Assistant Practitioner - Community Respiratory Service

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester (VT); On-site; USD 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Unsocial hours payments

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Staff health programme

Flexible working

Job summary

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Assistant Practitioner to support the Community Respiratory Service across Colchester and surrounding areas. You will assist with pulmonary rehabilitation sessions, patient assessments, and equipment management, under supervision of registered clinicians.

The role involves delivering class-based and home-based activities, educating patients on inhaler technique and breathlessness management, and helping patients and carers

Qualifications

• Assistant Practitioner role supporting community respiratory services.
• Involvement in pulmonary rehabilitation sessions and patient education.
• Supervision by registered clinicians in a nursing/therapy team.

Responsibilities

• Support the integrated community respiratory team and delivery of care plans.
• Deliver nursing and therapeutic activities to individuals and groups.
• Assist with patient advice, information, and signposting to community resources.
• Support carers and manage equipment for community use.

Job description

Assistant Practitioner - Community Respiratory Service

Company:

Company: Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

The integrated community respiratory team provide a number of services – COPD, Home oxygen, Pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory physio.

We are a team of nurses, physios and skills assistant staff. We cover all of NE Essex so access to a car and a driving licence is essential.

We provide clinic based, class based and home based care, with the aim of supporting people to have quality of life and be able to self manage their conditions.

We are seeking an assistant practitioner to support the service, particularly with our Pulmonary rehabilitation service. This will involve supporting assessments, running of the class, end assessments, and equipment management.

You will also be trained to support patients with set up of MyCOPD, and to visit them to educate on techniques such as breathlessness management, chest clearance, inhaler technique and the issue and return/decontamination of loan nebulisers.

Proposed Interview date: 3rd November 2026

• Work within the integrated community respiratory team, contributing to delivery of the integrated care plan.
• Deliver programmes of nursing and therapeutic activities tailored to individuals and groups within a framework laid down by the registered clinicians
• Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence
• Provide support carers.

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For full details of the duties & responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

£25,760 - £27,476 pro rata, per annum + unsocial hours payments

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust