Senior Sleep & NIV Physiologist

Overview

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The closing date is 28 September 2025

This is an exciting role within our dynamic and well-respected Sleep and Ventilation service that will provide the successful candidate with a wonderful opportunity to practice and develop their skills and expertise in the management of patients with sleep related respiratory conditions and other complex conditions requiring ventilatory support. Based at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, you will play an active role in this busy and prestigious department, working between both the Medical and Surgical wards and will be involved with setting up and analysis of sleep studies. You will also initiate patients on non-invasive ventilators (NIV) and also CPAP and be involved in troubleshooting any on-going problems. You will actively participate in the follow-up and ongoing review of patients initiated onto CPAP/NIV therapy via face to face and virtual platforms. You will have experience in the setting up/analyzing of sleep studies including oximetry, Transcutaneous CO2, Respiratory Polygraphy, WatchPat, Actigraphy, scoring full Polysomnography's, MSLT, and MWT tests.

The successful candidate will be required to work closely with all the consultants and other clinical physiologists in the department including members of the multi-disciplinary team. It is essential that you are self-motivated and have good communication skills. You should hold a BSc degree (or equivalent qualification) and registration with the appropriate governing body.

Main duties of the job

Based at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, you will play an active role in this busy and prestigious department, working between both the Medical and Surgical wards and will be involved with setting up and analysis of sleep studies. You will also initiate patients on non-invasive ventilators (NIV) and also CPAP and be involved in troubleshooting any on-going problems. You will actively participate in the follow-up and ongoing review of patients initiated onto CPAP/NIV therapy via face to face and virtual platforms. You will have experience in the setting up/analyzing of sleep studies including oximetry, Transcutaneous CO2, Respiratory Polygraphy, WatchPat, Actigraphy, scoring full Polysomnography's, MSLT, MWT, Osler tests etc.

About us

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Hospital is the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. In February 2021 Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. The merger sees the creation of a newly expanded Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, with Royal Brompton and Harefield forming a new Clinical Group within the Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced clinician who is interested in developing their career in Sleep and Ventilation. This is an exciting role within our dynamic and well-respected Sleep and Ventilation service that will provide the successful candidate with a wonderful opportunity to practice and develop their skills and expertise in the management of patients with sleep related respiratory conditions and other complex conditions requiring ventilatory support.

Job responsibilities

To be able to, with training if required, perform and analyse all sleep studies including home sleep apnoea tests (NOX), transcutaneous CO2 monitoring, oximetry, respiratory polygraphy, full polysomnography, MSLT and MWT tests for inpatients, as well as virtual set up of sleep study equipment when required.

To be able to, with training if required, participate in the sleep CPAP/NIV roster to include virtual telemonitoring services and face to face appointments for initiation, troubleshooting and follow up appointments including a drop-in clinic, with appropriate reporting of the appointment (such as compliance reports, mask fitting and humidification). This will be across a variety of ventilator and CPAP brands, models and modes.

To be able to, with training if required, perform and interpret blood gas (capillary) results, spirometry and SNIP tests as part of the NIV clinics.

To actively participate in the sleep and ventilation roster to include 08:00-16:00, 08:30-16:30, 09:00-17:00, 11:00-19:00, 13:00-21:30 shifts plus weekend work.

To participate in MDT meetings to discuss patients therapy and diagnostic studies, as well as communicating and supporting other trust staff with use of our equipment and interpretation of results. To be able to liaise with external clinicians and companies as and when needed under the direction of a manager.

To help with training of new staff in the department, assist in their inductions, as well as training to external NHS staff as and when needed.

To aid in service development projects and their implementation, as well as implementing trust and local agreed policies.

To support any equipment troubleshooting including returns to the manufacturer, or Baywater engineering company.

To be involved in the evaluation of new diagnostic and therapeutic equipment on the market.

To update departmental documentation, such as SOPs, competencies and guidelines, under the direction of managerial staff.

To maintain self and departmental development with CPD and appropriate training as agreed with managerial staff during annual appraisals.

To be able to handle direct patient care in domiciliary and acute settings, with appropriate respect, dignity and privacy.

To be able to escalate appropriately to the management team including chief physiologists, band 8a lead for sleep and ventilation and consultants as and when needed.

To complete all mandatory training as defined by the trust.

To work effectively as a team member with good communication skills.

To participate in a weekly stock check and report to managers for ordering.

To contribute to the continuous development of the Trust as a member of Respiratory Medicine and as a potential member of a range of Trust quality/process improvement project groups.

To demonstrate care and respect, for both patients and fellow staff members.

To deputise for the chief physiologists in their absence.

To be actively involved in departmental research projects as and when required.

To perform general administrative, IT and housekeeping duties as and when required.

Person Specification Experience & Knowledge

• Good understanding of respiratory and sleep physiology
• Relevant experience of teaching / training.
• Substantial experience in the clinical sleep and respiratory field.
• At least 1 year experience at band 5 level.
• Attendance at relevant Course(s).

Personal Qualities

• Good interpersonal skills/ability to relate to patients, relatives, staff, technical and medical personnel.
• Good flexibility, enthusiasm and assertiveness
• Work as part of a team and or alone unsupervised.
• Demonstratable evidence of involvement in service development and innovation within healthcare

Other Requirements

• Reliable professional history
• Ability to work under pressure, and as part of the team

Education and Qualifications

• BSc. Physiology or BSc. in Physiotherapy or BSc in other relevant clinical specialty or equivalent relevant clinical experience
• Current (or working towards) professional registration with the RCCP/AHCS as a clinical scientist/physiologist. Current registration with the HCPC if Physiotherapy, the Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC) Or relevant other Professional Body
• Sleep and respiratory related professional qualification.

Skills and Abilities

• Familiarity with respiratory and sleep equipment.
• Good supervisory, teaching and management skills.
• Good technical and laboratory skills.
• Good practice in research and development skills.
• Ability to maintain prolonged periods of concentration and mental effort.
• Ability to work in unpleasant conditions with potentially infectious materials and body fluids
• Experience with CPAP and NIV devices.
• Familiarity with, Domino, Visidownload, Rescan and Nox software
• Experience with health telemonitoring.

Other Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£46,419 to £55,046 a yearper annum, inc. of HCA