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

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a caring and enthusiastic individual to join their sleep physiology team. Responsibilities include downloading and checking sleep studies, interacting with patients, maintaining equipment, and managing related administrative tasks. The role offers opportunities for professional development with training provided. Consideration for part-time arrangements is available for suitable applicants.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient interaction and support.
• Ability to train on equipment use as provided.
• Strong organizational skills for handling paperwork and administration tasks.

Responsibilities

• Download sleep studies and ensure signal quality.
• Meet patients and explain equipment usage.
• Maintain and report on equipment conditions.
• Manage administrative tasks related to sleep studies.
• Support the team with CPAP device management.

Skills

Caring attitude

Enthusiasm

Basic administration skills

Ability to meet and greet patients

Job description

About the Role

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 physiology team. The post will require you to 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.

Responsibilities

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

About the Trust

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.

Notice

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025.