Respiratory Nurse/ Physiotherapist

Job summary
The job description attached is that of a band 6 within the Integrated Respiratory Team. Appropriate levels of experience, education and knowledge base are banding requirements within this service. This will be discussed further at interview as needed. This specific post will cover the Basildon, Brentwood, Wickford and Thurrock community and will sit within the Integrated Respiratory Team, there is a need to be able to travel freely within this locality. The Integrated Respiratory Team currently includes COPD (Complex case management), Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Home Oxygen Service, a Respiratory Virtual ward for aiding admission avoidance and Early Supported Discharge and breathlessness and Diagnostics service - Spirometry and FeNo testing currently.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for delivering and leading highly specialist clinical care. They will be responsible for leading and developing new and innovative clinical practices responding to emerging knowledge and techniques and working with other services where appropriate to make improvements. The post holder would be expected to support all aspects of the integrated respiratory team. The post holder would be expected to work in clinics and visit patients in their own homes. Clinical supervision and teaching where practicable or required will be provided. The Shape of Community Respiratory Services is ever changing and staff will need to adapt to new ask of service provision as required.

Working as part of the Integrated Respiratory Team to provide high quality, evidenced based, timely care for patients that fit service criteria:

• Support in the provision of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for suitable patients requiring help with respiratory condition management including COPD patients and other relevant respiratory conditions.
• Working with the patient and providing individualised, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care.
• Completing respiratory assessments and reviews for the COPD team, for ongoing respiratory case management.
• Providing assessment for Oxygen therapy within the Home Oxygen Service.

Job responsibilities

• Providing and partaking in care and support the Respiratory Virtual Ward, giving care closer to home and supporting admission avoidance and early supported discharge pathways.
• Performing Spirometry and FeNo testing as part of Breathlessness and Diagnostics service, and any future service adaptations.
• Providing onward referrals to other community services including health and social care to ensure the safe management of the patient.
• To support patients and the team with Specialist Respiratory knowledge and skills, being flexible with the changing face of a growing service in relation to service provision.
• The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust's Values in their day to day work.

Main duties of the job (Please refer to Job Description for more detail)

• Promoting effective self-management of patients and/or providing professional intervention for community management in order to present unnecessary hospital admissions, improve quality of life and to actively identify patients who would benefit from case management.
• The post holder will make a contribution to both patient and professional education.
• The post holder will be expected to deliver a high level of respiratory care to COPD patients and other suitably identified respiratory conditions.
• The post holder will be required to perform and interpret ABG and CBG results for oxygen therapy assessment and review.
• The post holder will be able to support with the assessment and delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation after upskilling and/or provide sickness and holiday cover to this service.
• 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.
• To support Breathlessness and Diagnostics service by performing quality FeNo and ARTP accredited Spirometry and other testing.
• Support and deliver the Trusts Values.
• To be competent in supporting respiratory patients in the community.

Starting
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 on 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 (with a minimum of £1,346 to a maximum of £2,270 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

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. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate's own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications. Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience. We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.

Contact
For an informal chat or to arrange a visit, please contact:
Name: Franki Green
Job title: Interim Operational Lead.
Email: francesca.green15@nhs.net

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.