Sleep Technician

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

Southampton Children's Hospital (SCH) has a exciting opportunity for a motivated technician to join our paediatric respiratory sleep team. We are looking for a technician with relevant experience to join our friendly team as a band 3 to support our overnight sleep service. This role will be 2 weeks of 2 nights and 2 weeks of 3 nights worked across a 4 week roster period, according to the needs of the service. On occasion day hours may be required to carry out mandatory training and professional development courses.

The respiratory sleep service facilitates inpatient studies on most nights of the week, admitting both elective patients who are referred for a sleep study or carrying out studies on acute inpatients. We are a friendly and supportive team comprised of two sleep technicians who run our overnight studies, three respiratory and sleep technicians, five sleep physiologists, two Long Term Ventilation nurse specialists with a dual role, and 1 lead physiologist.

About us

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Southampton Children's hospital is a 115 bedded hospital catering for both local and regional children from the Wessex Region including the Channel Isles. Southampton's Children's Hospital is a Major Paediatric Trauma Centre in the region.

Job description

Job responsibilities

What youll do:You will carry out overnight sleep studies on elective admissions or acute inpatients. Following a period of orientation and training you will support patients and their parents on the night of their study, set up and monitor their study overnight and troubleshoot equipment when necessary to achieve high quality signals and data. You will download the data at the end of the study, ensure artefact removal, mark the periods of sleep and upload data to patients charts. You will flag any study that sits outside of given parameters once downloaded. You will also carry the on call phone on some night shifts providing telephone support on home clinic days between the hours of 1900-0500 to assist families carrying out home studies. For most nights this is a lone working role with support from ward staff.

What were looking for:We are looking for someone who enjoys working night shifts in a patient facing role, who has a high level of attention to detail. You must have: the ability to work nights flexibly across a 7 day period the ability to communicate with a wide range of people in a variety of settings the ability to work independently, assessing and intervening as necessary to ensure patient safety the ability to work with respiratory equipment and trouble shoot problems good organisation skills and time management skills

Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification prior to application.

Additional:

The childrens hospital provides specialist intensive and high dependency care, regional cardiac, neurological and neurosurgery, regional orthopaedic, urology, general, renal and ear nose and throat surgery and is the regional oncology centre. The children hospital has a dedicated childrens emergency department day surgical / medical unit, childrens outpatients and Bursledon House which is a specialist unit treating a range of conditions. Southampton Childrens Hospital is a centre for paediatric research projects.

Within the site also sits our tertiary level 3 medical and surgical neonatal unit.

Our specialist paediatric consultants, nurses and wider healthcare teams offer a wide range of diagnosis, treatment and support facilities for children and their Childrens Hospital offers many learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to with support from ward based Clinical Facilitators and a central Paediatric Education Team.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPLIED/ BEEN INTERVIEWED FOR THIS ROLE AND HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL PLEASE DO NOT REAPPLY.

Person Specification

Trust Values

Essential

Patient First Always Improving Working Together

Qualifications / training required

Essential

NVQ 3 in appropriate health care module or equivalent education and training or experience Child Protection and domestic violence awareness. Computer skills- data base and record keeping.

Desirable

Experienced and competent in additional clinical skills as per job description. Care and maintenance of sleep equipment. Knowledge and understanding of carrying out sleep studies.

Previous or relevant experience necessary

Essential

Logical and consistent work and career pattern. Proven experience in an acute hospital environment Proven experience in a caring role involving children.

Desirable

Experience carrying out sleep studies Experience in care and maintenance of sleep equipment.

Aptitudes and skills required

Essential

Ability to communicate with a wide range of people in a variety of settings. Ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary team. Ability to work independently, assessing and intervening as necessary to ensure patient safety. Excellent verbal and written communication skills Able to use initiative, prioritise and deliver agreed objectives. Understanding of personal accountability with an awareness of personal/professional limitations Ability to work with respiratory equipment and trouble shoot problems. Ability to demonstrate effective time management skills and honesty regarding lone working. Ability to adjust to pressures of the job and deal with stressful situations. Good organisation skills and effective time management. Willingness to undertake further training. Able to prioritise.

Desirable

Able to recognise stress in self/others.

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