Specialist Clinical Physiologist – Respiratory / Sleep

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic well motivated individual to work within the respiratory and sleep physiology team at North Manchester General Hospital, part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a rapidly growing service and we require an individual with the drive and ambition to move the service forward within the evolving field of respiratory and sleep medicine, providing high standards of patient care in keeping with trust values.

Main duties of the job

Plan, perform, interpret, and provide reports on a wide range of Respiratory and Sleep physiological investigations to patients of all age groups, without supervision, employing current standards.

Initiate CPAP treatment where appropriate and conduct follow-up CPAP compliance reviews, face to face and remote.

Teaching, training and mentoring of students and junior staff.

There may be future need to travel to the subsequent diagnostic hubs in development across the Manchester area.

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.  This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.  Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.  As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.  If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!