South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sleep Medicine Physiologist

The closing date is 16 January 2026

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Sleep Medicine service at University Hospital Tees

We are looking for an experienced Physiologist with significant experience in Sleep Medicine to support diagnostic analysis and reporting, training and development, and delivery of NIV clinics.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as an effective team member by taking responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the day to day care provided to patients.

This will include interpreting diagnostic data and providing a clinical report to support out patient assessments and inform treatment decisions

The post holder will develop and deliver sleep medicine education to support the development of the Sleep workforce

The post holder will provide expert advice to clinical colleagues and patients to ensure a high standard of care is delivered

The post holder will monitor patients under the care of the NIV service within the outpatient setting, reviewing their treatment, adjusting therapy as needed and monitoring its efficacy.

The post holder will produce reports for Sleep clinicians, produce outpatient clinic letters for NIV clinics and keep accurate records

The post holder will work with the clinical science, administrative and clinical teams to ensure that the national waiting times for diagnostics are met.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants

About us

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust values and behaviours

Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Details

Date posted

02 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

328-GEM-7681855

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc in Clinical Physiology, Healthcare Science, or related science (Biology, Physics, Engineering).
  • Professional registration (HCPC/RCCP/AHCS)
  • ARTP 1 and 2

Desirable

  • Leadership qualification
  • MSc

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of specialist healthcare science activities acquired through training to master's degree or equivalent level of knowledge
  • Deep understanding of sleep disorders (Sleep Apnoea) and treatments (CPAP, NIV).

Desirable

  • Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) examination/Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) or European Sleep Research Society/ESRS Examination of Certification in Sleep Medicine for Sleep Technologists - role specific
  • Scientific Training Programme (STP) graduate
  • Work Based Assessor Training

Experience

Essential

  • Experience at AFC B6 in this field
  • Significant experience in the performance, analysis and interpretation of basic (oximetry) through to highly complex sleep diagnostic tests (Polysomnography) in an adult setting
  • Significant experience in the performance and interpretation of a range of lung function tests including spirometry, respiratory mechanics assessments, field exercise testing, and arterial/capillary blood gases
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc in Clinical Physiology, Healthcare Science, or related science (Biology, Physics, Engineering).
  • Professional registration (HCPC/RCCP/AHCS)
  • ARTP 1 and 2

Desirable

  • Leadership qualification
  • MSc

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of specialist healthcare science activities acquired through training to master's degree or equivalent level of knowledge
  • Deep understanding of sleep disorders (Sleep Apnoea) and treatments (CPAP, NIV).

Desirable

  • Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) examination/Registered Sleep Technologist (RST) or European Sleep Research Society/ESRS Examination of Certification in Sleep Medicine for Sleep Technologists - role specific
  • Scientific Training Programme (STP) graduate
  • Work Based Assessor Training

Experience

Essential

  • Experience at AFC B6 in this field
  • Significant experience in the performance, analysis and interpretation of basic (oximetry) through to highly complex sleep diagnostic tests (Polysomnography) in an adult setting
  • Significant experience in the performance and interpretation of a range of lung function tests including spirometry, respiratory mechanics assessments, field exercise testing, and arterial/capillary blood gases

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Manager Sleep Medicine

Alexis Wollaston

alexis.wollaston@nhs.net

07407858402

Details

Date posted

02 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

328-GEM-7681855

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


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