Sleep Specialist Nurse | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rota |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7361522/249-7361522 |
Summary
Are you an experienced nurse with good respiratory knowledge looking for the next challenge?
A promising opportunity has emerged to enhance the sleep service by incorporating the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) located in West Swindon. The selected candidates will be required to work at the Great Western Hospital, Moredon medical centre and the West Swindon site.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to develop their clinical skills and knowledge within the sleep service / ventilation team. The Team diagnoses and treats patients with obstructive sleep apnoea, movement disorders, and sleep-disordered breathing. The team predominately looks after outpatients who require sleep studies and NIV and CPAP treatment but also reviews some inpatients who require sleep studies or any guidance on NIV. The team is currently exchanging devices due to a global recall.
The successful applicant must have up-to-date respiratory skills and knowledge to ensure. It will be required to work autonomously and within a friendly team. Good communication and teamwork skills are essential.
You will be part of an exciting and developing team that will support and develop you to achieve your potential.
If you are keen, enjoy a dynamic workload, and thrive under pressure, we would love to hear from you.
We will provide you with development opportunities to enhance your current level of practice and will support you as you transition into this role.
The Sleep Specialist Nurse will act as an autonomous clinical practitioner, providing specialist nursing care, education and advice to patients, their carers and other health care professionals regarding management of their condition. The post holder will be a valued member of the Sleep and Ventilation service providing assessment, care, support, and advice for patients undergoing sleep studies and treatments for sleep disordered breathing. To work within defined policies in conjunction with the Band 7 Respiratory Nurse, promoting and maintaining excellent, safe practice and continuing to develop the role of the nurse specialist.
Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
1. To prepare and set up new patients on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). This involves patient assessment, explanation of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and CPAP therapy, mask fitting, trial of CPAP equipment and downloading compliance data.
2. To plan and organise setting up new patients on non-invasive ventilation, this also includes explanation into therapy, mask fitting and trial of NIV equipment and downloading compliance data and taking appropriate action as necessary.
3. To deal with complex and sensitive clinical queries from new and long-term CPAP and NIV users over the telephone and by email, where there may be barriers to understanding and where is empathy is required.
4. To provide home sleep studies equipment and oximetry in an outpatient basis
Please see full Job description and person specification attached.
This advert closes on Friday 29 Aug 2025
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