Junior Assistant Sleep Physiologist | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust; Dover; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Dover is seeking a caring individual to support their sleep studies team. Responsibilities include downloading and checking sleep studies, meeting patients, and maintaining equipment. This position plays a vital role in ensuring high-quality care for patients undergoing sleep studies. Ideal candidates will have a strong commitment to patient care and administrative excellence.

Responsibilities

• Download sleep studies and check for good quality signals.
• Meet and greet patients, family members, and carers.
• Ensure sleep study equipment is in good working order.
• Complete administration tasks associated with sleep studies.
• Maintain stock levels for sleep studies.

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Additional information

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals 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.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’. If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025