Associate Respiratory Practitioner | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mid Cheshire Hospitals; Crewe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Crewe is seeking an Associate Respiratory Practitioner to join a seven-day specialist team of Nurses and Physiotherapists. You will provide autonomous specialist care, conduct face-to-face and telephonic assessments, and lead oxygen assessment clinics across home, hospital, and community settings.

The role requires post-registration experience of 3+ years and a commitment to high-quality, patient-centred care within a forward-looking NHS provider.

Qualifications

• Post registration experience in a relevant field for a minimum of 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Provides specialist care to patients referred to the Integrated Respiratory team.
• Assesses, monitors and evaluates chronic respiratory patients in acute, outpatient and community settings.
• Runs Oxygen assessment clinics and contributes to patient-centred care.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner

Job description

Associate Respiratory Practitioner | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 Unsociable hours payment for weekends

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse/physiotherapist with an enthusiastic interest in Adult Respiratory Medicine. We are a seven day service consisting of a specialist team of Nurses and Physiotherapists who work primarily to meet the needs of patients with long-term respiratory conditions.

The role will include conducting face to face assessment and reviews of both long-term respiratory conditions and acutely unwell people within

their own homes, hospital and a clinical environment.

We also provide the home oxygen assessment and review service for all adult patient regardless of diagnosis.

Post registration experience in a relevant field for a minimum of 3 years is required.

You will act as an autonomous practitioner within the specialist team providing both community care and in-reach into the acute trust. This

includes a mixture of face to face and telephone assessment of people with Respiratory or long-term conditions. You will be flexible to meet the

needs of a reactive service and should be able to prioritise your workload based on patient/service need.

You need to be able to perform under pressure within an extremely busy service.

Join Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, a thriving NHS Community Services Provider

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) delivers high-quality NHS community services across Cheshire. We are a forward-thinking, dynamic organisation dedicated to continuous improvement and outstanding patient care. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, working closely with our community partners to shape the future of healthcare.

We are ambitious in our vision to become an ‘Outstanding’ provider of community services, and we are committed to supporting our colleagues’ professional development.

Our organisation is growing rapidly—over the past eight years, our workforce has expanded from 350 to over 1,000 staff, and our services have increased from 25 to 49, with our contract value doubling in the process.

As part ofMid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, CCICP offers the benefits of both a supportive local team and the wider opportunities of a leading NHS provider.

Now is an exciting time to join us. With plans underway for the newLeighton Hospital in Crewe, we are at the forefront of innovation in healthcare. This cutting-edge hospital will be the most digitally advanced in the country, shaping the future of patient care and driving transformation across the region as part of theHealthier Futuresprogramme.

Join us and be part of a forward-looking, compassionate, and ambitious organisation where your career can thrive.

JOB PURPOSE

• To provide the specialist practitioner function in the delivery of specialist care to patients who have been referred to the Integrated Respiratory team.
• To provide specialist input into the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of chronic respiratory patients within acute, outpatient and community settings and lead in the provision and running of Oxygen assessment clinics.
• To be involved in developing and delivering high quality patient centred care and working with the associated clinical team to ensure this is incorporated within the Trust objectives.

SERVICE DELIVERY

• Works autonomously to manage his/her own caseload of patients whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Enables patient choice and involvement and initiates appropriate action.
• Co-ordinates patient care pathway and liaises across organisational boundaries.
• Plans specialised programmes of care and provides specialised advice to patients, relatives and carers.
• Ensures each patient is placed in the correct treatment pathway at the appropriate time and necessary investigations and treatments are organised.
• Recognised and responds appropriately to urgent/emergency situations.
• Provides clinical advice and support to healthcare professionals within and across organisational boundaries.
• Provides clinical advice in accordance with current evidence based practice.
• Participates in nurse/practitioner -led clinics, and multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Participates in case conferences in relation to future management or discharge arrangements.
• Ensures patients and their families are given appropriate oral and written information regarding planned care.
• Maintains accurate patient records and ensures all relevant information is documented in the patient’s medical and nursing records.
• Working towards becoming an independent non-medical prescriber (adhering to Trust policy) with the ability to initiate and adjust medication within your field of expertise.
• Participates in and undertakes clinical audit and contributes to development of knowledge within specialist field of practice.
• To participate in undertaking research in relation to specialist area of practice
• Undertakes evidence based practice and ensures dissemination of relevant research and best practice
• Supports and advises junior staff who may wish to undertake audit and research in specialist field.

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026