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Main area: Respiratory
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Across 7 days a week)
Job ref: 349-WTWA-6915910*C
Site: Wythenshawe Hospital
Town: Wythenshawe
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
We are looking for a specialist respiratory nurse to join our integrated team based at Wythenshawe Hospital. We are a consultant-led team of physiotherapists, nurses, and support workers who run a number of specialist respiratory services in South Manchester including:
1. COPD Community admission avoidance/early supported discharge (community home visits)
2. Inpatient reviews of COPD and asthma patients
3. Accredited pulmonary rehabilitation service
The service hours are 7 days, 8am-6pm with flexible hours available to meet these times.
CAR DRIVER FOR BUSINESS USE AND UK VALID DRIVING LICENCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS ROLE.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work across all services provided and be supported to deliver best practice care. We have a complex respiratory caseload where we provide specialist respiratory assessment and treatment plans with MDT/consultant guidance. Our team seeks to innovatively drive standards of patient care through quality improvement projects.
Applicants will be expected to develop a sound knowledge of respiratory conditions and to undertake appropriate specialist training within the post. MFT as an organization has many education opportunities to access. Candidates are expected to have an interest in respiratory care and experience with COPD patients. All applicants will have excellent communication skills and be able to work autonomously, seeking support as required. Delivering structured group patient education is an expectation of the role.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England, with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
Detailed job description and main 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’.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Relevant professional qualification BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy or equivalent / professional qualification RN/RGN
* Active HPC registration/NMC pin
* Evidence of recent CPD
* Advanced respiratory qualification
Experience
* Experience of working in chronic lung disease setting specifically COPD minimum of 6 months
* Experience at band 5 (or equivalent) for a minimum of 2 years
* Experience of working as part of an MDT
* Evidence of delivering teaching and education to staff groups and patients
* Experience of community 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 NHS in the UK
IM&T
* 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 service improvement
* Understanding a 7 day service working across different sites
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.
Name: Jane Kinsey
Job title: Respiratory Specialist Lead Physio
Email address: jane.kinsey@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07884753800
Alternatively, contact Claire Panter or the Community Respiratory team on 01612913522 or Claire.Panter@mft.nhs.uk
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