Sleep Practitioner | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Sutton in Ashfield

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.

• 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!

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

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.

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

This advert closes on Thursday 20 Feb 2025