Healthcare Science Practitioner- Sleep Service

Are you interested in a career in Sleep Medicine and passionate about patient care? We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our expanding team in the sleep department at Trafford General Hospital, Manchester Foundation Trust, to support the review and follow up of our growing cohort of CPAP therapy patients.

The main focus of this role is to be responsible for the processes of ongoing monitoring of CPAP and performing timely patient reviews. Depending on experience, you will be required to contribute to the delivery of home Sleep Studies, WatchPAT, actigraphy, Polysomnography (PSG) and MSLT.

• Maintain accurate records of all procedures and interactions with patients in patient clinical notes and departmental database.
• Perform, analyse and provide reports of routine investigations within the sleep service, including respiratory sleep studies and CPAP compliance.
• Prepare equipment for patients undergoing polygraphy and complex Polysomnography sleep studies.
• Attend regular revision courses to ensure advancement of knowledge and to understand principles of testing and treatment procedures used within the service.
• Assist in the tutoring and demonstrating Sleep Medicine and Sleep Physiology to university students undertaking pre and post graduate degrees in Clinical Physiology for Modernising Scientific Careers pathway and other advanced Sleep Medicine training.

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and 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 and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and 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 new Green Plan which will set 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Martina Lambert Job title: Service manager Email address: Martina.Lambert@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07890436527