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Respiratory and Sleep Healthcare Scientist / Trainee Scientist

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, CB2 0AY

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

8 September 2026

8 days left

Job description

The role of the Healthcare Scientist is to provide a high quality, patient focused, efficient Respiratory Physiology service within Royal Papworth Hos...

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.

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.

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

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

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

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First seen

26 August 2026

Last checked

28 August 2026

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About the employer

RPH
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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