Band 4 Associate Respiratory Physiologist: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 34,186 to 37,389 £ / Year

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Join our friendly and supportive Respiratory Physiology team and play a vital role in delivering high-quality diagnostic services across the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual looking to develop a career in respiratory healthcare, gaining hands-on experience in a wide range of lung function and sleep investigations while working towards nationally recognised spirometry certification. Working across our hospital sites, you will contribute to improving patient care, support service development, and be part of a team committed to delivering outstanding respiratory diagnostics.

Main duties of the job

Perform a range of respiratory diagnostic tests, including spirometry, lung volumes, gas transfer testing, sleep studies and exercise testing.Support the delivery of a high-quality, patient-centred respiratory physiology service across multiple hospital sites.Communicate effectively with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring a positive patient experience.Maintain equipment calibration, quality assurance standards and infection control procedures.Support service development and work towards professional competency and certification in respiratory physiology

Person Specification

Education and professional qualifications

Essential

  • A minimum of 5 GCSEs (Level 4 or grade C or above), including maths/English and science subjects or equivalent (direct entry), are required
  • NVQ Level III or equivalent plus additional theoretical or applied training to diploma equivalent level

Desirable

  • Relevant Science Degree
  • ARTP Spirometry practitioner (Level III) spirometry certificate. Perform and interpret Spirometry (if entry-level post).

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience working within a Respiratory and Sleep Physiology department.
  • Experience of managing own time and workload effectively.
  • Experience working independently as well as part of a team.
  • Demonstration of knowledge in relation to providing high standards of customer/patient care

Skills and Personal qualities and attributes

Essential

  • Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible and profession.al approach
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills.
  • Excellent computer and administration skills.
  • Enthusiastic
  • Adaptable to change
  • Diplomatic and calm
  • To be flexible and approachable
  • Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues
  • Ability to demonstrate initiative and solve problems

Aptitudes

Essential

  • Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with multi professional teams
  • Able to manage stressful situations and challenge decisions to ensure that patient needs are met

Desirable

  • Ability to demonstrate high standards of professional behaviour and positive attitude including punctuality and reliability

Royal Free shared commitments

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.

Desirable

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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