Associate Practitioner Respiratory | Provide CIC
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, CM2 5PF |
| Company: | Provide CIC |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6192960/828-PROVIDE2883 |
Summary
Associate Practitioner Respiratory - Spirometry and COPD and Oxygen
The COPD team is expanding and looking for a band 4 Associate Practitioner to join their team. We are looking for someone to assist the team in the service delivery and management of patients with Respiratory conditions within the Mid Essex area, by providing high quality evidence based care to meet the health and social care needs of the population. Involved in working across the service, running pulmonary rehabilitation classes, working with the oxygen team taking capillary blood gases, assisting with virtual respiratory ward and undertaking spirometry as part of the diagnostic service.
The aim of the team is to provide comprehensive respiratory care to patients in a community setting with an emphasis on people at risk of admission to secondary care, as well as assessing and treating respiratory patients, taking pulmonary rehabilitation classes.
The purpose of the role is to support the COPD team to ensure that effective, sympathetic and individualised pathways of patient care.
The successful candidate will be involved in Pulmonary rehabilitation, Oxygen assessment, Spirometry and assist with the virtual respiratory ward.
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision:Transforming Lives
Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Eligible for NHS Pension
• Help with assessment for Respiratory Patients in clinics, in their own homes and at Pulmonary rehabilitation
• Responsibilities for ensuring patients receive high standards of care.
• Evaluating clinical care and acting upon the outcomes of evaluation.
• To maintain a portfolio of evidence of clinical skills, competency-based assessments underpinning theoretical knowledge demonstrating self-development and participation in continuous and post-basic education, as laid down by the NMC
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills with patients, family and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Work collaboratively across the health, social and voluntary sectors to ensure patients’ care is of a high standard.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Apr 2024
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