Sleep Laboratory Co-ordinator
The closing date is 08 February 2026
Job summary
As someone with proven excellent communication skills you will be expected to communicate with professionalism and compassion across all staff groups and patients. You will have a good understanding of the NHS, proven office skills, excellent organisational skills and be able to interact with people at all levels both internal and external to the organisation.
You will be responsible for co-ordinating and providing a wide range of administrative duties to support the smooth and efficient running of the Sleep Laboratory which will at times require collaboration with different teams. This includes the co-ordination of both our inpatient and outpatient services.
You will practice through experience and or training the process of managing patient pathways and proactively influence the tracking of records and patient episodes using your skills in communication to resolve any issues that my lead to target failures.
The work is full of challenges as well as being rewarding. You will need to show experience in working autonomously and that you can adapt to change while managing and prioritising a heavy workload
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for coordinating and providing a wide range of administrative duties to support the efficient and smooth running of the Sleep Laboratory.
This role will provide the first point of contact to all staff, patients, and visitors to the department both on the telephone and in person.
The maintenance of departmental spreadsheets and data bases to co-ordinate services is expected and this may also include creating letters for patient episodes as needed.
This role will also require the holder to support and co-ordinate the maintenance of equipment records and documents. Order equipment as needed and keep track of any outstanding orders.
There will be some limited patient face to face contact.
We admit patients to our 10 bedded inpatient facility 3 - 4 nights per week with outpatient clinics also running 3-5 days per week. Service levels are likely to change with service development in the future and flexibility with work tasks and work timings is expected.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
17 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,937 to £26,598 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
2 years
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
175-2526-TH1531
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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