Pulmonary Rehabilitation lead/Clinical lead
Band 7
Main area: Respiratory and home oxygen service
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 267-CH7041520
Site: Blackbird Leys Town Oxford
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/04/2025 23:59
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe, and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion. If you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic physiotherapist to lead the Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) service. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a dynamic multidisciplinary team delivering Pulmonary rehab groups across Oxfordshire in a variety of settings. The post holder will be in a key position to drive and deliver service improvement, such as accreditation and programme expansion. As a PR lead, you will also work closely with the other band 7 clinical lead within the respiratory service to provide leadership and operational support.
Main duties of the job
* To lead the countywide development and delivery of care for those suffering from chronic respiratory disease through Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes.
* To work across primary and secondary care to reduce the need for acute service intervention – reducing admissions, supporting early discharges, supporting colleagues, and empowering patients to manage their condition with the ultimate aim of improving quality of care through Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) and by case management of complex patients.
* To provide specialist Physiotherapy assessment of respiratory patients and physiotherapy advice to other colleagues to ensure that patients are provided with a seamless service and considered as a whole.
* To work alongside the management team for the respiratory service as an expert resource.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work. To showcase the best of yourself when making an application, you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe, and excellent”
At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Individual and Trust-wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount
* Lease car scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
* Staff networking and support groups
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification, and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Qualified Physiotherapist
* Previous team management experience
* Specialist skills relating to PR
* Evidence of professional development
* Evidence of presentation and teaching skills/Qualification in teaching
* Evidence of taking or willing to take MSC modules
Experience
* Evidence of working within acute and primary care setting
* Previous team management experience
* Awareness of national initiatives and accreditation requirements
IT and audit
* Understanding of national PR audit programmes
* All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust-wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
* Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
* We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
* Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
* We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just, and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
* We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees, and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring, and excellent.
* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults; we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
* Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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