We are recruiting for two Assistant Sleep Practitioners who share our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
The Respiratory and Sleep department is a friendly and supportive team that encourages learning and development of each individual to achieve their full potential. We aim to provide the best care to our patients by being proactive team members who can be flexible to accommodate the needs of the service.
The working pattern will be a mixture of weekdays, weekends, and nights across Medway Maritime Hospital and the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Sheppey.
Main duties of the job
We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic person with a background in respiratory and sleep to join our friendly and supportive team.
You will be carrying out Sleep Studies on a range of in and out patients of all ages and support the Sleep Physiologist leading the overnight polysomnography tests.
You will learn basic sleep fundamentals such as treatment for sleep apnoea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). You will be required to answer patients' queries around issues with CPAP treatment and send consumables to patients who require replacements.
A cheerful and pleasant personality is essential, as is experience of working in a hospital or other clinical setting.
You must be able to demonstrate the ability to work unsupervised and be flexible with your hours if required. This is a very busy position, and a good level of fitness is essential. Knowledge of hospital IT systems is an advantage. Full training will be given with support.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open, and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values drive the Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery, and a cycle to work scheme.
Job responsibilities
To perform with training a range of basic, but non-routine sleep investigations, contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnoea patients.
This will include the initiation and downloading data from sleep studies devices.
Issuing and explaining the connection of sleep studies to patients.
To be responsible for the accurate entry of patient records and reports on to the department database.
Arranging replacement consumables for CPAP patients.
Performing weekly stock checks for CPAP and sleep consumables.
To support the sleep physiologist in leading the overnight polysomnography tests which includes hooking up and monitoring the patient. This test is performed in hospital overnight and therefore night shifts are required for this post.
To understand and assist with department audit, technical evaluation, and research projects as required.
To assist the senior staff with the implementation of new policies and procedures as required.
To assist the senior staff with monitoring and ordering of departmental supplies.
To assist in the achievement of quality projects.
To participate in individual performance review.
To complete mandatory training.
Please note, if you are considering applying for a role within our organisation, we do recommend that staff are fully vaccinated against Covid-19; this is no longer a mandatory requirement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* 5 GCSEs including English and Maths or equivalent
* Has BLS training
Knowledge
* Knows how to perform sleep studies
* Identifies a sleep disorder
* Recognises treatment for OSA
Experience
* Has been performing sleep studies in another Trust
* Has worked in respiratory and sleep
* Has worked in a clinical environment
Skills
* Demonstrates teamwork skills
* Demonstrates multitasking
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.
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