Specialist COPD Nurse or Physiotherapist- Community Respiratory Team
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Community Respiratory Team based at Wythenshawe Hospital. Service roles include:
1. In patient reviews of COPD and asthma patients
2. Home visits to assess COPD patients
3. Assess and run pulmonary rehabilitation classes
4. 7 days service 8am-6pm - flexible hours to meet these times
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join South Manchester Community Respiratory Team. We are a multidisciplinary team of nurses and physiotherapists delivering a range of services for people with COPD in the community and at Wythenshawe Hospital across 7 days.
The post holder will work alongside the acute respiratory physicians and MDT to highlight variations in patient care and outcomes. Our team seeks to innovatively drive up standards of patient care. They would be expected to work between the community and the hospital team providing support and education for patients with COPD and other respiratory diseases.
The team has a role in assessing and following up patients requiring home oxygen. We run various pulmonary rehabilitation locations and the post holder will be involved in the service delivery and development of this service. The applicant will be involved in the newly developed COPD and COVID virtual ward service.
Applicants will be expected to develop a sound knowledge of respiratory conditions and treatment and to undertake appropriate specialist training within the post. They will be expected to have an interest in respiratory care and some experience within their current roles that is relevant to the post. All applicants will have excellent communication skills and be able to work autonomously, seeking support as required.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Relevant professional qualification BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy or equivalent / professional qualification RN/RGN
* Active HPC registration/NMC pin
* Related advanced respiratory qualification
Experience
* Experience of working within a respiratory care setting especially chronic lung disease, minimum of 6 months
* Relevant experience at band 5 level
* Experience of working as part of an MDT
* Evidence of delivering teaching and education to staff groups and patients
* Experience of community working and PCT partnership working
* Experience of service development and evaluation of service standards through clinical audit and research.
* Experience of performing exercise testing and evaluation of results
* Experience of working with COVID virtual ward services
IM&T
* Aware of applications of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint/excel
* Good knowledge of clinical information systems
* Experience with current systems (EPR, EMIS, Graphnet)
Other
* Full UK driving licence and use of own vehicle for business purposes
* Undertaken a leadership programme
* Evidence of involvement in change management
* Understanding a 7 day service working across different sites
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.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata
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