The post-holder will be a member of the Sleep team within the Sleep and Non Invasive Ventilation Unit at Bristol Royal Infirmary. The unit covers a wide geographical area and provides diagnostic and therapeutic services in line with NICE NG202. We undertake a range of diagnostic tests including oximetry, respiratory polygraphy, polysomnography MSLT/MWT and Actigraphy. We have 10,000 patients on auto-CPAP and have close links with Bristol Dental Hospital for MAD devices and the ENT department at UHBW. You will support with managing the day-to-day running of the service. Additionally, you will undertake outpatient sleep clinic work assessing new and follow-up patients and planning and reviewing their diagnostic and therapeutic pathways as appropriate. Some late‑shift work, setting up polysomnography studies etc., may be required.
Responsibilities
Independently review patients referred to the sleep service, in both a new and follow‑up capacity. This includes:
- Interpretation and requesting of diagnostic tests
- Determining appropriate treatment for sleep disordered breathing, including CPAP and mandibular advancement device
- Review of patients established on CPAP
- Plan, perform, interpret and report a range of basic and highly complex sleep study investigations and, where appropriate, initiate subsequent management
- Respiratory polygraphy (including WatchPAT)
- Polysomnography
- Actigraphy
- MSLT/MWT
- Capillary and transcutaneous blood gas monitoring
- Perform 1:1 CPAP set‑ups for patients with additional and/or complex needs
- Support multidisciplinary staff on the use and type of CPAP equipment for acute and elective admissions, both within and outside the Trust, including set‑up, assessment and evaluation of therapy as required
- Triage new referrals to the sleep service
- Provide DVLA reports as requested (HCPC registrant only)
- Support, in conjunction with the other Senior Physiologists, the day‑to‑day management of the workforce, young people and vulnerable adults
We are an equal opportunities employer, actively working towards a diverse workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
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