Specialist Respiratory Physiologist

6 months ago

Kendal, United Kingdom University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An independent practitioner with the ability to perform, interpret and report on a broad range of respiratory, sleep and oesophageal investigations.

Work within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice in the delivery of all aspects of our specialist services within the Cardio Respiratory Unit.

Duties are to be undertaken whilst maintaining a caring and compassionate environment.

To undertake a range of specialised respiratory & Sleep investigations and treatments as listed to aid diagnosis and treatment of referred patients.

**To include but not limited to**:
Spirometry

Bronchodilator responsiveness studies

Measurement of static lung volumes by body plethysmography.

Gas transfer diffusion test

Fractional exhale nitric oxide

Impulse oscillometry

Measurement of respiratory muscle strength MIP/MEP

Bronchial Provocation challenge testing

Overnight oximetry including downloading and report preparation

Respiratory poligraphy including downloading and report preparation

Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Tests

Oesophageal Manometry

CPAP diagnosis and treatment

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) Lancaster and Westmorland General (WGH) Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom hospital and GP practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe and Ulverston Community health centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of general hospital services with full emergency department and Critical/ High Dependency units and various consultants lead services.

WGH provides a range of general hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment centre, that can help with a range of non life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care, including outpatient, diagnostics, therapies, day case, inpatient surgery. In addition, a local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilitates from Morecambe Bay.

Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.

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