Senior Sleep Technologist

at  Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED WITHIN THE HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT NHS CARE SYSTEM

Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Job Description
As the Senior Sleep Technologist you would be expected to read and interpret highly complex sleep investigations including polysomnography, polygraphy, oximetry, Maintenance of Wakefulness Tests, and Multiple Sleep Latency Tests. You would be expected to deliver and communicate these results in a simple way, using developed interpersonal and communication skills, to patients and carers, explaining the implication of results and how they affect patient symptoms bearing in mind the impact on the person and their family, their future health, the impact on the NHS, and legal obligations. Assess the implication of test results on public safety according to the DVLA, the Civil Aviation Authority, potential risk during anaesthesia. Communicate specialist information orally and in written format to local, national and international groups with a diverse specialist base, including consultants within the Respiratory Department.
Job Description

Qualifications

• MSc in Clinical Physiology / equivalent work experience
• Professional registration (HCPC) or equivalent
• Three years experience as Specialist Sleep Practitioner
• Knowledge of DVLA guidelines and ability to engage with other Health and Safety occupational bodies
• Leadership, management and training experience

Additional Information
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs

Please refer the Job description for details