The Countywide Community Respiratory Service, an integral component of the wider Lincolnshire Community Health Services, is responsible for delivering an enhanced quality of care, aiming to streamline the patients’ journey in a Primary, Intermediate and Secondary Care setting. The
team has a key role in delivering services for patients with COPD e.g. Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation (which also accepts non-COPD patients), Complex Case management, Oxygen Assessment, Respiratory Physiotherapy and the Respiratory Virtual Ward.
The post holder will predominantly support the running of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service across the south of Lincolnshire but may be required to support Pulmonary Rehabilitation elsewhere in the county at times. There may be times when the post holder will be required to support the other services delivered by the Countywide Community Respiratory Team.
Please note this position will not commence before July 2025
To plan, organise and deliver Pulmonary Rehabilitation
programmes as agreed with supervising clinician in line with
clinical governance and professional standards, working
closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary team,
seeking opportunities to maximise a patient’s early
rehabilitation by implementing and evaluating exercise therapy
intervention as per treatment plan for patients with respiratory
conditions, thereby providing effective evidence-based care for
patients referred to the service under the indirect supervision
of qualified clinicians.
To use personal effectiveness and knowledge to contribute to
the development and delivery of a high-quality, cost-effective
service and support team/service targets which directly
contribute to the provider services agenda.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
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The post holder will participate as a member of the
multidisciplinary team in the assessment, planning, delivery
and evaluation of patients/clients health and wellbeing needs
and participate in the delivery of complex care as prescribed
by the qualified practitioner
To organise and run exercise classes in the community and on
virtual platforms with the registered staff, maintaining high
professional standards.
To be able to use identified assessment tools and outcome
measures in line with agreed competency.
To have knowledge of specific physical, emotional,
psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of the
service users and carers and, taking these into account, assist
and implement appropriate action to meet those needs
Plan and progress patient interventions with autonomous
assessing and planning on a daily basis with indirect
supervision of qualified practitioner
Understand a range of non-routine work procedures and
practises which require intermediate level of theoretical
knowledge and physical skills gained through relevant training
and experience
Teach patients/carers with the indirect supervision of a
qualified practitioner, and demonstrates educative support to
others, e.g. participate in induction of new staff.
Demonstrate working knowledge of other provider’s resource
and referral systems to ensure patient needs are met, within
scope of practice.
To be actively involved in team effectiveness by attending
staff meetings and contributing as a team player to team
development. Contribute to the non-clinical day to day
running of the service as necessary to ensure its smooth
running.
Promote a positive image of the organisation, department and
service.
Work flexibly across different locations in line with service demands.
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Apr 2025