Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 188-CL260726
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southampton General Hospital
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum per annum pro rata
- Closing
- 13/08/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/09/2026
Employer heading
Paediatric Respiratory Sleep/LTV Physiologist
Band 5
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
Are you passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and using specialist physiological skills to make a real difference to children's lives? We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Respiratory Sleep/LTV Physiologist to join our dynamic Paediatric Respiratory Sleep team.
In this rewarding role, you will play a vital part in the diagnosis, assessment and management of patients with a wide range of sleep and respiratory disorders, including obstructive sleep apnoea, hypoventilation syndromes and chronic respiratory conditions. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will undertake and interpret a variety of diagnostic investigations, and on dedicated nights you will support the monitoring of non-invasive ventilation therapy.
This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a service that embraces innovation and research, clinical excellence and patient-centred care. You will be supported to develop your clinical skills and practice by a lead sleep physiologist, senior sleep physiologist and nurses, technicians, dedicated long term ventilation team and the wider paediatric respiratory service, including our lead consultant.
Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHS, we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognising that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for an individual with excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering outstanding care. Whether you are an experienced physiologist seeking your next challenge or a developing physiologist looking to build your career within paediatric sleep and respiratory medicine, this role provides a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a service that has a direct and lasting impact on our patients health, wellbeing and quality of life.
You will help manage the inpatient and home sleep service in coordination with the Sleep & Respiratory Technicians and the Sleep Physiologists. You will organise and run clinics where families are trained to use home sleep study equipment and analyse and provide specialist interpretation of the sleep study results for the Respiratory clinicians.
On two scheduled (according to rota) nights per month you will also run ‘LTV titration’ sleep studies. On these nights you will admit patients, apply sleep study sensors, monitor physiologic signals, and adjust ventilator settings according to a prescription and standardised protocols.
Assist in the management of the waiting list for inpatient studies and coordinate the study dates and diary management for this group of patients.
Training on procedure, policies, equipment and software will be provided.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for an enthusiastic physiologist with formal training to a BSc or equivalent level, or with very specific equivalent training and experience in a Respiratory or Sleep Laboratory or similar clinical environment. You must have:
• The ability to communicate with a wide range of people in a variety of settings
• The ability to work independently, assessing and intervening as necessary to ensure patient safety
• The ability to work with respiratory equipment and trouble shoot problems
• Good organisation skills and effective time management
• High level of attention to detail working with numerical and physiological data
• The ability to work flexibly across various shifts, including nights.
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Scientific knowledge acquired through formal training to Healthcare Science BSc (Respiratory) or equivalent level, or specific equivalent training and experience
- Experience working in a Respiratory or Sleep Physiology Laboratory or similar clinical environment
- Experience working with children.
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of people in a variety of settings.
- Ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to work independently, assessing and intervening as necessary to ensure patient safety.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to use initiative, prioritise and deliver agreed objectives
- Understanding of personal accountability.
- Computer literate.
- Ability to adjust to pressures of the job and deal with stressful situations.
- Good organisation skills and effective time management.
- Willingness to undertake further training.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet needs of service, including night shifts.
- Aware of personal/professional limitations.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant clinical experience
- Knowledge and understanding of carrying out sleep studies
- Experience in care and maintenance of respiratory and sleep equipment, including ventilators.
Skills and competencies
Essential criteria
- Attention to detail
- Concentration
- Communication
- Prioritisation
- Microsoft Office skills
- Multitasking
- Organisational skills
- Research skills
- Teamwork
- Time management
- Working under pressure
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Paula Lowe
- Job title
- clinical lead respiratory sleep physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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