Respiratory Practitioner

NHS; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Community Respiratory team at NHS to provide critical care in a dynamic environment. As a Physiotherapist or Nurse, you'll work with a multidisciplinary team to assess and treat respiratory patients, ensuring high-quality, holistic care. This role involves community visits, clinical supervision, and the chance to further develop your skills in respiratory care.

Benefits

Eligible for NHS Pension

Support for professional development

Collaborative working environment

Qualifications

• Required degree or diploma in relevant fields.
• Registered with HPC or NMC.
• Management and clinical supervision experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating the expansion of Respiratory service.
• Assessing and treating patients through home visits.
• Collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Ability to work under pressure

Sound organizational skills

Clinical supervision skills

Computer literate

Good understanding of external influences

Education

Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy

Registered Nurse on part 1 of the NMC

Management Qualification

Job description

The Community Respiratory team in Mid Essex are looking for Physiotherapist or Nurse either a current band 5 looking to develop to a band 6 or current band 6 with NHS experience to work as part of an established Respiratory team to deliver a service for respiratory patients which includes Spirometry and breathlessness hubs, Virtual Respiratory Ward , home visits, clinics, Pulmonary rehabilitation and consultant MDT meetings . The post holder would be expected to work in clinics and visit patients in their homes . Patients will be contacted via phone and visited as needed as part of a 7 day service. The posts are held within the Mid Essex respiratory team and will offer clinical supervision and teaching. The aim of the team is to provide comprehensive respiratory care to patients in a community setting with an emphasis on people at risk of admission to secondary care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will help to facilitate the expansion of the Respiratory service for Respiratory patients. Assessing and treating patients in community clinics and home visits, being involved in the Virtual Respiratory ward as well and the opportunity to become ARTP accredited for Spirometry and gaining competencies to take and interpret blood gases.

About us

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. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension

Job responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing community based holistic assessments
• Maintain a high standard of patient focused care reflecting an inter-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation and self-management and help provide excellent post discharge care for patients recovering from respiratory exacerbations
• Develop good communication links with patients and carers as well as consultants and service staff
• Establish and promote joint working with other services across professional and organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION

• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy, HPC registration and portfolio evidence of postgraduate learning and experience
• or Or Registered Nurse on part 1 of the NMC plus 2 years post graduate experience
• Management Qualification
• Management education development, including in supervision/ teaching/team management
• MIPPS course
• Independent/supplementary prescriber
• ARTP registered

Circumstances

• Full driving license
• Previous NHS Experience

WORK RELATED KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Understanding of the role specialist Physiotherapist or Nurse
• Experience of respiratory medicine.
• Knowledge of the national public health agenda
• Good understanding of external influences creating changes in NHS Knowledge of primary and community care issues and political changes
• Experience with spirometry
• Experience of Pulmonary rehabilitation
• Awareness of national health care issues

SKILLS & APTITUDES

• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to work autonomously
• Sound organizational skills
• Ability to manage all resources to maximum capacity.
• Able to work with people at all levels.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships across disciplines
• Clinically up to date and able to demonstrate innovative practice
• Computer literate able to use system one
• Experience of using spreadsheets and other software for clinical and non-clinical activity.
• Clinical supervision skills

Experience

• Recent community experience
• Experience of initiating and implementing patient focused clinical or professional change
• Interpretation of vital signs, including pulse-oximetry and chest examination/ auscultation
• Experience of successful multi agency working
• Experience of negotiation and influence to achieve change.
• Blood gas sampling and analysis.
• Experience with virtual video consultations
• Knowledge of pharmacology.
• Venepuncture

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Flexibility
• Team player
• Able to manage time effectively
• Able to work in new ways and complex situations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearpro rata per annum