Specialist Respiratory Practitioner (Physiotherapist/Nurse)

Job overview

Do you want to be part of a large, well established and award nominated Respiratory Team?

If so apply here.

The Integrated Cardio-Respiratory Services is a combined service working across hospital and community pathways, providing community services in clinic and home-based settings.  The service is a consultant led multidisciplinary team providing a range of service including; diagnostic clinics, COPD and asthma disease optimisation, exacerbation management, hospital discharge, home oxygen, pulmonary rehabilitation, dyspnoea management and primary care education and support.

The aim is to provide a more accessible, efficient, cost-effective service integrating respiratory services across secondary and primary care, to enable continuity of care and give respiratory patients the opportunities to have access to care closer to their homes and end of life care in their homes.  The specialist practitioner will have the opportunity to rotate through different specialisms and settings within the community and acute respiratory team.

Main duties of the job

To facilitate and manage the provision of high quality physiotherapy/nursing care to all adult respiratory patients alongside the consultants, AHP’s and nurses in respiratory medicine in a variety of settings to promote respiratory health within ICHNT and the surrounding community.

The respiratory practitioner will provide support and advice to doctors, nursing staff, allied health care specialists, patients and their families/carers, known to the community service, and ensure smooth transitions of care into and within the community setting.

The respiratory practitioner will have the opportunity to rotate through different specialisms and settings within the Integrated respiratory service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews  please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.