Sleep Physiologist: Sponsorship Available

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sleep Physiologist to join our team and help us support our new Community Diagnostic Service, particularly focusing on the sleep pathway diagnostics and treatments.

Are you a recent graduate in respiratory physiology or hold a relevant healthcare degree? We are looking to recruit into a Band 5 Sleep Physiologist post.

For this role, you will need to work well as part of a team and be open to flexible working patterns, including night shifts.

 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with a multi-disciplinary team of physiologists, technicians, consultants and pharmacists as well as with an in-house administrative/booking team.

The post holder will carry out unsupervised overnight full and limited respiratory polysomnography on patients with a range of sleep disorders including sleep disordered breathing, REM and non-REM parasomnias, sleep movement disorders and secondary sleep disorders occurring in the context of various neurological and general medical diseases. Analyse the data and prepare detailed reports. Provide a range of additional physiological tests, analyse data and report findings. Liaise with consultants regarding diagnosis and treatment plans.

The post holder will establish patients on CPAP on overnight set-ups, titrating therapy as appropriate based on the results of physiological measurements and patient feedback. Therefore, the post holder will be required to work shifts including night duties.

Additional duties include maintaining stock and equipment levels, providing technical advice and follow-up service for patients either face to face or by telephone, maintaining accurate patient notes and databases at all times and participating in departmental research/ audit.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience performing physiological tests on a variety of different populations

Desirable

  • Clinical experience in sleep or respiratory departments
  • Previous experience of delivering front -line patient care with NHS or other healthcare provider

Qualifications

Essential

  • Graduate in Respiratory Physiology or relevant healthcare science degree or able to demonstrate specialist knowledge within this field through practical experience

Desirable

  • Registered Clinical physiologist or healthcare scientist

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good theoretical knolodge of a broad range of fundamental respiratory/ sleep investigations

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 04 May 2026

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