Senior Physio Assistant or Assistant Practitioner | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 pa pro rata (plus HCAS) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 October 2024 |
| Location: | Billericay, CM12 9SA |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6664297/395-EB578-24-C |
Summary
Band 4 Senior Physiotherapy Assistant or Assistant Practitioner.
A vacant post within the Integrated Respiratory Team has arisen in North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) in the area of South West Essex.
The Integrated Respiratory Team are and integrated service with Nursing staff, Specialist Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners, Senior Physiotherapy Assistants and Administration staff.
The team cover many aspects of community respiratory care, services include, COPD Team, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Home Oxygen Service, Respiratory Virtual Ward and Breathlessness and Diagnostics service.
Band 4 duties will include supporting aspects of service in each area after training and competency review.
1. Promoting effective self-management of patients following inital assessments.
2. Contribute to patient education and wider holistic support network
3. Support COPD patients and other suitably identified respiratory conditions with assessment and clear lines if escalation to senior staff.
4. Support with Oxygen home safety and management of stable oxygen case load with escalation of CBG results .
5. The post holder will be able to perform appropriate level of assessment and delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
6. The post holder will be expected to support the delivery of the Respiratory Virtual Ward (RVW) which supports Admission Avoidance and Early Supported Discharge pathways while being supervised by a senior member of staff.
7. To support Breathlessness and Diagnostics service by performing quality FeNo and ARTP accredited Spirometry. This service is evolving and additional suitable pathways and reviews maybe made.
8. To support with all aspects of service delivery and ongoing review of pathways and transformation of Respiratory services as competency and ability allow.
10. Support and deliver the Trusts Values.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement – Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,122 per annum pro rata).
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We are a busy, fast paced team, within an ever changing landscape of Respiratory Care, forward thinking and innovative, we work closely with our local partners working towards consistent care across Mid and South Essex.
As an integrated service there will be in house training on all aspects of service and staff are expected to support all areas of service provision with the chance to upskill in nursing and therapy areas.
The post is Monday - Friday 9-5pm and Saturday - Sunday 9-3pm, this will be on a 4 week or suitable rota basis once all training and competency is signed off.
The successful candidate will have an interest in respiratory care and delivering the best.
This post requires that you work flexibly across South West Essex and be able to travel to clinic locations across patch and also home visiting.
The area covered is Thurrock and Basildon, Brentwood, Wickford and Billericay within the MSE.
Certain respiratory qualifications and courses are mandatory but this can be supported if the successful candidate does not have these currently but qualifies at interview.
The service and Trust actively support CPD.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Oct 2024