Sleep Physiology Service Lead

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Sleep Physiology Service Lead

The closing date is 05 February 2026

Are you ready to lead a specialist team at the forefront of sleep medicine? At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM), we're looking for a dynamic Sleep Physiology Service Lead to drive excellence in patient care and service delivery.

You'll provide strategic and operational leadership for our Sleep Physiology Service, ensuring high quality diagnostics and therapies, supporting colleagues in sleep disorder management, and helping shape the future of our service. Working closely with senior leaders and your team, you'll foster a culture of improvement, innovation, and shared best practice.

If you're passionate about patient centred care and ready to make a real impact, join UHNM and help us deliver the best joined up care for all.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties

• Take overall responsibility for the management and leadership of the Sleep Physiology Service, ensuring smooth day to day operations and the achievement of key performance targets such as DM01 and RTT.
• Shape the strategic direction of the service, working proactively to identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
• Lead on recruitment and workforce planning, allocate tasks effectively within the team, and maintain robust quality assurance processes to uphold the highest standards.
• Provide advanced clinical expertise and guidance, particularly in the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea, supporting clinicians to deliver outstanding patient care.
• Collaborate closely with the Head of Respiratory & Sleep Physiology and the Clinical Lead, offering professional advice, fostering a positive team culture, and promoting the sharing of best practice.
• Support senior management in delivering a cost effective, high quality service, contributing to strategic planning and ensuring resources are used efficiently for the benefit of both patients and staff.
• Commit to ongoing professional development by maintaining your own clinical practice, engaging in continuous learning, and driving service improvement initiatives.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all aspects of the Sleep Physiology Service, including strategic direction, recruitment, and quality assurance.
• Oversee clinical delivery, particularly in the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea, supporting clinicians and upholding high standards of care.
• Collaborate closely with senior management to deliver a cost effective, high quality service, contributing to strategic planning and resource management.
• Foster a supportive team environment, providing professional advice and promoting best practices.
• Maintain and develop your own clinical expertise, driving continuous improvement within the service.
• Deliver specialised advice and education to medical professionals, students, patients, and company representatives.
• Perform and oversee key sleep investigations, including polysomnography, sleep latency tests, oximetry, actigraphy, and CPAP titration.
• Organise and manage the operation of the sleep service, including staff performance, training, and service development.
• Ensure equipment reliability, data protection, and compliance with Trust policies.
• Participate in research, development, and service improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• MSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent
• Knowledge of sleep physiology
• Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists or HCPC
• RPSGT
• BSS or ARTP membership

Knoewledge, Skills & Training

• Experienced independent clinican
• Abtributes relating to sleep medicine
• Commisioning experience
• UHNM values
• Effective leadership
• Track record of performance

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.

Address

Royal Stoke University Hospital & County Site

Royal Stoke University Hospital & County Site