Ines Louro
London,City of London
Summary
I am a Specialist Clinical Sleep Physiologist based in London UK, with over a decade of experience in supporting patients who have problems of poor sleep quality and suffer of sleep disorder conditions. After moving from Portugal to England in 2012, my strong drive and dedication motivates me every day to provide excellent patient care. My expertise and leadership in sleep diagnostics and therapy, consistently draws recognition.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Specialist Clinical Sleep Physiologist
Independent Physiological Diagnostics (IPD)
London, City of London
06.2022 - Current
- Specialised in home sleep diagnostics, focusing on physiological assessments. Conduct home sleep studies, including video-PSG and MSLT, transcutaneous O2/CO2 monitoring alongside respiratory polygraphy and actigraphy.
- Remote sleep analysis and reporting for enhanced home sleep study outcomes.
- Establish CPAP/NIV therapies followed by comprehensive follow-up reviews.
Specialist Clinical Physiologist
Cromwell Hospital
London, City of London
11.2022 - 09.2025
- Key role in the delivery of high-quality respiratory and sleep diagnostic services in adult and paediatric setting. Undertake routine and advanced investigations in lung function and sleep studies.
- Lead and deliver a wide range of advanced sleep diagnostics, including actigraphy, respiratory polygraphy, transcutaneous CO₂, polysomnography (inpatient, home video, ambulatory), and MSLT.
- Provide expert analysis, interpretation, and reporting of sleep studies.
- Oversee ventilation therapies (CPAP/NIV).
- Perform and interpret a range of routine respiratory investigations (eg. full lung function tests, walking tests, blood gases, CPET, Methacoline).
- Manage daily operations including rota planning, stock control, equipment calibration, and service scheduling.
- Collaborate with consultants, secretarial teams, and clinic coordinators to ensure a seamless patient journey from referral to review.
- Support the Centre Manager in service development, business case preparation, and financial planning.
- Lead and mentor the sleep physiology team, including bank staff, ensuring high standards of clinical practice and professional development.
- Represent the department in multidisciplinary meetings and deputise for the Centre Manager when required.
- Ensure compliance with CQC and hospital governance standards, contributing to audits, quality assurance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Senior Clinical Physiologist (Sleep & Respiratory)
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, City of London
04.2016 - 10.2022
- Adult Respiratory Physiology team and Respiratory Multidisciplinary team, within the Centre for Sleep and ventilation unit.
- Acted up as Band 7 Chief Clinical Physiologist (June 2020 - August 2021). Lead the physiology service for sleep studies and home ventilation alongside line managers. Responsible for a variety of clinical duties, conducted a wide range of investigations and therapy set ups.
- Daily conduct of sleep studies (Polygraphy, transcutaneous O2/CO2 monitoring, PSG, MSLT, OSLER/MWT, Actigraphy, Oximetry) and other physiological tests such as spirometry, SNIP and capillary blood gases. Vast experience and training in these investigations in adult medicine.
- Establish CPAP and NIV clinics, inpatient and outpatient settings. Telemonitoring CPAP/NIV reviews, follow-up and troubleshooting on a daily basis.
- Weekly on-call duties as telephone advise only, in a rota shared with line managers. Weekly MDT and PSG meetings attendance to contribute and maintain excellent standards of care and clinical practice.
- Involvement in a variety of departmental protocols, improvement of service, ensure the day to day running of the department, support the team members of staff in providing an efficient and effective service.
- Delivered education, development and support of new staff and to other departments and health professionals.
- Cover management absence, ensuring leadership and coordination running of the service. Participated in improvement of the sleep service and the quality of care provision. Support administration booking team.
Locum Respiratory & Sleep Physiologist
Locum Agencies
London, City of London
03.2014 - 04.2016
- Worked as a Locum Clinical Physiologist in various NHS hospitals and private sector around United Kingdom.
- Full lung function testing: spirometry, static lung volumes by body plethysmography, transfer factor by single-breath method and, reversibility studies.
- Respiratory mouth pressures, oximetry, capillary blood gases, 6-min walk tests, shuttle walk, ambulatory oxygen assessments and skin prick allergy test.
- CPAP therapy set up and follow up. Multi-channel sleep studies set up and analysis.
Respiratory Physiologist
Homerton University Hospital
London, City of London
06.2013 - 03.2014
- Worked independently in all aspects of respiratory investigations, Lung Function Testing (Masterscreen Jaeger): Spirometry, Static Lung Volumes by Body Plethysmography, Transfer Factor by single-breath method and, reversibility studies. Performed respiratory mouth pressures, oximetry, capillary blood gases, 6-min walk tests, shuttle walk, ambulatory oxygen assessments, skin prick allergy testing challenge hypoxic testing and hyper-reactivity testing.
- Development and deliver CPAP service and Nebuliser Loan Service on its set-up, monitoring and download the sleep data.
- Quality control and biological quality control assurance.
- Support administration duties.
Respiratory Physiologist
Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
10.2012 - 06.2013
- Conducted respiratory investigations in Lung Function Testing (Masterscreen Jaeger): Spirometry, Static Lung Volumes by Body Plethysmography, Transfer Factor by single-breath method and, reversibility studies.
- Performed pulse oximetry, capillary blood gases and 6-min walk testing.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Clinical Physiology (Cardiac, Respiratory & Sleep)
Egas Moniz School of Health & Science
Almada, Portugal 09.2007 - 09.2011
Skills
- Teamwork
- Problem-Solving
- Leadership
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Determined
- Proactive
- CPAP/NIV
- PSG/MSLT
- TCM Tosca & SenTec
Affiliations
- I enjoy travelling the world, cooking, cycling and play beach volleyball!
Certification
ESRS Somnologist - Technologist (Sept 2024)
Languages
English
Advanced
Portuguese
Native
Spanish
Intermediate
Timeline
Specialist Clinical Physiologist
Cromwell Hospital
11.2022 - 09.2025
Specialist Clinical Sleep Physiologist
Independent Physiological Diagnostics (IPD)
06.2022 - Current
Senior Clinical Physiologist (Sleep & Respiratory)
Royal Brompton Hospital
04.2016 - 10.2022
Locum Respiratory & Sleep Physiologist
Locum Agencies
03.2014 - 04.2016
Respiratory Physiologist
Homerton University Hospital
06.2013 - 03.2014
Respiratory Physiologist
Royal Papworth Hospital
10.2012 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Clinical Physiology (Cardiac, Respiratory & Sleep)
Egas Moniz School of Health & Science
09.2007 - 09.2011
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