Assistant Practitioner – Respiratory Services

Lewishamandgreenwich; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust seeks an Assistant Practitioner to support its newly established respiratory services. Ideal candidates will step into a community role focused on delivering high-quality respiratory diagnostics, assisting with administrative duties while gaining valuable experience in the field. Regular travel across Bexley and Greenwich is required, reflecting a position essential to patient-focused service delivery.

Qualifications

• At least a year’s experience as a Band 3 or relevant physiology qualification.
• Ability to perform routine respiratory tests.
• Clerical input and management of patient records.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine respiratory testing under supervision.
• Enter and manage patient details and clinical materials.
• Ensure smooth operation of community services.

Skills

Respiratory diagnostics

Clerical skills

Education

Relevant physiology qualification

Job description

Assistant Practitioner – Respiratory Services

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Looking to take the next step in your healthcare career? If you’ve got at least a year’s experience as a Band 3 or hold a relevant physiology qualification and you're ready to build your skills through further training, we want to hear from you!

Join us in shaping a brand-new community diagnostic service! This exciting role offers a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in respiratory physiology while supporting the development of an innovative, patient-focused service.

As part of this role, you’ll be involved in routine respiratory testing, entering patient and test details into our departmental systems, sending diagnostic results, and managing paperwork and clinical materials. You’ll also provide general administrative support as needed to help the service run smoothly.

This is a community-based role, requiring regular travel between sites across Bexley and Greenwich. As the Respiratory Hubs are delivered in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, the successful candidate will also hold an honorary contract with them as part of this integrated service.

Previous applicants need not apply.

• To provide a high quality and efficient respiratory diagnostics (including Spirometry, reversibility testing and FeNO testing) to a variety of stakeholders within the Bexley and Greenwich community respiratory hublets.
• To help provide a high-quality respiratory diagnostic service which meets the clinical needs of the users.
• The post holder will be based within the community. Duties will include the routine respiratory testing under supervision, clerical input of patient and test details into the departmental computer network, sending out of diagnostics test results and filing of paperwork and clinical material and answering telephone enquiries
• This role requires you to travel between community site.
  
  

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the

patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of

Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as
  
  

LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development

• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Steve Sims Job title: Lead Physiologist & Mgr for Respiratory Lab/Sleep Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0208 836 5257

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