Developmental Role Senior Physiotherapist/Respiratory CNS

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Billericay; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Essex is seeking a Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist to join their Integrated Respiratory Team. This developmental role offers the opportunity to progress from Band 6 to Band 7. Responsibilities include delivering high-quality care, supporting patients' self-management, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have a background in respiratory care and at least three years of NHS experience.

Benefits

Proactive health and wellbeing support

Flexible working opportunities

Commitment to equality and diversity

Qualifications

• At least 3 years experience at band 6 including Respiratory experience.
• Experience working in the NHS is essential.
• Experience managing staff is required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high levels of respiratory care to patients.
• Promote effective self-management and prevent hospital admissions.
• Support the delivery of the Respiratory Virtual Ward.

Skills

Good communication skills

IT skills

Organisational skills

Education

BSc Physiotherapy

Nursing Degree

Tools

Spirometry

Job description

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Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

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Job overview

Band 6 to Band 7 developmental post - Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist or Respiratory CNS

Band 6 developmental post to Band 7, once agreed competencies are meet within a set time period at successful appointment.

A vacant post for a developmental band 7 has arisen in North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) in the area of South West Essex within the Integrated Respiratory Team.

The Integrated Respiratory Team are and integrated service with Nursing staff, Specialist Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners, Senior Physiotherapy Assistants and Administration staff.

The team cover many aspects of community respiratory care, services include, COPD Team, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Home Oxygen Service, Respiratory Virtual Ward and Breathlessness and Diagnostics service.

Salary for band 6 is £35,392 - £42,618 plus 5% HCAS per annum
Salary for band 7 is £43,742 - £50,056 plus 5% HCAS per annum

Main duties of the job

• 1. Promoting effective self‑management of patients and/or providing professional intervention for community management in order to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, improve quality of life and to actively identify patients who would benefit from case management.
• 2. Contribute to both patient and professional education
• 3. Deliver high level of respiratory care to COPD patients and other suitably identified respiratory conditions.
• 4. Working knowledge of oxygen therapy and assessment.
• 5. The post holder will be able to perform assessment and delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
• 6. The post holder will be expected to support the delivery of the Respiratory Virtual Ward (RVW) which supports Admission Avoidance and Early Supported Discharge pathways.
• 7. To support Breathlessness and Diagnostics service by performing quality FeNo and ARTP accredited Spirometry. This service is evolving and additional suitable pathways and reviews may be made.
• 8. To participate in MDT, teaching, supervision of Junior staff and provide peer support.
• 9. To support with all aspects of service delivery and ongoing review of pathways and transformation of Respiratory services.
• 10. Support and deliver the Trusts Values.
• 11. Supporting the new SOS service in conjunction with the virtual ward for specialist respiratory care and access.

Working for our organisation

Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement - London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £1,192 and a maximum payment of £2,011 per annum pro rata).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are a busy, fast paced team, within an ever changing landscape of Respiratory Care, forward thinking and innovative, we work closely with our local partners working towards consistent care across Mid and South Essex.

As an integrated service there will be in house training on all aspects of service and staff are expected to support all areas of service provision with the chance to upskill in nursing and therapy areas.

The post is Monday - Friday 9-5pm aspects of service also operate on a Saturday and Sunday at 9-5pm. Staff within the service are expected to cover weekend working as part of a shared pattern.

The successful candidate will be a Qualified Physiotherapist or Respiratory Nurse with at least 3 years experience at band 6 including Respiratory experience, including those with complex Respiratory presentation and those with multiple co‑morbidities.

This post requires that you work flexibly across South West Essex and be able to travel to clinic locations across patch and also home visiting.

the area covered is Thurrock and Basildon, Brentwood, Wickford and Billericay CCGs.

Certain respiratory qualifications and courses are mandatory but this can be supported if the successful candidate does not have these currently but qualifies at interview.

The service and Trust actively support CPD.

Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc Physiotherapy
• Nursing Degree

Desirable criteria

• Respiratory Care module
• NMP
• ARTP spirometry
• Relevant Masters
• ABG/CBG competency

Experience

Essential criteria

• experience working in the NHS
• Respiratory experience, Oxygen, Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• experience managing staff

Desirable criteria

• Community working experience
• Audit

Skills

Essential criteria

• evidence good communication skills
• IT skills
• evidence of organisational skills

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of QI
• Evidence of building pathways

Other

Essential criteria

• Evidence of knowledge of current guidlines

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of wider clinical skill

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [e-mail].

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• B7 IRT Physio (PDF, 453.5KB)
• B7 IRT CNS (PDF, 445.9KB)
• Candidate Recruitment Pack (PDF, 671.2KB)