Associate Sleep Practitoner

Posting date:	26 June 2025
Salary:	£26,530.00 to £29,114.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£26530.00 - £29114.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	10 July 2025
Location:	Dorchester, DT1 2JY
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	C9405-25-0240

Summary

The Dorset Sleep Service opened in Autumn 2023 and provides diagnostic sleep studies for patients in catchment to Dorset County Hospital, and CPAP treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea for Dorsets entire population of around 380,000 residents. We perform around 1,700 sleep studies a year and are in the process of taking over the care of about 5,000 patients already on CPAP therapy; we expect this to rise to about 2,000 sleep studies a year and over 8,000 CPAP patients over the next five years. The team will consist of Administrators, Sleep Practitioners at Associate, Practitioner, and Senior level, a Head of Department, and is overseen by a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. We are open mostly during office hours, with potential scope for early starts/late ends and possibly some weekends to support Flexible Working in the future (we have no plans for night shifts yet). The department is currently based at Vespasian House in Dorchester, but from July 2025 will be moving to two new sites: one in Weymouth, and a temporary site in Ringwood until we find a permanent premises in either Bournemouth or Poole. The Service is still fresh and new, and almost all staff have joined it with no previous experience in Sleep Medicine; we hope to train and develop staff to further their careers within the Sleep Service wherever we can. We value collaboration towards continual improvement, innovation and new ways of thinking to solve problems and you will be an integral part of creating and refining responsive and effective procedures. We aim to create a diverse, inclusive, and supportive environment where everyone colleagues and patients alike are treated with respect and consideration.