Healthcare Scientist - Respiratory Physiology

The post holder will provide specialist clinical physiology knowledge within respiratory and sleep and will ensure best principles of care are provided to patients at our acute sites Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital and new Community Diagnostic Centre., To provide a high quality, appropriate and effective Respiratory and Sleep test service; interpret results and provide technical reportsResponsible for the monitoring and performance of calibration and quality control procedures for all equipmentProven competency to be able to supervise, guide and support all junior staff and other professionalsTo deputise for the principal respiratory physiologist, Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Applicants whose first language is not English and who are required to provide a language test certificate as evidence of their proficiency must ensure that it is, or is equivalent to, IELTS level with no element below (or IELTS level with no element below for Speech and language therapists),

• BSc Clinical Physiology / Science or equivalent
• Relevant Master qualification or STP equivalent
• Registered with RCCP / HCPC (or eligible for registration)
• ARTP Part 1 & 2 or ARTP practitioner
Desirable
• Research evidence
• Mentoring qualification
Experience Essential
• Post registration experience in respiratory physiology
• Experience of teaching / mentoring staff.
• Experience of research and audit together with presentation skills.
Knowledge Essential
• Must be competent in producing accurate test data from highly complex respiratory tests
• Management and development of clinical protocols
• A thorough understanding of respiratory physiology
Desirable
• Trained in sleep physiology
• Highly complex procedures including full polysomnography, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and respiratory muscle testing.
• An understanding of sleep physiology
  
  MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre. In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East. Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you., At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work. We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here : Access to Work : get support if you have a disability or health condition : What Access to Work is -