Lead Sleep Physiologist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Posting date:	16 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£61,631 - £68,623 per annum inc (pay reward pending)
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	15 August 2025
Location:	London, E11 1NR
Company:	Barts Health NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7352601/259-7352601WXH

Summary

As the Band 8a Physiologist, you will play a pivotal role in leading and facilitating our comprehensive sleep service within the respiratory department. You will work closely with our Lead Physiologist, Dr. John Barry, and the Clinical Lead for Sleep Medicine, Dr. Nadia Gildeh. You will also manage a team of three junior physiologists, overseeing clinical operations while maintaining your own caseload of sleep clinics, CPAP management, sleep reporting, and triage sessions.

To direct and manage the sleep service with a view to lead clinical and managerial responsibilities (refer to main role later in the document) which will involve diagnostic, clinical meetings, multi-professional meetings, management of patient lists and staff. They will also cover duties as necessary during colleagues’ absences and at times of additional pressure, as directed.

Whipps Cross Hospital Sleep Service are looking to appoint a dynamic, progressive, enthusiastic Band 8a physiologist to lead and facilitate our large sleep service of over 4000 patients and growing. Desirable specifications for the person appointed would be registration with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists, RCCP, or equivalent, and experience working in a sleep service managing CPAP set-up and trouble-shooting as well as some management and leadership experience. The postholder will be supporting our Lead Physiologist Dr John Barry as well as the Clinical Lead for Sleep Medicine Dr Nadia Gildeh and be responsible for 3 junior physiologists. They will help to manage and progress our sleep service as well as also having their own sleep clinics, CPAP patients, sleep reporting and triage sessions.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

 We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.


This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Jul 2025