Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 16.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2454
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 Pro Rata Inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Sleep Physiologist
Band 5
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated science graduate to work as a member of the paediatric sleep physiology team at West London Children's Healthcare (WLCH), based primairly at Imperial College Healthcare Trust (ICHT).
The Paediatric Sleep and Respiratory Physiology team is part of wider multi-disciplinary department consisting of clinical scientists, physiologists, clincal nurse specialists, respiratory physicians, and administrative staff. We provide sleep diagnostics for respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders via cardiorespiratory, polysomnography, MSLT (Multiple Sleep Latency Test), and actigraphy sleep studies.
We are a rapidly expanding team that actively encourages career growth and continuing education. We are aligned with Imperial College London to conduct translational sleep and respiratory physiology research and encourage active engagement in research projects.
Further to this, there is opportunity to develop skills in lung function testing and to work with Imperial College London to produced translational research in the field as part of the wider research team.
Main duties of the job
- Interact closely with medical, scientific, nursing, and other staff to provide a high-qualitySleep Service dedicated to patient care.
- Competently perform high quality, accurate near patient diagnostic sleep studiesincluding those on invasive and non-invasive ventilation.
- Under supervision of senior staff, analyse and report paediatric cardiorespiratory sleep studies, including those on invasive / non-invasive ventilation.
- Assist with initiation of non-invasive ventilation for patients. Including mask fitting, patient/carer education, and device set-up.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Undergraduate degree in physiological sciences or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with children and/or in a clinical setting
Skills / Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Theoretical knowledge of human physiology
- Good technical skills and knowledge of respiratory physiological testing.
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Must be able to recognise the limits of his/her/their own knowledge and expertise and to seek advice as appropriate
- Advanced IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge or abilities in the provision of cardiorespiratory or polysomnographic sleep studies in children.
- Ability to assist patients/carers with maskfittings, CPAP/NIV education sessions, troubleshooting queries, and annual reviews
- Competent in performing and interpreting spirometry in children
- Ability to perform more complex lung function testing in adults and/or children
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ana Costa
- Job title
- Lead Paediatric Clinical Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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