Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR369-26
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/07/2026
Employer heading
Clinical Sleep Technician
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the delivery of the diagnostic respiratory and sleep physiology services at the new Clacton Diagnostic Hub and Colchester Hospital.
Once training has been completed you will be able to run a sleep study set up clinic.
You will play a key role in the running and development of the Sleep diagnostic services which will involve attaching and demonstrating to patients how to apply their overnight sleep study device, for outpatients and where required inpatients. You will maintain a good level of technical work in addition to downloading the data for the respiratory physiologist. You will be responsible for triaging phone messages for CPAP equipment replacements and posting out to patients. You will be joining a busy, multidisciplinary team including, CPAP Practitioner, Physiologists, Consultants, Respiratory Nurse Specialists and Administrative support.
You will carry out demonstrations and applications of a range of respiratory and sleep investigations:
Respiratory Sleep Polygraphy
Overnight Pulse Oximetry
Please note, the role will be cross sited across Clacton and Colchester
Main duties of the job
To form part of a multidisciplinary team providing high quality sleep diagnostic services to the patients of ESNEFT. Once trained, to be able to initiate application of a variety of sleep studies and download results. To be running and maintaining clinics linked to sleep study diagnostics from both Clacton and Colchester sites.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Used to working with patients and relatives in a health care environment
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working in respiratory and/or sleep medicine
- • Experience of working in outpatient clinics
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- • NVQ Level 3 Health and General Healthcare Support
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Working knowledge of hospital systems
- • Knowledge of the Respiratory department
Desirable criteria
- • Understanding of medical terminology
- • Awareness of sleep disorders e.g. sleep apnoea
- • Understanding of basic sleep diagnostics
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michael Marjanovic
- Job title
- Chief Respiratory Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01206 742179
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