Community Respiratory Practitioner/Nurse | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Sowerby Bridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom seeks a motivated band 6 nurse/therapist to join the community respiratory team. This role involves delivering high-quality care to patients with respiratory conditions and supporting the virtual ward agenda. Ideal candidates will work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, requiring a diploma/degree in respiratory disease. Competitive benefits include a commitment to continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• Willingness to work towards a diploma/degree in respiratory medicine.
• Ability to deliver high quality care in independent and MDT settings.

Responsibilities

• Act as a specialist resource for adult respiratory patients.
• Work autonomously managing own clinical caseload.
• Provide telephone support and advice for respiratory disease management.

Skills

High quality care delivery

Effective decision-making

Holistic care planning

Education

Diploma or degree level qualification in respiratory disease

Job description

Overview

The Trust has an exciting opportunity for a band 6 nurse/therapist to join the community respiratory team at Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust and to support the virtual ward agenda across both sites. We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic respiratory nurse/therapist who ideally has an interest in working in respiratory medicine. The service provides specialist interventions for a range of respiratory conditions including asthma, COPD, ILD, and Bronchiectasis. The team also delivers the home oxygen service throughout Calderdale both in a clinical environment and in the patient’s own homes. The service continuously looks at new ways of working to support the population of Calderdale and actively works with system partners to improve services for those with respiratory conditions in Calderdale.

The successful applicant will be expected to have or the willingness to work towards a diploma/degree level qualification in respiratory disease. The applicant will be able to deliver high quality care and have decision-making skills working independently and as part of the wider multidisciplinary team. The community respiratory service is committed to the continuing professional development of its staff to support patient outcomes and high level of patient satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Act as a specialist resource for adult respiratory patients to assess individual physical and psychological needs and observing the principles of holistic care when planning treatments.
• Work autonomously managing own clinical caseload and provide in-reach to Calderdale Royal Hospital to support the virtual wards, admission avoidance and covid 19 early supported discharge scheme.
• Use relevant specialist training, knowledge, and expertise to clinically diagnose, assess and deliver evidence-based care through education and advice on self-management.
• Work collaboratively with the palliative care teams to develop advanced care planning for patients at the end of life.
• Monitor indicators of respiratory disease, anticipating possible decline and proactively managing this to ensure optimum wellbeing and independence.
• Collaborate with team members to devise protocols, guidelines and policies.
• Act as a focal point for support and advice offering specialist advice whilst supporting respiratory patients and their carers to navigate the patient pathway.
• Provide telephone support, assessment and advice to people with respiratory disease on their management in accordance with national and local guidelines and practice.
• To participate in nurse led clinics.
• To assess and implement patients need for long term oxygen therapy and to liaise with the oxygen company when prescribing and ordering oxygen for respiratory patients.
• To support the delivery of education to the wider community nursing teams and primary care colleagues.
• Effective links to the existing community and specialist respiratory services including other practitioners such as General Practitioners, Practice nurses, respiratory physicians, community/practice pharmacists, community matrons and community respiratory clinics.
• To support the Nurse manager of the community respiratory service to ensure the service achieves their quality, performance, productivity, financial and contracting requirements.
• Contribute to the continued development of the community respiratory service through effective collaboration with peers and partners across all community and specialist units.
• To be accountable for the management of patients in your care, to ensure a high standard of evidence-based clinical care is maintained from the very start of their journey to end of life care.
• Support the development of integrated patient pathways including delivering care in clinics and domiciliary settings.
• Ensure compliance with agreed governance systems across the service.
• Ensure all electronic based patient records are kept up to date in line with the trust’s record keeping policy.

Qualifications and requirements

• Willingness to work towards a diploma/degree level qualification in respiratory disease (preferably with an interest in respiratory medicine).
• Ability to deliver high quality care with effective decision-making in independent and MDT settings.

Organisation and environment

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also have almost 150 volunteers. We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care, medical and surgical services, maternity, gynaecology, critical care, children’s and young people’s services, end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services. We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services and are part of the NHS. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community. Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in changes to meet local needs, always putting patients first.

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This advert closes on Thursday 18 Sep 2025