The integrated community respiratory team provide a number of services – COPD (including virtual ward), Home oxygen, Pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory physio.
We are a team of nurses, physios and skills assistant staff. We cover all of NE Essex so access to a car and a driving licence is essential. The service runs 7 days a week so there will be some weekend/Bank holiday working when induction and required competencies have been completed.
We provide clinic based, class based and home based care, with the aim of supporting people to have quality of life and be able to self manage their conditions.
We are seeking an experienced respiratory practitioner to join our team. Ideally you will have experience of community based care. This role includes non medical prescribing so you should have completed (or be near completion) of this qualification.
• To work as part of the integrated team to deliver therapeutic input to patients with the aim of returning them to maximum independent living, within a stimulating environment actively promoting self-management on all activities of daily living.
• To be responsible for providing highly specialist assessment, treatment and person-centred management for patients requiring respiratory care.
• Non medical prescriber
• To lead and develop delegated aspects of the community respiratory service including planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the service
• To train and develop the team members and other relevant staff members in providing optimum care for people residing in the community
• Work with the Managers to provide a safe, effective and high-quality service.
• Work closely with allied services such as primary care, secondary care, community nursing, specialist nurse and therapy services, palliative care professionals, adult social care, and the voluntary sector to develop care pathways to provide optimum care for people with respiratory needs.
• Provide day to day leadership of the team in the absence of the clinical lead.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where 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.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Sep 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr