respiratory_Medicine-v8085184
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8085184?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Respiratory Physiologist

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen to further develop the respiratory service across Royal Cornwall, West Cornwall and Bodmin. This role will enhance diagnostic services and respiratory care within Cornwall.

Main Duties / responsibilities include: Clinical/Technical Investigations including generation of accurate reports. Flow volume loop. Reversibility testing administration of bronchodilator drugs. Gas transfer test. Body Plethysmography/Nitrogen Washout. Feno testing. Pulse oximetry. Six Minute Walk test. Skin prick allergy testing (Royal Cornwall Hospital site). Respiratory muscle testing (MIP, MEP and SNIP). Hypoxic challenge tests.

Full time - 37.5 hours per week.

### Main duties of the job

Equipment Maintenance.

Responsible for appropriate use, upkeep, and maintenance of highly specialised equipment.

Lung Function Equipment.

Calibrate and clean daily.

Disconnect and reconnect compressed gas cylinders as required.

Undertake routine maintenance and troubleshooting, fault finding on complex equipment to maintain service delivery.

If problems arise that cannot be solved contact the manufacturer for advice or to request call out.

Monitor stock levels of disposables/chemicals.

Undertake physiological check on equipment on a weekly basis.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Right to work in the UK

For further information please visit:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience of performing a range of diagnostic procedures within specialist area of Respiratory Physiology (LFT’s, Hypoxic challenge tests etc).
- Experience working independently as well as part of a team.
- Supervision/training of junior staff or MDT

**Desirable**

- Experience of undertaking research or audit projects
- Mentoring/Line management experience.
- Experience in Sleep medicine.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Professional registration on the Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS / RCCP / BSE).
- Knowledge of respiratory physiology to Degree level and / or equivalent
- ARTP Part 1 which includes clinical supervision of practice and competency assessment.

## Documents

- [job description & person specification (pdf, 206.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10377907)

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