Employer: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Croydon University Hospital
Town: Croydon
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inc HCAS Outer (pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/03/2025 23:59
Specialist Respiratory Practitioner
Band 7
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
Are you passionate about improving care for patients with COPD? This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of highly specialised and committed respiratory practitioners working to improve outcomes for patients with COPD in Croydon.
We are looking for a proactive, dynamic and self-motivated respiratory nurse/physiotherapist with experience in delivering first class care to patients with respiratory conditions.
Interview Date TBC
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will ideally have experience in both the community and hospital settings and will be confident in managing respiratory patients both in stable state and when acutely unwell. There is ample opportunity for development and training for the right candidate.
The Croydon Respiratory Team is working in many innovative and exciting ways to improve the quality of life for people with respiratory disease in Croydon. It is an integrated service working within the hospital and across the community and includes delivery of the COPD discharge bundle, community clinics, home visits, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Home oxygen service and the newly commissioned structured education programme. This position will include working in both the hospital and community settings.
The successful candidate will work in all aspects of the service and provide weekend cover on a rotational basis.
It is crucial that candidates have a UK drivers licence and it is extremely valuable to have a car available to use for work.
Working for our organisation
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provides hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital, is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.
Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.
If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that’s making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you’re looking for.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
***Please see the attached supporting document job description and person specification which contain more information about the role***
Person specification
Experience
* Significant Respiratory experience at band 6
* Relevant degree (Nursing / physiotherapy)
* Relevant respiratory post grad course
* Previous band 7 experience
COPD Knowledge
* Aware of COPD Guidelines
* Knowledge of oxygen use
* Experience of managing patients with COPD (acute / stable)
* Experience of assessing patients for oxygen
Time management
* Able to demonstrate good time management
* Worked in a community team / managing own time
Skills
* Proactivity
* Experience of working with patients with chronic diseases
* Management of staff
Attributes
* Access to car to use at work
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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: Amy Grant
Job title: CRT Service Manager
Email address: amygrant@nhs.net
Telephone number: 020 8401 3963
Additional information: Amy Grant CRT Service Manager or Sally Newsome CRT Team Lead (ch-tr.crt@nhs.net) or call 020 8401 3974 option 2, option 2.
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