Highly Specialised Respiratory and Sleep Clinical

We are looking to appoint a Respiratory Physiologist on a permanent basis to provide a high quality, patient focused, efficient Respiratory service, and assist with the development of the sleep service within Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. In addition to supporting the acute sites, the Cardiorespiratory Department will be providing some services at the CDC, Broad Street, Halifax, and at the Huddersfield University Site, Huddersfield. This post will assist in supporting all these sites.
The successful applicant will assist with the operational and clinical management of the respiratory service and sleep service (which is in development) under the supervision of the Clinical Physiologist Service Lead for Respiratory. The post-holder will need to demonstrate a history of training staff and be committed to providing a high-quality service and developing services. We are also involved in the development of a Community Diagnostic Centre in Halifax and Huddersfield (in 2025) where lung function testing will be provided as part of a breathlessness pathway.
The successful applicant should posses a BSc in Clinical Physiology/Science with post qualification experience working at Band 6 Specialist Physiologist level.
The Highly Specialised Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist works under the general supervision of the Clinical Physiologist Service Lead for Respiratory for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of a wide range of respiratory, sleep and ventilation disorders including outpatient respiratory and sleep testing, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, comprehensive patient care and direct patient education.
**Main duties include**:
To support the Clinical Physiologist Service Lead in Respiratory in delivery of the Respiratory diagnostic services by facilitating, devising, and delivering systems to ensure compliance with safe working practices within Respiratory Physiology.
To assist the Clinical Physiologist Service Lead in Respiratory and Highly Specilaised Physiologists to develop a sleep service
Responsible for the day to day organization, and management of the departmental Respiratory Physiology Service, including the delegation of duties to other members of staff, supervision and ensuring effective time management.
To promote CPD and safe evidence-based practice.
To ensure that the service is compliant to national standards.
To act independently as a Highly Specialist Respiratory Physiologist, maintaining their CPD, performing a full range of routine and specialised respiratory and sleep investigations including routine and complex procedures, in a variety of clinical settings and interpret results.
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.