Specialist Respiratory Nurse/Physiotherapist
Accepting applications until: 11-Aug-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 11-Aug-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Wythenshawe Hospital
- Address
- Southmoor Road
- Town
- Wythenshawe
- Postcode
- M239LT
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 days a week)
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum, (Pro Rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Respiratory
Job overview
Community Respiratory Team based at Wythenshawe Hospital. Service roles include
In patient reviews of COPD and asthma patients.
Providing assessment for, and the ordering of, oxygen equipment.
Home visits to assess and treat COPD patients
Assess and run pulmonary rehabilitation classes
7 days service 8am-6pm - flexible hours to meet these times
Advert
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join South Manchester Community Respiratory Team. We are a multidisciplinary team of nurses and physiotherapists delivering a range of services for people with COPD in the community and at Wythenshawe Hospital across 7 days.
The post holder will work both in the hospital and in the community providing acute home visits, pulmonary rehabilitation, COPD/asthma care bundles and oxygen assessments. Assessment and treatment within this specialist service includes patients with COPD, ILD, bronchiectasis as well as disease overlap/mixed respiratory diseases. You will be required to work autonomously at community locations supported by nursing and physio team leads as well as a respiratory consultant. There are expectations to be involved in service development and education/training of staff and students alike.
Applicants will be expected to develop a sound knowledge of respiratory conditions and treatment and to undertake appropriate specialist training within the post. They will be expected to have an interest in respiratory care and some experience within their current roles that is relevant to the post. All applicants will have excellent communication skills and be able to work autonomously, seeking support as required.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional qualification BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy or equivalent / professional qualification RN/RGN
- Active HPC registration/NMC pin
- CPD Portfolio
- Driving license and access to car
Desirable criteria
- Related advanced respiratory qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within a respiratory care setting especially chronic lung disease, minimum of 6 months
- Relevant experience at band 5 level for min of 2 years
- Experience of working as part of an MDT
- Evidence of delivering teaching and education to staff groups and patients
Desirable criteria
- Experience of community working and PCT partnership working
- Experience of service development and evaluation of service standards through clinical audit and research.
- Experience of performing exercise testing and evaluation of results
IM&T
Essential criteria
- Aware of applications of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint/excel
- Good knowledge of clinical information systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience with current systems (HIVE, EMIS)
Other
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken a leadership programme
- Evidence of involvement in change management
- Understanding a 7 day service working across different sites
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Panter
- Job title
- Respiratory Specialist Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 291 3521
- Additional information
Alternatively contact Jane Kinsey ([email protected]) Physiotherapy Team lead or the Community Respiratory team on 0161 291 3521
Start your application
You must sign in to a Trac account before you can apply for this job.
Sign in
Create an account
Create your account and apply for your new job!