Junior Assistant Sleep Physiologist

NHS; Dover; On-site; CAD 41,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Dover is seeking a Junior Assistant Sleep Physiologist. This role involves downloading sleep studies, ensuring equipment functionality, and interacting with patients. The ideal candidate should have a strong desire to learn, excellent communication skills, and ideally possess GCSE qualifications. This position offers opportunities for professional development within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Applicants will ideally have GCSE English, Maths, Biology (or other science) at an A-C grade.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbally and written.
• Ability to work under pressure (emotional resilience and ability to prioritise and plan work).

Responsibilities

• To download sleep studies and check for good quality signals.
• To meet and greet patients, family members and carers.
• To ensure sleep study equipment is in good working order.

Skills

Strong desire to learn and develop within sleep physiology

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Good IT skills

Experience in a customer focused environment

Education

GCSE English, Maths, Biology at A-C grade

Evidence of scientific and/or academic capability

Job description

Junior Assistant Sleep Physiologist

The closing date is 01 October 2025

The East Kent Hospitals Foundation Trust performs sleep study tests on various sites. We are looking for a caring and enthusiastic person to join our dynamic Sleep Team.

The post will require you download basic sleep study tests along with cleaning and initialization of the equipment prior to the test being performed, training will be given as part of your professional development within the role.

The role is permanent but we would consider part time for the right applicants.

Main duties of the job

• To download sleep studies and check for good quality signals, and to action poor quality sleep studies as appropriate
• To meet and greet patients, family members and carers, and set up and demonstrate how to put on the sleep study equipment
• To ensure sleep study equipment is in good working order; identify and report damage, or those that need repair, to EME
• To complete administration tasks associated with sleep studies, e.g. phoning patients, updating written documentation, scanning paperwork to EDN/EPR, accurately updating spreadsheets and databases
• To maintain stock levels for sleep studies
• To support the sleep physiology team with downloading SD cards and returning these to patients, and sending out, or arranging collection of, masks and consumables
• To support the sleep physiology team with returned CPAP devices, e.g. cleaning, downloading and deleting data, phoning patients and completing documentation
• To support the sleep service with administration tasks e.g. supporting the CPAP email and telephone helpline, CPAP consumables stock management
• To be available to work over all sites
• To complete any other tasks as deemed appropriate related to the sleep physiology service.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It\'s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We\'re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Skills

• Strong desire to learn and develop within sleep physiology
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbally and written
• Ability to work under pressure (emotional resilience and ability to prioritise and plan work)
• Good IT skills and knowledge of common computing packages for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases
• Experience in a customer focused environment

Qualifications

• Applicants will ideally have GCSE English, Maths, Biology (or other science) at an A-C grade
• Evidence of scientific and / or academic capability

Personal/professional attributes

• Flexible, empathetic and to hold up Trust values

Governance

• Be aware of patient confidentiality and Trust governance issues

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.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust