Respiratory Clinical Team Manager

Children's Hospice South West; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Discount Hub (My Reward Hub)

Wages on demand

Wellbeing & career coaching

Professional development

Job summary

HCRG Care Group in Swindon is seeking a Band 7 Respiratory Clinical Team Manager to lead the community respiratory team across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, delivering specialist assessment, treatment and management of respiratory conditions.

You will work with the Specialist Services Manager to drive service delivery, workforce development and quality improvement, provide supervision to junior staff, and help prevent hospital admissions through COPD management, oxygen

Qualifications

• Current registration with the NMC or relevant Allied Health Professional body.
• Significant experience in respiratory medicine or respiratory services.
• Advanced knowledge of respiratory assessment, treatment and management.
• Demonstrated continuous professional development relevant to respiratory care.
• Full driving licence and access to transport for community visits.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, treatment and management of patients with respiratory conditions across community settings.
• Develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based patient management plans.
• Support timely intervention to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate safe care at home.
• Deliver community oxygen assessments, interpretation of results and oxygen prescribing.
• Participate in the delivery and development of Pulmonary Rehabilitation services.
• Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and support to junior staff and learners.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and performance monitoring activities.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency partners to ensure safe and effective patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Partnership working

Job description

Job summary

Package Description: Make a Real Difference in Respiratory Care Every day, you will help people with respiratory conditions live more independently, recover safely following hospital admission, and receive expert care closer to home. This is an opportunity to lead a dedicated community respiratory team while making a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. As our Band 7 Respiratory Clinical Team Manager, you will support the Community Specialist Respiratory Team providing specialist assessment, treatment and management of patients with respiratory conditions in community settings. You will play a key role in delivering services including COPD admission avoidance and recovery support, oxygen assessment and prescribing, and pulmonary rehabilitation programmes. Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will work closely with the Specialist Services Manager to support service delivery, workforce development, quality improvement and patient safety, helping to ensure the service continues to deliver excellent care across the locality.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 7 Respiratory Clinical Team Manager, you will be responsible for leading a community respiratory team, supporting patients with respiratory conditions through specialist assessment, treatment, and management. Your role includes delivering key services such as COPD admission avoidance, oxygen assessments, and pulmonary rehabilitation, while collaborating with the Specialist Services Manager to ensure excellent service delivery. Alongside clinical duties, you will support workforce development, quality improvement, and patient safety within Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire. You will also provide clinical supervision, mentorship, and contribute to clinical governance.

About us

HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. Established in 2006, the organization works alongside health and care commissioners and communities to transform health services, focusing on enhanced efficiency and outcomes. Their offerings include adult and children's community health services, primary care, urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, MSK services, and adult social care. Committed to high clinical and quality standards, most of their services are rated 'good' or 'outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission. They are dedicated to equal opportunities and inclusivity, supporting a diverse range of applicants.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Make a Real Difference in Respiratory Care

Every day, you will help people with respiratory conditions live more independently, recover safely following hospital admission, and receive expert care closer to home. This is an opportunity to lead a dedicated community respiratory team while making a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

As ourBand 7 Respiratory Clinical Team Manager, you will support the Community Specialist Respiratory Team providing specialist assessment, treatment and management of patients with respiratory conditions in community settings. You will play a key role in delivering services including COPD admission avoidance and recovery support, oxygen assessment and prescribing, and pulmonary rehabilitation programmes.

Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will work closely with the Specialist Services Manager to support service delivery, workforce development, quality improvement and patient safety, helping to ensure the service continues to deliver excellent care across the locality.

Location: Orbital Shopping Park Thamesdown Drive, Priory Vale, Swindon, SN25 4AN

Hours: 34 hours per week

Package Description

As a Respiratory Clinical Team Manager, you will be part of our valued team in our Cardiac & Respiratory Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £49,387 - £56,515 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Main Duties of the Role

• Provide specialist assessment, treatment and management of patients with respiratory conditions across community settings.
• Develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based patient management plans.
• Support timely intervention to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate safe care at home.
• Deliver community oxygen assessments, interpretation of results and oxygen prescribing in line with local and national guidance.
• Participate in the delivery and development of Pulmonary Rehabilitation services.
• Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and support to junior staff and learners.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and performance monitoring activities.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency partners to ensure safe and effective patient care.

Skills, Experience and Attributes

This opportunity would suit an experienced clinician who combines specialist respiratory expertise with excellent leadership, communication and partnership-working skills.

Essential Criteria

• Current registration with the NMC or relevant Allied Health Professional professional body.
• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to respiratory care.
• Significant experience working within respiratory medicine or respiratory services.
• Advanced knowledge of respiratory assessment, treatment and management.
• Experience supporting patients with long-term conditions and complex health needs.
• Proven ability to develop and implement individualised care plans.
• Strong clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.
• Experience providing mentorship, supervision or support to junior colleagues.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities effectively.
• Experience working collaboratively across organisational and professional boundaries.
• Full driving licence and access to transport for community visits.
• Flexible approach to supporting services across the wider organisation.

Desirable Criteria

• COPD Diploma, PACR or equivalent specialist respiratory qualification.
• Non-medical prescribing qualification.
• Community healthcare experience.
• Experience developing innovative or complex care pathways.
• Experience facilitating patient education programmes.
• Clinical audit and quality improvement experience.

For full details of the role, responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the attached Job Description.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

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