Sleep Technician
NHS Highland
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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a sleep technician to join the Sleep and Ventilation team who provide a diagnostic, treatment and review service supporting a caseload of 3,500 patients reliant on ventilation and CPAP across NHS Highland and NHS Western Isles. This full time post will assist the specialist nurses and nurse consultant in supporting individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders.
This service sits within the Respiratory Unit at Raigmore Hospital supporting patients both in hospital and at home. The post holder will be responsible for ordering, supplying and managing of consumables, responding to the patient telephone support system and programming/downloading of diagnostic sleep equipment. Following a period of training the post holder will be expected to set up sleep studies remotely and in the nurse-led diagnostic clinic.
This role requires knowledge of various software systems to include e-mail, word processing, PECOS, data inputting and patient management systems. Training and support will be provided on sleep management software. Candidates with excellent communication skills who are committed to providing high standards in patient support are encouraged to apply.
Contact for informal enquiries: Sleep & Ventilation Nurse Consultant, email wendy.douglas2@nhs.scot
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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.
We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.
Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and social care values.