Responsibilities
* Help support our new Community Diagnostic Service, focusing on the sleep pathway diagnostics and treatments.
* Work well as part of a team and be open to flexible working patterns, including night shifts.
* Work with a multi‑disciplinary team of physiologists, technicians, consultants and pharmacists as well as an in‑house administrative/booking team.
* 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.
* Establish patients on CPAP on overnight set‑ups, titrate therapy as appropriate based on the results of physiological measurements and patient feedback.
* Maintain stock and equipment levels, provide technical advice and follow‑up service for patients either face‑to‑face or by telephone, maintain accurate patient notes and databases at all times and participate in departmental research/audit.
* Use and maintain a range of technologies to carry out physiological measurements and assessments, including overnight polysomnography, transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring (TOSCA), Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), home oximetry, respiratory polygraphy, WatchPAT, actigraphy, ECG and lung function studies.
* Perform independent analysis, interpretation and reporting of sleep studies once competencies have been achieved including respiratory polysomnography studies, WatchPAT and overnight oximetry.
* Apply electrodes and sensors for overnight and daytime recording of full polysomnography studies and perform signal bio‑calibration prior to each study.
* Take arterialised capillary blood samples from the earlobe and analyse blood gas tensions. Liaise with the medical team regarding clinical management of the patient.
* Assess and review patients in outpatient clinics, giving advice on sleep hygiene, CPAP and lifestyle changes; formulate and deliver treatment plans, monitor compliance and record efficacy.
* Support and action the set‑up of new CPAP devices and support the implementation of treatment plans and ongoing monitoring of CPAP treatment.
* Assist consultants during outpatient clinics by providing CPAP advice and support and retrieving compliance data.
Qualifications
Recent graduate in respiratory physiology or hold a relevant healthcare degree; Band 5 Sleep Physiologist post.
Ability to work well as part of a team and be open to flexible working patterns, including night shifts.
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