Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Community Paediatric Team as a Sleep Practitioner. In this role, you will play a crucial part in improving the management of sleep difficulties in children and young people with significant neurodevelopmental difficulties and/or complex health needs/neuro disabilities. 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 full-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.
About us
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.
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, wealso care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Commitment to Trust values and Behaviours
- Knowledge on sleep services
- Insight into the role of ASD, AHD
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in health, education, or social care
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Level 3 safeguarding children training
Desirable
- Educated to (foundation) degree level. or equivalent
- Qualified Sleep Practitioner or training in management of sleep disorders
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- 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
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Ability to identify sleep disorders through assessment (full history and sleep questionnaires) and use of sleep diaries including evaluation for sleep phase disorders
Experience
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of professional development.
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- 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.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Commitment to Trust values and Behaviours
- Knowledge on sleep services
- Insight into the role of ASD, AHD
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in health, education, or social care
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Level 3 safeguarding children training
Desirable
- Educated to (foundation) degree level. or equivalent
- Qualified Sleep Practitioner or training in management of sleep disorders
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- 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
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Ability to identify sleep disorders through assessment (full history and sleep questionnaires) and use of sleep diaries including evaluation for sleep phase disorders
Experience
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
Essential
- Demonstrates evidence of professional development.
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- 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.
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.
