The integrated community respiratory team provide a number of services – COPD (including virtual ward), Home oxygen, Pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory physio.
We are a team of nurses, physios and skills assistant staff. We cover all of NE Essex so access to a car and a driving licence is essential.
The service runs 7 days a week so there will be some weekend/Bank holiday working when induction and required competencies have been completed.
We provide clinic based, class based and home based care, with the aim of supporting people to have quality of life and be able to self manage their conditions.
We are seeking an experienced respiratory practitioner to join our team as a senior nurse or senior physio to support the care of out patients.
You will receive support and training to gain competencies in the areas above, to be able to support our patients with their respiratory care in a cohesive way.
• To work as part of the integrated team to deliver seven day therapeutic input to patients with the aim of returning them to maximum independent living, within a stimulating environment actively promoting self management of their respiratory condition.
• Working as an autonomous practitioner, the post holder will provide specialist input to all patients that falls within their specialist field of expertise
• Work with colleagues across health, social care, mental health and voluntary sector to ensure holistic and joined up delivery of care.
• Empower patients to make decisions about their own care and encourage them to exercise their rights and choices, signposting them to relevant community and voluntary services and supporting patients carers and assistants with management of risk.
• Manage the work of junior staff, assistants, students and volunteers in own professional area
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 offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto 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.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Mar 2025