# Trainee Respiratory Physiologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- **Location:** Croydon University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical physiologist
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £30,630 - £32,346 pa
- **Contract type:** Secondment: 10 months
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-17T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-11-10T15:20:55.924Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Respiratory/Respiratory-v8395651
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8395651?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Trainee Physiologist

Band 3 (Secondment cover)

A new and exciting role has been created, working as part of the physiology team under the Respiratory Physiologists. The team provides a timely, efficient, high quality, equitable and cost effective Respiratory Physiology Service to Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

Community Diagnostic Centres were set up in 2023 to increase the availability of high quality diagnostic tests to patients in the surrounding areas. The respiratory CDC is looking for 2 enthusiastic, proactive individuals to help deliver high quality care and diagnostic tests to the residents of Croydon. These roles will be expected to work across all CDC sites including CUH.

Interview Date TBC

### Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will work as supported practitioners in the field of respiratory physiology undertaking a range of basic clinical diagnostic procedures in the Community Diagnostics Centre. They will be working to national standards published by BTS and ARTP to deliver quality assured spirometry and work towards delivering full lung function test. Other clinical responsibilities will include tests such as CO monitoring, pulse oximetry, FeNO and fitting sleep apnoea monitors.

Training will be provided in all clinical areas. The successful post holder will have both clinical and administrative responsibilities to assist the team.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See main duties of the job (see above)

Contact Faibin Joseph, Respiratory Physiology Lead for more details - \[email protected\]

### Applicant requirements

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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- High standard of IT skills using both EPR and MS Office packages
- Teamwork
- Proactivity / problem solving

**Desirable**

- precision working and attention to detail

### Experience

**Essential**

- Patient facing experience

**Desirable**

- performing spirometry on adults of broad age range
- experience of FeNO testing and CO monitoring
- experience handling and fitting multichannel sleep monitors
- experience of conducting full lung function tests

### Qualification

**Essential**

- BSc in a suitable science

**Desirable**

- ARTP spirometry practitioner certificate

## Documents

- [chs accomodation (pdf, 676.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725)
- [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317)
- [trainee physiologist (pdf, 1016.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10726334)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414)
- [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972)
- [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974)

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