Respiratory health care assistant | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in the Greater London area is seeking a motivated individual to support the respiratory physiotherapist and assist in patient care for long-term respiratory conditions. The role involves home visits, screening patients for pulmonary rehabilitation, and maintaining respiratory equipment. Applicants should have a valid driving license and will be part of delivering patient-centered care in a community setting. This is an equal opportunity role, committed to inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Full driving license and access to a car for work.
• Ability to assist in initial assessments and outcome measures.

Responsibilities

• Assist respiratory physiotherapist in screening patients.
• Perform initial assessments and record observations.
• Maintain stock of respiratory equipment and follow policies.

Job description

This is an exciting role for a motivated individual to work with people who have long term respiratory conditions such as COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, ILD within the community setting. We work alongside patients to self manage their condition through home visits, clinic appointments, pulmonary rehabilitation and home oxygen service.

You will need a full driving license and access to a car for work.

The key responsibilities of this role include:

• Assisting the respiratory physiotherapist in screening patients for pulmonary rehabilitation, including communication via telephone, letters, and email.
• Assisting with performing initial assessments, including shuttle walk test/six-minute walk test or any other exercise tolerance tests as appropriate in the community and patient’s home.
• Assisting patients to complete outcome measures pre and post course, recording observations, and maintaining and updating the database.
• Maintaining stock of all respiratory equipment alongside following appropriate policies in ordering equipment (mobility aids, nebulisers).
• Continuing the exercise/respiratory program prescribed by the respiratory physiotherapist at the patient’s home and follow-up classes in the community setting.
• Assisting the respiratory physiotherapist to organize and deliver the educational component of pulmonary rehabilitation involving the multi-disciplinary team.
• Assisting the wider respiratory team in delivering patient-centered care in clinic or at the patient’s home.
• Assessing and ordering equipment to assist the patient to carry out activities of daily living to maintain independence.

Please note that this is a community post, and you will be working for North Middlesex in the community. Under the guidance of the responsible physiotherapist/nurse, you will be delegating and supervising the caseload.

Other responsibilities include acting professionally, being responsible for all aspects of own work within own scope of practice, assessing patients with simple predictable conditions, delivering respiratory treatments, providing patient education and health promotion information, and communicating effectively with patients and carers.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to providing a fair and inclusive work environment.