NSW Government

Sleep Scientist – Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Department

🔍 Kingswood, Nepean Hospital | Western Sydney

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Hospital Scientist (Scientific Officer)
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Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
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REQ581145 Requisition #

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Scientific Officer
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $73,440.82 - $104,751.61 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ581145
Applications Close: 30/06/2025


With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.
 


About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

The successful candidate will provide high quality sleep disorder diagnosis and treatment service to patients and carers of the Nepean Hospital Sleep Disorder and Respiratory Failure Service and sleep laboratory. A Sleep Scientist should possess knowledge in the procedures, methodology and theory of physiology, sleep study testing, scoring/reporting, and quality assurance.

We invite you to make this next step in your career with us. Apply Today!

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

•    Accrued Day Off (ADO)
•    Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
•    Novated Leasing
•    Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
•    Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
•    Fitness Passport


NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.  

For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.

What you will bring to the role

  1. Relevant tertiary qualifications in science and demonstrated experience working within the field of Sleep Medicine.
  2. Experience working as a Sleep Technician performing sleep study setup, computerised sleep monitoring, and PAP titration of patients overnight.
  3. Understanding of ASSM scoring guidelines, ability to follow centre specific scoring guidelines.
  4. Competent use of Compumedics, Somnotech, Nox and/or Embla computerised systems for polysomnographic sleep studies.
  5. Demonstrated working knowledge of calibration, testing, and troubleshooting of equipment with a commitment to the principles and strategies of quality improvement.
  6. Available to work morning and/or evening and/or night shifts when requested and flexibility and willingness to cover other available shifts.
  7. Well-developed Windows-based computer experience in word processing, spread sheet and database usage.
  8. Ability to work with minimal supervision and with other team members and as part of a multidisciplinary team, Excellent communication, time management and organisation skills.


Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

Need more information?
  1) Click here for the Position Description
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact M. Ali Tahin or email on muhammad.tahir@health.nsw.gov.au

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