The closing date is 8th Sep 2026
Job summary
The role of the Healthcare Scientist is to provide a high quality, patient focused, efficient Respiratory Physiology service within Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The role is expected to work alongside the administrators in the sleep and CPAP teams in a cross cover model.
This role involves following departmental operating procedures to provide a patient focused, high quality, efficient and complete required diagnostic and follow up lung function testing. You will be working within a multidisciplinary team and support routine clinical service.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
Communication - ability to demonstrate excellent customer care skills, greeting patients visiting the Heart & Lung Department according to trust values, assisting flow through the department. To ensure that patients and visitors receive a friendly and professional service, always demonstrate patient confidentiality. Contribute to departmental discussions and work towards Directorate and Trust objectives, participate in service and cost improvement programmes.
Administrative - demonstrate planning, good organisational and prioritising skills, assist with elements of local induction for new starters. Day to day diary management using departmental computer programmes, deal with internal and external correspondence, coordinate patient activity through the department, liaise with physiologists, clinic, ward areas and other diagnostic services. Ensure electronic filing and departmental staff e-rostering systems are kept up to date, book follow up appointments, develop and maintain departmental administration policies and procedures, contribute to data inputting, coordinate ordering of stationery items and managing stock levels and administration support to management team as well as reporting respiratory function investigations.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
BSc (Hons) In Clinical Physiology (Respiratory) or equivalent
Desirable
ARTP Practitioner Qualification or equivalent
ARTP CPAP qualification
A-STEP
ESRS Expert Somnologist Technologist Qualification
RPSGT
Registration with RCCP, ACHS or HCPC
Experience
Essential
Ability to perform a wide range of pulmonary function tests
Ability to perform a wide range of sleep diagnostic tests
Ability to set up CPAP therapy on OSA patients, troubleshoot and follow up
Ability to analyse information
Proficient in MS Word, Excel
Good verbal and written communication skills
Ability to prioritise own workload in relation to the priorities of the department
Ability to pay close attention to detail in verbal, written and electronic communication
Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure a high-quality service
Ability to work on own initiative
Possess a willingness to learn
Looks to improve service
Ability to be caring, patient, tolerant and use discretion at all times
Ability to work independently or as part of a team
Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
Experience of working as a clinical respiratory and sleep physiologist
Experience of noxturnal, visi-download, Sentrysuite and dominolite.
Experience of RESMED, SEFAM and Lowenstein CPAP devices.
Experience of airview.
Additional Criteria
Essential
As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
Ability to deal with sensitive information in a professional manner
Ability to concentrate for periods of time whilst testing patients and inputting data into a computer
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.
For help with your application, contact:
Jack Woolcomb
[email protected]
01223638168
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32073.00 to £39043.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time
Reference number
175-2627-1952
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
