Associate Practitioner Sleep - Hereford, United Kingdom - Wye Valley NHS Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust

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Hereford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Fixed term/secondment opportunity

An excellent full time opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, hardworking and enthusiastic Associate Sleep Practitioner to join our busy, well-equipped department at the Wye Valley NHS Trust Hospital in Hereford.

Associate Sleep Practitioner works under the general supervision of the Chief Sleep Physiologist for the Wye Valley Sleep service to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep and ventilation disorders including outpatient sleep studies, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, comprehensive patient care and direct patient education.

Wye Valley trust has over 2000 patients on either CPAP or Ventilation.

You should ideally hold Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP) certificates in Oximetry and CPAP.

Set up, download and provide a technical report regarding overnight oximetry sleep studies.
Set up and download cardio respiratory polygraphy sleep study.
Take ownership of the CPAP spares and repairs clinical workload to facilitate and support patients using therapy. Address any patient concerns and clinical queries involving with their CPAP treatment including adjustments to treatment interface, therapy comfort adjustments, and general sleep advice regarding compliance and sleep hygiene. Escalate any complex information or requests to senior clinical staff.
Take ownership of stock control of the WVT Sleep service storage cupboard including ordering supplies on Integra and liaising with Industry representatives.
Identify equipment faults and problem solving appropriate to level of expertise.
Assist in the day to day running of the department with any queries that may arise

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman:
"The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view 'supporting documents' linked to this vacancy.