Sleep Practitioner - NHS

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

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Job overview

Your responsibilities will include ensuring that melatonin is prescribed only to those who require it.

The children referred to this service will already be on the caseload of a Community Paediatrician and will need more intensive input and support than what is currently available within existing community services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide specialist sleep assessments, support, and interventions to families of children with significant neurodevelopmental difficulties, neuro disabilities, and/or complex health care needs.
• Collaborate with Community Paediatricians to ensure comprehensive care.
• Develop and implement individualized sleep management plans.
• Educate families on sleep hygiene and effective sleep strategies.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.

If you are passionate about improving sleep management for children with complex needs and are looking for a rewarding part-time role, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Commitment to Trust values and Behaviours
• Knowledge on sleep services
• Insight into the role of ASD, AHD

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in health, education, or social care
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Level 3 safeguarding children training

• Educated to (foundation) degree level. or equivalent
• Qualified Sleep Practitioner or training in management of sleep disorders

Communication and relationship skills

• Excellent communication skills with children, young people, and parents and capable of overcoming barriers to understanding
• Able to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with a range of professionals across health, education, and social care
• Ability to challenge behaviours and support change
• Management of complex, sensitive and confidential information
• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team including Paediatricians, Specialist Nurses, and Prescribing Pharmacists to support the appropriate investigation and management of complex sleep difficulties

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Experience of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating a programme of care
• Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff
• Ability to risk assess and safely plan home visit, working independently as a lone worker

• Ability to identify sleep disorders through assessment (full history and sleep questionnaires) and use of sleep diaries including evaluation for sleep phase disorders

Experience

• Proven experience of working with families and children with a range of complex disabilities/needs
• Experience of managing sleep difficulties in CYP with complex needs including Evidence of formal teaching experience Able to undertake practical skills for example height, weight, and blood pressure. Application Form Interview 2021 07 Final Job Description Template severe neurodisabilty, ASD, AHD etc.
• Experience of implementing sleep management plans/previous experience as a sleep practitioner
• Proven experience in facilitating group sessions/workshops for parents and professionals
• Experience of health, educational or social care settings and working as part of an integrated or multi-disciplinary team

• Evidence of formal teaching experience
• Able to undertake practical skills for example height, weight, and blood pressure
• Previous experience in a local authority/social care e.g. experienced nursery nurse, youth worker, sleep practitioner

Contractual Requirements

• Demonstrates evidence of professional development.

Other requirements specific to the role

• Qualified driver / car owner (to undertake visits to patient’s homes, and various clinic sites).
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision
• Flexible and adaptable approach.
• Team player with good interpersonal skills.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 01623 622515 ext 3271.

Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.

Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.

The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email [email protected]