Deputy Clinical Service Lead (CPET & Prehabilitation)

Haringey GP Federation; Leicester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in England seeks a Deputy Clinical Service Lead for its CPET and Prehabilitation service. This senior position involves managing multi-disciplinary teams, delivering specialized clinical assessments, and ensuring high-quality patient-centered care. Candidates must have a strong background in clinical physiology and proven leadership skills in a healthcare setting. The role offers opportunities to enhance clinical competencies and engage in innovative practices.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of managing and developing clinical services.
• Experience in clinical teaching and training of staff.
• Knowledge of prehabilitation and rehabilitation services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the CPET service for patients.
• Perform highly specialist CPET diagnostic tests.
• Maintain and develop CPET clinics.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal / communication skills

Teamworking skills

Analytical skills

Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook)

Education

MSc or BSc in Clinical Physiology

Registration or eligibility with RCCP or HCPC

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Deputy Clinical Service Lead (CPET & Prehabilitation)

The closing date is 07 January 2026

This is a unique opportunity to take a senior role in a multi-disciplinary team supporting the continuing development of an integrated Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) and Prehabilitation service.

UHL has been delivering an Anaesthetist-led CPET service for more than 10years to support surgical decision-making. Over the last three years, the team have introduced Physiologist delivered CPET clinics. The successful applicant will deliver CPET clinics, in addition to referral triage and clinic management including equipment maintenance and staff supervision.

Prehabilitation is an emerging clinical speciality providing patient-centre care and utilising multi-modal interventions to support people to prepare both physically and emotionally for major surgery, usually for cancer. The UHL Fit4Surgery intervention has been running for 5 years and comprises both face-to-face assessment and exercise sessions with home-based exercise to support patients. This role will also include a prehabilitation caseload and hence provides a fantastic opportunity to combine different clinical skills to provide seamless patient-centred care.

The successful applicant will have a proven track record of managing and developing physiologist-delivered clinical services and excellent clinical physiology skills. The role will support you to enhance your skills as a clinical practitioner by working within the CPET and Prehabilitation department.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to

• Work with the Medical Leads for CPET and Prehabilitation to lead the delivery of the CPET service for prehab and pre-operative patients.
• Perform and interpret highly specialist CPET diagnostic tests according to the POETTS guidelines and protocols with the support from the Medical Lead for CPET.
• Develop/maintain clinical expertise according to the CPET & Prehabilitation service need.
• Be responsible for ensuring that waiting list targets are met utilising demand and capacity.
• Co-ordinate CPET clinics working with support staff and the Respiratory Physiology Unit to maintain and develop any services required in keeping with UHL agreement.
• Assist the Prehabilitation Clinical Service Lead in the planning, co-ordinating, and effective and safe delivery of the prehabilitation service.
• Deputise for the Prehabilitation Clinical Service Lead when needed
• Contribute to the clinical supervision, line management and training of CPET & Prehabilitation team
• Contribute to prehabilitation service delivery including referral screening, assessment, exercise prescription, delivery of session and audit of outcomes.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

Job responsibilities

Post holder is responsible for the day-to-day smooth running and provision of CPET services across UHL sites, with the support of the Medical and Clinical Service Leads. This includes:

• Independently performing CPET and producing high quality reports.
• Effectively organise and prioritise own caseload according to the clinical urgency, providing timely appropriate service.
• Supervision of team to ensure referrals are booked in a timely and accurate manner and ensure results of tests are available to the referrer within departmental time standards.
• Ensure any complex clinical information which may require a change in patients treatment is identified to the appropriate person.
• Supervise and provide training to relevant team members.
• Responsible for maintaining own CPD, relevant registration and the acquisition of additional specialised techniques.
• Participate in regular department meetings to develop improvements to the service and implement any agreed changes.
• Responsible for daily and preventative maintenance and arranging service of CPET machinery.
• Participate in technical appraisals of new equipment.
• Be involved in and assist with clinical trials and audit as identified by the Medical Leads for CPET and Prehabilitation.
• Undertake and adhere to relevant departmental policies.
• Independently manage a prehabilitation clinical caseload including referral screening, assessment, exercise prescription, delivery of session and audit of outcomes.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• MSc or BSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent
• Adult Basic Life Support
• Registration or eligibility to be registered with RCCP or AHCS or HCPC
• Experience of prehabilitation
• ILS

Experience

• Excellent working knowledge of a wide range of clinical physiology techniques.
• Previous experience of clinical teaching/training of new or less experienced staff
• Evidence of data handling and analytical skills
• Experience or knowledge of prehabilitation / rehabilitation services
• Participation in Research/ audit
• Experience of delivering innovation in clinical services.
• Experience of involving patients and the public in service development or research studies

Communication and relationship skills

• Excellent interpersonal / communication skills
• Good teamworking skills and a proven ability to manage a team effectively.
• Presentational skills

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Ability to process and communicate complex information
• Ability to work independently, show initiative and make sound decisions
• High level of computer literacy with good use of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Outlook applications
• Experience of data collection and analysis

Planning and organisation skills

• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Pays attention to detail and consistently produces accurate work
• Able to work flexible hours and adapt to changes in the working week

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Other requirements specific to the role

• Flexible attitude, motivated and committed to improving patient care and Trust wide efficiency, Willing to participate in personal development, Access to a car and ability to drive
• Ability to fluently speak other languages frequently used the LLR population.

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• oMust be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

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.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust