Designated Specialist Sleep Physiologist, Manukau Health Park

Full-time | Permanent

Location : Manukau Health Park, Middlemore Hospital & Locality clinics

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

Are you an experienced Sleep Physiologist ready to take the next step in your career?

Join our dynamic Respiratory and Sleep team at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau and make a difference in improving sleep health across our diverse South Auckland community.

About the Role

As a Designated Specialist Sleep Physiologist, you will play a key role in the delivery of high-quality sleep diagnostic services for both inpatients and outpatients.

Youll provide advanced clinical leadership, mentorship, and training within our multidisciplinary team, and contribute to service improvement and innovation.

Youll be responsible for :

• Performing and analysing home-based sleep studies (levels 24)
• Managing complex OSA and NIV patients in collaboration with our clinicians
• Supervising and supporting Community Health Workers and trainee physiologists
• Leading quality improvement initiatives and clinical education
• Assisting with research, equipment management, and protocol development
• Undertaking Sleep Physiologist-led FSA clinicsThis role requires flexibility to work across multiple sites and occasionally in community or home settings.

About You

Youre an experienced and motivated clinician who values teamwork and innovation.

You bring a patient-centred approach and strong communication skills, with a commitment to continuous improvement and health equity.

Essential :

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand.

We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community.

We welcome applications from our diverse Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

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All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 20 November

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We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us.

We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community.

To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve.

We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities.

We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan.

Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability.

Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind Manaakitanga, Together Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga.

If these are your values too, then join us today.