Healthcare Scientist-Respiratory

Responsible for performing a wide range of highly advanced / highly complex measurements and developing new and innovative tests.
Responsible for ensuring the technical accuracy and quality of the test procedures and producing accurate reports based on these procedures.
To assist in the management of staff, including personal development plans, performance appraisals, recruitment and selection.
To deputise for the Head of Department
To support senior members of staff in providing an efficient and cost effective lung function service to the University Hospitals of South Manchester.
Participate in the education, development and line management of junior staff.
Contribute to teaching Clinical Physiology to BSc and MSc students.
Participate in improvement of services and the quality of care provision.
Professional, Technical and Clinical
Perform unsupervised, all routine techniques within the lung function laboratory. To include spirometry, lung volumes, TLco, plethysmography and reversibility testing.
Perform unsupervised: Histamine challenge, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, respiratory muscle assessment, fitness to fly assessment, long term oxygen assessment and allergen skin prick testing.
To ensure data quality by undertaking equipment calibration and quality control for all tests performed within the laboratory
Ensuring the technical quality of assessment complies with published national guidelines.
Ensure compliance with all aspects of legal and ethical obligations., To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We're looking forward to hearing from you!

A exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated experienced Band 7 Respiratory Physiologist to join our Lung Function team. The post holder must have an appropriate level of qualifications and experience.

This role is based at Wythenshawe Hospital, there will be a requirement to work at other MFT sites.
Responsibility for the day- to- day running and supervision of the Lung Function Lab.
As a service we provide a wide range of respiratory diagnostic tests in both inpatient and outpatient settings., MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.