Employer Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site East Surrey Hospital Town Redhill Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum, inclusive of high cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 11/05/2025 23:59 Interview date 27/05/2025
Apprentice Respiratory & Sleep Physiologist - CDC
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
To be considered for this post the applicant will have a level 2 Maths & English qualification as well as a level 2 science qualification (equivalent to GCSE Grade 4 and above). The successful candidate will study for one day per week for 2 years towards achieving a Level 4 Diploma in Respiratory and Sleep Physiology.
The successful candidate’s primary role will be to support the Respiratory Physiology team in the running of our lung function and sleep service across sites both in acute and community setting across Surrey and Sussex. You will be setting up and downloading patient data from home sleep monitoring equipment, as well as initiating and supporting therapy for patients with sleep-disordered breathing. This includes setting up home therapy for patients, undertaking clinics and changing machine settings and basic maintenance under supervision. This will mainly be in the outpatients setting, although you will sometimes be needed on the wards to support colleagues looking after inpatients. You will also be performing basic lung function tests to include spirometry, gas transfer lung volumes and reversibility, which will form part of the apprenticeship. In addition to both lung function and sleep duties, you will be expected to perform administration duties to support the smooth running of the clinics. You will also be required to maintain clinical/ technical records.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
* Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
* National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
* We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
* Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
* Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
criteria
* • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
* • A complete and accurate application
* • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
* • Evidence of essential experience for role
* • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
* • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
* • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
* • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Additional information
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.
Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. For part time roles you will receive a pro rata'd (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions.
Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we’re delivering. Actions include having uniforms made from recycled plastic, 100% renewable electricity and planting 150 trees at East Surrey Hospital. Read our planhere .
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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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