Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist | Barts Health NHS Trust

We are committed to delivering outstanding patient care through cutting-edge diagnostics and treatment. Our Sleep Medicine Department plays a crucial role in diagnosing and managing sleep disorders, supporting patients to improve their quality of life.
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Band 6a Sleep Physiologist to join our multidisciplinary team. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career within a supportive and innovative NHS Trust.
About the Role
As the Band 6 Sleep Physiologist, you will play a pivotal role in leading and facilitating our comprehensive sleep service within the respiratory department. You will work closely with our Lead Physiologist, Dr. John Barry, and the Clinical Lead for Sleep Medicine, Dr. Nadia Gildeh. You will also manage a team of three junior physiologists, overseeing clinical operations while maintaining your own caseload of sleep clinics, CPAP management, sleep reporting, and triage sessions.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead and develop the sleep service, ensuring high standards of patient care and service delivery within the respiratory service framework
• Manage CPAP setup, troubleshooting, and patient support
• Oversee and mentor junior physiologists
• Conduct sleep clinics, reporting, and triage sessions
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across the respiratory service to enhance patient outcomes
Person Specification
• Registered with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP) or equivalent
• Experience working within a sleep service, specifically managing CPAP therapy
• Strong communication and teamworking skills, with a passion for service development
Why Join Us?
Whipps Cross Hospital’s Respiratory Service offers a supportive and innovative environment where you can truly make a difference to patients’ lives while advancing your career in sleep medicine. Join us as we expand and improve our sleep service, delivering high-quality care to a growing patient population.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025