Associate Practitioner - Community Respiratory | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO15 4AB |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6191743/432-HR2454-23 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a person with relevant community experience to join our service focussing on pulmonary rehabilitation.
The Community Respiratory service is an integrated team of physios, nurses and support staff who deliver pulmonary rehab, COPD optimisation, respiratory virtual ward, home oxygen and respiratory physiotherapy for people out of hospital. That may be in clinics, community venues or peoples homes.
The pulmonary rehabilitation service have funding to expand our team to allow us to support more patients to benefit from the service as well as support us towards accreditation.
This could be an excellent opportunity for a current band 3 looking to gain further experience andwe would be happy to consider secondment applications (please note you should discuss this with your current manager).
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 and to support effective team working, you may be asked to carry out home visits to patients for assessment/review within your scope of skills.
Due to the locations the service runs from, and need to take equipment a car driver and access to a car for use during the work day (business use insurance) is necessary.
You will be key to supporting our waiting list management. You should have skills in engaging with people and putting them at ease, and motivational skills. At times this requires a problem solving/asset based approach to helping people overcome barriers to pulmonary rehabilitation. As some of this will be by phone you should be confident in communicating effectively via phone as well as in person and in written form.
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. This is an exciting time for the service as we review and improve it to meet the standards for accreditation.
To assist in the quality monitoring of the service you will also need to be competent with IT skills to be able to take the lead on our National Audit of Respiratory programme data entry and report running and exporting. You will also be required to assist with note taking in meetings, and document management to support accreditation.
Currently the service runs 9am-5pm but due to expanding our pulmonary rehab offer to meet the needs of the local population, please be aware that there may be requirement to work evenings (anticipated to finish before 8pm) during the length of this contract. We roster ahead so this will be planned. We would also be prepared to consider working patterns of full or short days through negotiation for the right candidate.
One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if 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. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024