Assistant Sleep Practitioner

We are recruiting for aAssistant Sleep Practitioner who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic person with a background in respiratory and sleep to join our friendly and supportive team.

You will be carrying out Sleep Studies on a range of in and out patients of all ages and support the Sleep Physiologist leading the overnight polysomnography tests.

You will learn basic sleep fundamentals such as treatment for sleep apnoea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). You will be a requirement to answer patients queries around issues with CPAP treatment and sending consumables to patients who require replacements.

A cheerful and pleasant personality is essential, as is experience of working in a hospital or other clinical setting performing.

You must be able to demonstrate the ability to work unsupervised and be flexible with your hours if required. This is a very busy position and a good level of fitness is essential. Knowledge of hospital IT systems is an advantage. Full training will be given with support.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach