Specialist Respiratory Practitioner

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is inviting applications for a Respiratory Specialist Nurse or Allied Health professional to join the Integrated Community Respiratory Service in East and North Hertfordshire. The 12-month fixed-term contracts focus on developing new COPD pathways and delivering patient-centred care in the community.

Working Monday to Friday 8am-6pm with flexible patterns to discuss; staff will cover localities within East and North Hertfordshire, providing oxygen assessments

Job description

Would you like to be part of an exciting new way of working where Primary, Secondary and Community providers are truly integrated, sharing IT and working together to improve the patient's pathway within East & North Hertfordshire? Would you like to be part of highly a functioning and supportive community respiratory team?

From September 2026 we will have vacancies within the Integrated Community Respiratory Service (ICRS) for a Respiratory Specialist Nurses or Allied Health professionals that have a passion for Respiratory and want to be at the heart of supporting primary and community care. The 12-month fixed term contracts will allow the service to develop and evaluate new emerging pathways in the delivery of COPD care. The service operates Monday to Friday 8am-6pm. This working pattern is flexible and can be discussed further. Staff are expected to cross cover all localities within East and North Hertfordshire.

The service offers admission prevention and supportive discharge from hospital; we work closely with secondary care colleagues and established community teams to ensure that the patient's journey is as smooth as possible. Home oxygen assessments are also part of the role. The core principle of the service is to put the patient at the centre of care, ensuring they are seen at the right time, by the right person in the right place., Work autonomously responsible for own workload.

Provide specialist advice and support to patients, their families and their carer's. Empower appropriate patients at all stages to embrace self-management and self-responsibility for managing their condition, in the patient's own home.

Evaluate the effects of medication, ensuring the safe management and support of these patients, in partnership with Hertfordshire medicines management teams.

To provide oxygen assessment service for adult patients, to be competent in the assessment of patients potentially benefiting from LTOT and ambulatory oxygen.

To liaise with other health professionals in the GP surgeries and HCT & CCG's towards improving the care of people with respiratory disorders.

To support the Community Matrons and Integrated Care Teams with their complex respiratory patients

Act as a resource for primary care staff on the management of patients with Chronic Respiratory disease, promoting effective care and avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions/referrals.

To be actively involved with the pulmonary rehabilitation classes - delivering education sessions as needed.

Demonstrate a high level of advanced clinical competence in respiratory disease management, based on in depth knowledge, research and evidence based findings.

Maintain confidentiality and manage information sensitively.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities Our staff are proud to be Caring, Pioneering and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision. We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages