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Respiratory & Sleep Assistant
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent: 0.64WTE 24hours/week
Hours
Part time - 24 hours per week (Monday AM only , Tuesday all day, Wednesday AM only and Thursday all day.)
Job ref
214-MED-7325266
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Newark Hospital
Town
Newark
Salary
£24,465 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Respiratory & Sleep Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 2

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly organised and caring individual to help assist the Sleep/Respiratory Physiological Science Team to deliver excellent clinical support to it's ever increasing number of patients.  As part of this busy and dynamic team you will be required to work effectively and efficiently alone and alongside other colleagues. 

The job will include providing basic sleep study testing, for which full training will be given, and assisting with effective efficient operation of clinics attended by patients undergoing Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy.  Other duties include stock monitoring, cleaning of equipment, performing some basic observations and administration tasks.

Main duties of the job

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. 

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in working with general public
  • Customer/Patient Focussed Attitude
  • Good Team Member
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience working in healthcare setting

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good oral and written communication skills
  • Computer literate
  • Good interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
  • Experience using hospital IT systems
  • Basic Life Support/First Aid

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
  • computer literacy qualification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodCarer Friendly Employer 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare4NottsTime to changeFair Train Silver StandardStep into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Crookes
Job title
Respiratory & Sleep Science Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07769247780
Additional information

Linda Johnson

[email protected] / 07386698820

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