Specialist Clinical Physiologist in Sleep | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 December 2025 |
| Location: | Canterbury, CT1 2FH |
| Company: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7626024/344-1968QEH-A |
Summary
You will be joining a busy sleep physiology service based across 5 sites in Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Margate. We are a friendly welcoming team who enjoy working together and supporting each other. We have links with a number of local universities, including Canterbury Christ Church University and Kent and Medway Medical School. The sleep physiology team are passionate about supporting staff development identified via regular supportive one to ones and the appraisal process.
You will work as an effective team member by taking responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the day to day care provided to patients, whether this be diagnostic or therapeutic.
The day to day aspects of the role requires that you will be able to prioritise your own workload, work independently supervise the work of others and utilise highly developed interpersonal skills to work effectively across professional and organisational boundaries.
Working autonomously as an advanced practitioner within the sleep physiology service you will be responsible for providing good quality diagnostic respiratory sleep studies, analysis and reporting, following
local, national and international guidance. You will be responsible for leading the sleep physiology service team with this.
At times you will partake in the service’s “one stop” sleep clinics, undertaking initial consultations where you would undertake comprehensive assessments of patients referred to the service, including for medical, functional, social and mental status. Facts and findings from assessment tools may be complex or confusing and sound skills of analysis and interpretation are required in order to make appropriate judgments. You will develop individualised patient-centred care plans and coordinate their implementation. You will ensure that care and support provided is evidence based. You will be highly competent to an advanced level in the use of APAP.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.
We encourage all interested applicants to contact the Lead Sleep Physiologist for an informal discussion about this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Nov 2025