Clinical Physiologist Paediatric Respiratory | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 September 2025 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG7 2UH |
| Company: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7373203/164-7373203 |
Summary
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Clinical Physiologist to join our Paediatric Respiratory team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop a growing service that provides highly specialised diagnostic care to children and young people. The role will involve delivering advanced respiratory and sleep physiology services, managing a team of physiologists, and driving innovation and quality improvement within the service. As part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring high quality and will benefit from excellent professional support and development opportunities.
The post holder will be responsible for leading the paediatric respiratory and sleep physiology service, overseeing the day to day operations and ensuring the delivery of high quality diagnostic care. The role includes performing a wide range of highly specialised diagnostic procedures, such as spirometry, lung volume measurements, capillary blood gas analysis, respiratory challenge tests, and advanced sleep studies, including oximetry and polygraphy. The post holder will be required to interpret complex diagnostic results, provide accurate reports, and collaborate with the wider multidisciplinary team to directly inform patient care and treatment plans.
The successful candidate will also be expected to drive service development, ensuring adherence to national and local policies, including ARTP and BTS standards, while contributing to quality assurance, equipment calibration, and troubleshooting.
In addition to clinical and managerial responsibilities, the post holder will work collaboratively with other professionals across the Trust to provide a seamless service. The role will also involve contributing to research, clinical audit, and quality improvement projects to enhance the service and ensure evidence based practice. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with strong leadership skills, advanced technical expertise, and a passion for paediatric respiratory care to make a significant impact on patient outcomes and service delivery.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Please ensure that you familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025