East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a band 6 Physiotherapist/Nurse or band 5 looking for the next step in your career? Do you have community or respiratory experience? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our service in North East Essex. The Community Respiratory Service is an integrated team of physiotherapists, nurses & support staff who deliver pulmonary rehabilitation, COPD optimisation, respiratory virtual ward, home oxygen & respiratory physiotherapy for people out of hospital. That may be in clinics, community venues or people's homes. You would be working with a team who are passionate about delivering community care to patients living with chronic respiratory conditions. The team works closely to support each other, problem solve with our complex patients, and collaborate with our colleagues in Consultant-led palliative care. Due to the nature of community work & the community locations for our clinics, a driving licence & access to a car are essential.
This is an exciting time for the service as we review & improve it to meet the standards for pulmonary rehab accreditation & increase uptake on our virtual wards.
Main duties of the job
This post will primarily focus on pulmonary rehabilitation classes which are provided in a range of venues across North East Essex; however, due to the overall aims of the team & to support effective teamwork, you may be asked to carry out home visits to patients for assessment/review within your scope of skills. You should have skills in engaging with people, putting them at ease, and motivational skills. At times this requires a problem-solving/asset-based approach to help people overcome barriers to pulmonary rehabilitation. You should have a good grasp of the principles of pulmonary rehabilitation and be familiar with & able to discuss how to apply the British Thoracic Society guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation.
You will complete assessments, care planning, education, interventions to support respiratory management & liaison with other healthcare professionals. You need to be able to work as an autonomous practitioner, as on home visits & at weekends you will be a lone worker. However, there is support available from team & division colleagues when needed.
Currently, the service runs 9am-5pm, but due to expanding our pulmonary rehabilitation offer to meet the needs of the local population, please be aware that there may be a requirement to work evenings (anticipated to finish before 8pm) during the length of this contract. We roster ahead so this will be planned.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics, and in patients' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience
* Proven experience within the relevant care group
* Competencies relevant to specialism
* Experience of managing the work of others
Qualifications
* Registered nurse with NMC Adult registration
* Professional knowledge and skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent
* Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example splinting and injections, working towards post graduate level of study
* Evidence of ongoing CPD
* Member of appropriate clinical networks
* Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role
* COPD post graduate module
Knowledge
* Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each
* Good knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes.
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata
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