• Job Description

  Req#: C9287-25-0869?language=en&page=656&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic band 3 Sleep Assistant Technical Officer (ATO) to join our expanding Liverpool Sleep and Ventilation Service.

  This exciting role will provide the successful candidate with a wonderful opportunity to develop skills with further training in the management of patients with sleep related respiratory conditions by carrying out basic diagnostic tests and assisting in initiating respiratory sleep support treatment.

  Primarily based at the Sleep laboratory, Aintree University Hospital you will play an active role in this busy department. You will be given relevant training in setting up patients on diagnostic sleep tests. After a period of relevant training and supervision you will be assisting with management of patients on CPAP therapy and will assist in the follow-up and ongoing review of these patients via face to face and virtual platforms.

  As the service develops community diagnostic centres there will be a requirement for staff to rotate around satellite clinics within the Liverpool area.

  The successful candidate will be required to work closely with the medical team, our admin team, other clinical physiologists in the department and members of the multi-disciplinary team.

  It is essential that you are self-motivated and have good communication skills. You should have clinical experience, preferably within the NHS.

  Main duties of the job

  The Band 3 postholder will be required to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team towards the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and contribute to and maintain excellent standards of patient care and clinical practice.

  The role involves daily face to face interactions (and virtual) with patients to support the wider team to deliver education, instruction and treatment so excellent communication and reporting skills is essential.

  There is a requirement to occasionally work nights supervising patients requiring sleep diagnostics such as Polysomnography.

  With appropriate training and instruction, to maintain the stock levels with the current inventory recording system/process, liaising with senior staff with regards to ordering.

  About us

  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

  We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

  UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

  For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

  Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

  Details

  Date posted

  15 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  287-AMED-127-25

  Job locations

  Aintree University Hospital

  Lower Lane

  Liverpool

  L9 7AL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  After a period of training, to be able to independently set up and carry out any calibration, testing and system checks necessary in relation to diagnostic and therapeutic equipment in adherence to relevant departmental standard operating procedures (SOP).

  To be able to, with training, perform a guided consultation sleep questionnaire process either directly or indirectly with patients (telephone).

  To be able to, with training, prepare and programme sleep diagnostic equipment, perform sleep clinics to describe the process of home sleep diagnostic tests and requirements to patients, clean and download sleep study equipment and able to assess quality of diagnostic study.

  To be able to, with training, assist the sleep team in the CPAP clinics to include virtual telemonitoring services and face to face appointments for initiation, troubleshooting and follow up appointments including a drop-in clinic, with appropriate reporting of the appointment (such as compliance reports, mask fitting and humidification). This will be across a variety of CPAP brands, models, and modes. This will also include the new PIFU annual CPAP clinic in which require the band 3 post holder to participate in basic clerking of the patient by taking the patients height, weight, blood pressure and providing them with relevant questionnaires. You will also update/provide the patients device consumables as required under the direction of the senior practitioners and physiologists.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  After a period of training, to be able to independently set up and carry out any calibration, testing and system checks necessary in relation to diagnostic and therapeutic equipment in adherence to relevant departmental standard operating procedures (SOP).

  To be able to, with training, perform a guided consultation sleep questionnaire process either directly or indirectly with patients (telephone).

  To be able to, with training, prepare and programme sleep diagnostic equipment, perform sleep clinics to describe the process of home sleep diagnostic tests and requirements to patients, clean and download sleep study equipment and able to assess quality of diagnostic study.

  To be able to, with training, assist the sleep team in the CPAP clinics to include virtual telemonitoring services and face to face appointments for initiation, troubleshooting and follow up appointments including a drop-in clinic, with appropriate reporting of the appointment (such as compliance reports, mask fitting and humidification). This will be across a variety of CPAP brands, models, and modes. This will also include the new PIFU annual CPAP clinic in which require the band 3 post holder to participate in basic clerking of the patient by taking the patients height, weight, blood pressure and providing them with relevant questionnaires. You will also update/provide the patients device consumables as required under the direction of the senior practitioners and physiologists.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Previous Healthcare experience
  • Experience of working within a clinical setting
  • Experience of working with confidential and sensitive information

  Desirable

  • Experience as Assistant technical officer and have some knowledge of Sleep

  Knowledge

  Desirable

  • Medical terminology

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ 3 / equivalent relevant discipline

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Previous Healthcare experience
  • Experience of working within a clinical setting
  • Experience of working with confidential and sensitive information

  Desirable

  • Experience as Assistant technical officer and have some knowledge of Sleep

  Knowledge

  Desirable

  • Medical terminology

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ 3 / equivalent relevant discipline

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Aintree University Hospital

  Lower Lane

  Liverpool

  L9 7AL

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Aintree University Hospital

  Lower Lane

  Liverpool

  L9 7AL

  
  

  Employer's website

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

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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