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Joanna Purvis

Position: Standards Vice

Who am I?

I am a trainee Consultant Clinical scientist and the Physiological Sciences Service Manager at the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, North Warwickshire. I started my career in 2005 as a student Respiratory Physiologist in Leicester and worked at Respiratory Physiology centres in Coventry and Nottingham before moving to my current place of work.

In 2015, I was appointed as a band 6 Respiratory Physiologist at the George Eliot Hospital, covering all aspects of respiratory and sleep. Over the last 9 years, I have developed my role within the department; in 2017, I was promoted to Lead Respiratory Physiologist and, most recently, to head of the department for respiratory, sleep, cardiac, and upper GI Physiological Sciences. During this time, I have expanded the respiratory team from a small team of three to a team of nine respiratory clinical scientists/ healthcare scientists, respiratory nurse specialists, and apprentices. One of my most recent challenges has been taking over the head of the service for cardiology physiology and learning their ways of working, but the team has been great and very supportive in helping me through this.

Clinically, my passions lie with cardio-pulmonary exercise testing and the clinical scientist-led breathlessness pathway that I developed in 2023; this will also be the main focus of my consultant clinical scientist training.

A bit about me

I have been a member of the ARTP for about 16 years and have been active in the standards, education, and events committees over the last 14 years. For the last 5 years, I held the position of spirometry chair, which was a challenging but rewarding role; I hope the skills I learned during this time can be used in my current role. I am passionate about our profession and raising our profile and professional standards across healthcare science.

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Firstly, I am a mum to an animal-loving, bonkers toddler who can’t sit still for two minutes; I'm not sure where she gets that from!
I am also a keen competitive horse rider. I have ridden since before I could walk and competed in various disciplines over the years.  I think the horses have given me a great foundation of dedication, to work hard, and perseverance, with a bit of competitiveness thrown in there, too, which has helped me to succeed throughout my professional career.

What would you like to achieve in your new role?

As an organisation, the ARTP has grown and developed our profession tremendously over recent years. As vice chair for standards, I plan to work alongside different areas of the ARTP to continue growing our profession and using the expertise of many within it to support our members and their clinical services.