Respiratory Practitioner

Provide CIC; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Job summary

Provide CIC in Chelmsford is seeking a Respiratory Practitioner to join the Mid Essex Community Respiratory Team. This role covers 22.5 hours per week across Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with community clinics, home visits and involvement in a virtual ward.

The post involves holistic assessments, spirometry, pulmonary rehabilitation and blood gas analysis training, with opportunity for ARTP accreditation. NHS Pension and employee ownership of Provide underpin our commitment to high quality,

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy, HPC registration and portfolio evidence of postgraduate learning and experience
• Registered Nurse on part 1 of the NMC plus 2 years post graduate experience
• Management Qualification/experience
• Independent/supplementary prescriber

Responsibilities

• Provide community-based holistic assessments and treat patients in community clinics and home visits
• Run respiratory clinics and carry out home visits
• Be involved in the Virtual Respiratory ward and develop ARTP spirometry competencies
• Gain competencies to take and interpret blood gases

Skills

Respiratory care experience

Community-based care

Spirometry experience

Blood gas sampling

Education

Bachelor/Degree in Physiotherapy

NMC registration or equivalent

Management qualification/experience

Independent/supplementary prescriber

Job description

Main area Respiratory Services Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: 1 x 0.6 Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9am-5pm) Job ref 828-PROVIDE4349

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Wren House Town Chelmsford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are looking for a Respiratory Practitioner to join our Respiratory Team. The Mid Essex Community Respiratory Team is an established integrated respiratory service providing comprehensive, community-based care for adults with chronic respiratory conditions. Our multidisciplinary team delivers a range of services, including spirometry, pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen therapy, and a virtual ward model, to support patients at home and reduce avoidable hospital admissions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team; providing community based holistic assessments and treating patients in community clinics and home visits. You will also be involved in the Virtual Respiratory ward and be given the opportunity to become ARTP accredited for spirometry and gain competencies to take and interpret blood gases.

Postholders will run respiratory clinics, carry out home visits, and benefit from regular clinical supervision, teaching, and weekly MDTs with specialist consultants.

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups.

Eligible for NHS Pension

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for a full list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time to apply for a role within Provide.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION

• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy, HPC registration and portfolio evidence of postgraduate learning and experience
• Registered Nurse on part 1 of the NMC plus 2 years post graduate experience
• Management Qualification/experience
• Independent/supplementary prescriber

Circumstances

• Full driving license
• Previous NHS Experience

WORK RELATED KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Understanding of the role specialist Physiotherapist or Nurse
• Experience of respiratory medicine.
• Experience of working in the community
• Experience with spirometry
• Experience of Pulmonary rehabilitation
• Awareness of national health care issues
• Blood gas sampling (capillary) and analysis.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
• As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
• If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

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Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [e-mail].

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

SuccessfulApplicant:

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.