COPD Community Matron & Case Manager

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a registered nurse or physiotherapist with respiratory experience to join the COPD team. The post focuses on complex case management, preventing hospital admissions, and coordinating care across primary and secondary settings.

You will work within an MDT, using advanced clinical skills to plan, implement and review COPD care, including self-management education and pulmonary rehabilitation. A flexible, community- and hospital-based role is envisaged.

Qualifications

• The COPD Community Matron / case manager provides expert care to COPD patients within the Greenwich GP network.
• Role requires advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic reasoning and case-management skills.
• Experience delivering COPD care in a primary/secondary care interface is preferred.
• Ability to work autonomously and within an MDT, using clinical governance to guide practice.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage a caseload of COPD patients to prevent hospital admissions.
• Take autonomous clinical decisions and develop care plans with GPs where needed.
• Deliver advanced assessments and monitoring to detect early COPD exacerbations.
• Lead and mentor others within the MDT to ensure consistent COPD care.
• Coordinate with community matrons, district nurses and pulmonary rehab leads.
• Support self-management education and GRACE pulmonary rehabilitation initiatives.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Case management

Autonomous working

Team collaboration

Education

NMC registered nurse

HCPC registered physiotherapist

Tools

iPad

Job description

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a registered nurse or physiotherapist with respiratory experience to join the COPD team. The post focuses on complex case management, preventing hospital admissions, and coordinating care across primary and secondary settings.

You will work within an MDT, using advanced clinical skills to plan, implement and review COPD care, including self-management education and pulmonary rehabilitation. A flexible, community- and hospital-based role is envisaged.