Respiratory Nurse/ Physiotherapist

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High Cost Area Supplement

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in Basildon is seeking a Band 5-6 Developmental Post for a Respiratory Nurse/Physiotherapist to work across Basildon, Brentwood, Wickford and Thurrock. The role involves travel within the Integrated Respiratory Team to deliver expert respiratory care in clinics and patients' homes.

You will participate in COPD care, pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen services, and respiratory diagnostics, with supervision and opportunities for professional development within a supportive

Responsibilities

• Promoting effective self-management of patients to reduce hospital admissions.
• Contributing to patient and professional education.
• Delivering high-quality respiratory care to COPD and other respiratory conditions.
• Performing and interpreting ABG and CBG results for oxygen therapy assessment.
• Supporting Pulmonary Rehabilitation delivery and staff coverage as needed.
• Supporting the Respiratory Virtual Ward to aid admission avoidance and early discharge pathways.
• Carrying out Spirometry and FeNo testing as part of Breathlessness and Diagnostics services.

Skills

Respiratory care

Spirometry

FeNo testing

Home visits

Clinical supervision

Job description

Band 5 - 6 Developmental Post - Respiratory Nurse/ Physiotherapist

Job overview

The job description attached is that of a band 6 within the Integrated Respiratory Team. Appropriate levels of experience, education and knowledge base are banding requirements within this service. This will be discussed further at interview as needed.

This specific post will cover the Basildon, Brentwood, Wickford and Thurrock community and will sit within the Integrated Respiratory Team, there is a need to be able to travel freely within this locality.

The Integrated Respiratory Team currently includes COPD (Complex case management), Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Home Oxygen Service, a Respiratory Virtual ward for aiding admission avoidance and Early Supported Discharge and breathlessness and Diagnostics service - Spirometry and FeNo testing currently.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering and leading highly specialist clinical care.

They will be responsible for leading and developing new and innovative clinical practices responding to emerging knowledge and techniques and working with other services where appropriate to make improvements.

The post holder would be expected to support all aspects of the integrated respiratory team.

The post holder would be expected to work in clinics and visit patients in their own homes.

Clinical supervision and teaching where practicable or required will be provided.

The Shape of Community Respiratory Services is ever changing and staff will need to adapt to new ask of service provision as required.

Working as part of the Integrated Respiratory Team to provide high quality, evidenced based, timely care for patients that fit service criteria:

Support in the provision of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for suitable patients requiring help with respiratory condition management including COPD patients and other relevant respiratory conditions.

Working with the patient and providing individualised, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care.

Completing respiratory assessments and reviews for the COPD team, for ongoing respiratory case management.

Providing assessment for Oxygen therapy within the Home Oxygen Service.

Providing and partaking in care and support the Respiratory Virtual Ward, giving care closer to home and supporting admission avoidance and early supported discharge pathways.

Performing Spirometry and FeNo testing as part of Breathlessness and Diagnostics service, and any future service adaptations.

Providing onward referrals to other community services including health and social care to ensure the safe management of the patient.

To support patients and the team with Specialist Respiratory knowledge and skills, being flexible with the changing face of a growing service in relation to service provision.

The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day to day work.

Main duties of the job

• Promoting effective self-management of patients and/or providing professional intervention for community management in order to present unnecessary hospital admissions, improve quality of life and to actively identify patients who would benefit from case management.
• The post holder will make a contribution to both patient and professional education.
• The post holder will be expected to deliver a high level of respiratory care to COPD patients and other suitably identified respiratory conditions.
• The post holder will be required to perform and interpret ABG and CBG results for oxygen therapy assessment and review
• The post holder will be able to support with the assessment and delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation after upskilling and/or provide sickness and holiday cover to this service.
• 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.
• To support Breathlessness and Diagnostics service by performing quality FeNo and ARTP accredited Spirometry and other testing.
• Support and deliver the Trusts Values.
• To be competent in supporting respiratory patients in the community
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing community based holistic assessments and participate in other areas of service provision within the Integrated Respiratory Team.
• Maintain a high standard of patient focused care reflecting an inter-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation and self-management of patient cohorts. Providing professional intervention for community management to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and improve quality of life.
• Support and promote joint working with other services across professional and organisational boundaries and to be able to manage complex and sensitive situations with patients and professionals.
• To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day to day allocation of work.
• To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them and to be aware of internal and team specific policy and procedure.
• To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
• Be autonomous, responsible for own registration and competency; to work within these and/or to seek extra training if areas or training are identified.
• To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see full job description attached.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement – Fringe (Basildon, Thurrock, Brentwood, Harlow and Dartford only)

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,346 to a maximum of £2,270 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Working for Us

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 and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

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.

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

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.

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