Job summary
- Main area
- Sleep Physiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (May include working unsociable hours)
- Job ref
- 349-WTWA-7036479*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trafford General Hospital
- Town
- Trafford
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Clinical Physiologist (Sleep)
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Sleep Physiologist to join the team in the Sleep Service, Trafford General Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
The Sleep Service is a modern dynamic unit servicing a large area of the North West. It has a CPAP user base of over 8,000 patients and provides a wide range of services including diagnosis and treatment of non-respiratory sleep disorders.
The service is actively involved in the teaching of students on the PTP and STP courses at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Main duties of the job
The position will involve:
Supporting the service manager in the day to day management and leadership of the department.
Performing and analysing in-patient and outpatient sleep studies (including respiratory polygraphy, full video polysomnography, multiple sleep latency testing, maintenance of wakefulness testing and actigraphy).
CPAP issue and follow up (face-to-face and remote clinics).
Teaching, training and mentoring of students and junior staff.
Supervision and line management of junior staff, stock control and procurement
Service improvement, audit and quality control.
The service encourages and supports flexible working (including home working where appropriate) but the successful applicant may be expected to cover evening and night shifts depending on service demand.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Physiological sciences, or Practitioner Training Programme, or equivalent
- Scientific Training Programme or equivalence
- RCCP/ AHCS registration or eligible to register.
- Documented evidence of good clinical practice and continued professional development.
- Post registration qualification in specialist areas
Desirable criteria
- Eligible for registration on the ’M’ register of Health Care Scientists
- Registered with ESRS as Somnologist Technologist, or Somnologist.
- Registered with Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (RPSGT)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience as a Respiratory/Sleep Healthcare scientist/ science practitioner.
- Presentation / teaching skills required to mentor new members of staff.
- Experience in recording, interpreting, and reporting highly complex polysomnographic sleep data.
- Experience of training, mentoring, and assessing staff.
- Experience of preparing presentations and lecturing at degree leve
- Experience of research and audit.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading through change.
- Experience of working in a large multi- disciplinary setting.
- Training for trainers’ qualification.
- Experience of lung function testing
- Experience in Psychological testing or treatment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills.
- Giving presentations to inform and influence practice.
- Ability to use own initiative to coordinate plan and prioritise activities.
- Ability to keep accurate documentation.
- Ability to work as a team leader and motivator.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up-to-date specialist knowledge of sleep physiology, Sleep diagnostics and therapy.
Desirable criteria
- Up- to date- knowledge of respiratory physiology.
Other
Essential criteria
- Dynamic, enthusiastic & positive attitude.
- Team worker
- Caring, compassionate &discrete
- Reliable
- High level stamina, energetic
- Articulate
- Excellent attendance record
- Ability to travel between clinical sites in the Manchester and Trafford area
Desirable criteria
- UK Driving License holder
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Dickinson
- Job title
- Highly Specialised Sleep Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 746 2023
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