Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Allan House Clinic Town Sowerby Bridge Salary £24,071 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/12/2025 23:59 Interview date 18/12/2025
Rehabilitation Assistant in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
NHS AfC: Band 3
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
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Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to work in the field of respiratory rehabilitation including patients with long covid syndrome. To provide delegated rehabilitation plans to people with chronic respiratory disease in a variety of environments including groups and home base rehabilitation. To provide administration support to both pulmonary rehabilitation and the post covid service.
Main duties of the job
Activities will include
* Implementing exercise programmes to individuals or groups.
* Assisting with exercise assessments of pulmonary and long covid patients
* Assisting with and or completing the exercise assessments at point of discharge
* Making minor adjustments to treatment programmes within pre determined limits
* Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatments.
* Assisting with group exercise and advice sessions.
* To utilise the SystmOne clinical information system to retrieve patient information, register referrals and discharges, deal with tasks, type and send letters.
* prepare responses/letters/acknowledgments and requests for the Pulmonary Rehabilitation clinical lead and therapy staff.
* To ensure written documentation is accurate and disseminated to other professionals within the Trust, external agencies and carers
* To provide a first point of contact for service users, answering the telephone and dealing with enquiries in a sensitive manner to document and convey messages to the team.
* To arrange appointments for clinic consultations, home visits and meetings face to face and/or virtual.
* To check email accounts process referrals and amend waiting lists for both pulmonary rehabilitation and the post covid service
* To attend post covid multi-disciplinary team meeting and complete patient templates and any administrative duties post meeting.
* To print patient assessment packs including exercise sheets and information booklets
Working for our organisation
We employ more than 6,000 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,
Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health
centres and in patients’ homes.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards
listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and
the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the
changes to the local community needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will y support the delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Calderdale. They will undertake highly skilled support work with people who have, respiratory disease, and complex multi pathology conditions including long covid.
The work will involve assisting with the Pulmonary Rehabilitation groups face to face and virtual, contacting patients, and assisting with the office administration for the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service and post covid service. You will also deliver one to one rehabilitation programmes to patients within their own homes
The post holder will (in allocated time) act as a point of contact for all communication for the team, answering phones and organising diaries.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* English and maths GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent
* Willing and able to participate in competency work based training programme
* Competence based level 2 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or The Care Certificate issued by an employer
* Previous competency based training in relevant field
* NVQ L3 ( or equivalent ) in appropriate field - or working towards this
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
* Recent relevant experience of working in a healthcare team
* Experience of using Microsoft Word and Excel
* Experience working within a team
* Experience of using systmone, EPR or other electronic healthcare record.
* good organisatonal skills and an ability to prioritise a workload
* an ability to work under pressure
* Experience of working in community settings in particular within patients homes
* Experience of teaching and instructing individuals and groups
* Experience of exercise and health promotion within healthcare or community settings
* previous experience of working with adults with respiratory disease and/or long covid syndrome and other comorbidities
* understanding rehabilitation and reablement principles
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
* Demonstrates positive attitudes and behaviours
* Able to work on own following agreed protocols, seeking help appropriately, particularly around unforeseen circumstances
* Able to use initiative but be aware of limitations of role
* Problem solving / decision making skills based on patient / client needs
* Tactful diplomatic, supportive and resourceful
* Ability to work to deadlines
* Ability to work well in a team
* must be eligible to work in the UK
* Access to transport for community working and the ability to work in varying locations to supply the service for calderdale pulmonary rehabilitation and post covid service.
* Have an awareness of Trust policies and procedures.
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on theCheck if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.
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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.
Name Lucy Breaks Job title Clinical Lead Physiotherapist Email address lucy.breaks@cht.nhs.uk Telephone number 07554459749 Additional information
I am available to discuss the position Monday - Thursday 9-4.30
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