Trainee Respiratory Physiologist

**Company Description**
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

The Respiratory Physiology Department and the Sleep service are intimately involved in delivering diagnostic Testing as part of the national Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) Project, and this course is designed to support this project.

We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of doctors, nurses, physiologists, polysomnographer, technicians and clerical staff, and are looking to recruit a trainee Band 4 to develop and potentially qualify as a Band 5 Respiratory Physiologist.

Join as a student/trainee role to undertake the NSHCS Diploma in Respiratory Science. A major component of this role will be work based clincal exposure and learning to perform a wide range of pulmonary function and exercise diagnostic testing for the respiratory Outpatients Department and wider hospital departments. The role also incorporates carrying out Sleep Physiology work based tasks.

The Respiratory physiology team offer a comprehensive range of pulmonary function and exercise tests including Spirometry, gas transfer, lung volumes, allergy testing, challenge testing and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The sleep service are responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. We also offer student training and provide training to other PHT employees at various levels.

The role will involve training to become an independent practitioner in a variety of testing modalities, and becoming a participant in multidisciplinary team meetings, as well as engaging in team audits and education.

As a trainee, we will fully support you on your academic pursuits, and you will benefit from a a highly specialise and experienced team to learn from.

**Job Summary**
- Study towards Graduate Diploma in Respiratory Science
- To provide specialist care as part of the multi-disciplinary respiratory physiology team
- To work as an autonomous practitioner involved in the diagnosis of patients with a wide variety of respiratory and sleep conditions
- As an autonomous practitioner, provide a point of contact for these patients as well as their carers, and other health care professionals to obtain advice, education and support.
- You must be able to work independently (to protocols), be flexible and adaptable in your attitude to work and enjoy being part of a very busy service, where you can demonstrate your initiative and reliability.

If you are looking for a challenge and want to be part of a thriving, growing service we would love to hear from you.
**Qualifications**
- An interest in respiratory, sleep and exercise diagnostic testing
- Willingness to learn to perform a variety of diagnostic respiratory and sleep investigations including spirometry, gas transfer, static lung volumes and domiciliary polysomnography

**Skills and Knowledge**
- Clinical decision-making skills
- Advanced Communication Skills Training
- Organisational skills and forward planning
- Flexibility
- Critical appraisal skills
- Strong customer service skills
- IT literate

**Additional Information**

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.