Senior Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist

Our vision is to be the best place for healthcare anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare.

We believe that every life deserves world class healthcare.

Job Summary

Salary: Competitive (Depending on Experience)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: 24 Portland Place, London, W1B 1LU, Cross site working expected in Victoria & Moorgate, London

Contract: Full Time & Permanent

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Senior Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist to join our Respiratory Team with a competitive salary on offer, depending on experience.

This is a full-time, permanent role with the following shift patterns: Monday-Friday

Either 3 x long shifts or 2 long and 2 short /

On call duties may be required within this post

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, 'Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve', assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.

Cleveland Clinic London is committed to staff development and therefore the post holder will be encouraged to develop in areas they are not proficient in. Furthermore, you will be encouraged to attend and participate in local conferences and courses as part of your personal development.

What will your duties include?

• Perform ordered lung function, sleep diagnostics and pulmonary stress testing, including CPET and CPESE as required.
• Assists with the day-to-day operations within the department.
• Providing training and educational in-services to staff as required. This may include teaching and mentoring physiologists, clinical fellows and nurses with less experience.
• Identifies complex equipment and procedure faults, using clinical and technical experience, to ensure that patient results are accurate and safe.
• Has an active role in the functioning, calibration and quality assurance of measurements on complex devices, including analysing quality control data.
• Support the development and delivery of our high-quality diagnostic services, while ensuring a high standard of technical work is maintained. The services involve a range of routine and complex investigations, including but not limited to:
• FeNO (Essential)
• Spirometry (Essential)
• Spirometry Sitting and Supine (Essential)
• Bronchodilation Tests (Essential)
• Gas Transfer (Essential)
• Static Lung Volumes by Body Plethysmography (Essential)
• SNIPS, MIPS and MEPS (Essential)
• Capillary Blood Gas Analysis (Essential)
• Mannitol Provocation (Essential)
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) on both a treadmill and cycle ergometer (Bike is Essential)
• Maximal Voluntary Ventilation Assessments (MVV) (Desirable)
• Oximetry with Ambulation (Desirable)
• Hypoxic Challenge Testing (Desirable)
• 6-Minute Walking Test (6MWT) (Desirable)
• Cardiopulmonary Stress Echo (CPESE) Testing (Desirable)
• Overnight Oximetry (Desirable)
• Respiratory Polygraphy (Desirable)
• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) set ups (Desirable)
• Non-Invasive ventilation (NIV) set ups (Desirable)

What we need from you?

• Clinical Physiology or related BSc is essential. (MSc is preferred)
• ARTP Part 1&2 or level 3 with ARTP professional registration are essential.
• Recent, relevant experience in a respiratory related role as a Senior Physiologist. (essential)
• Experience working in a Lung Function & Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing clinic (Essential) and Sleep department (Desirable)
• BTS or ERS membership or qualifications is desirable, or willingness to work towards.

What We Offer

As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest all profits back into our organisation. This allows us to provide meaningful, tailored support and development opportunities for our caregivers - alongside a range of benefits, including:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we'll contribute 10%
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support
• Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed
• Access to discounts on food, retail, and more

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.

With over 100 years of history, our "Patients First" philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

"Let's deliver World Class care together"

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.