Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Date: 3 weeks ago

City: Billericay, England

Contract type: Part time

Job Overview

Working as part of the Integrated Respiratory Team to provide high quality, evidenced based, timely care for patients that fit service criteria. The Integrated Respiratory Team includes COPD Team (complex respiratory case management), Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service, Home Oxygen Service Respiratory Virtual Ward and Breathlessness and Diagnostics Service (Spirometry) as a whole unit. Staff are expected to support all aspects of service delivery.

Lead in the provision of Pulmonary Rehabilitation for suitable patients requiring help with respiratory condition management including but not limited to COPD/ Pulmonary Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis.

Working with the patient and providing individualised rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care.

Completing respiratory assessments and reviews within the COPD team for ongoing respiratory case management.

Supporting the home oxygen service.

Providing and partaking in care and support for 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 Physiotherapy 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

Key Responsibilities

Lead in the review and development of clinical policies, clinical pathways and identify improvements to service provision.
To be highly skilled in supporting COPD and other respiratory patients in the community, utilising highly developed specialised knowledge covering a range of procedures and underpinned by relevant broad-based knowledge, experience, and competence
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing community based holistic assessments and participate in other areas of service provision within the Integrated Respiratory Team.
Maintain a high standard of patient focused care reflecting an inter-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation and self-management of patient cohorts. Providing professional intervention for community management to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and improve quality of life.
To perform quality assured spirometry and interpretation of results, including registration to ARTP body.
Establish and promote joint working with other services across professional and organisational boundaries and to be able to manage complex and sensitive situations with patients and professionals.
Makes complex judgements requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of options by integrating complex knowledge sources in new and/or unfamiliar contexts.
To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes, to maintain up-to-date written and computerised records.
To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
To be aware of and implement the Organisation’s Policies & Procedures and participate in the development of new policies as required.
To lead in monitoring the quality of services offered and contribute to the development of service.
Identify the need for and lead in clinical audit, implement change in clinical practice and participate in monitoring and evaluation processes where appropriate.
Be automatous, responsible for own registration and competency; to work within these and/or to seek extra training if areas or training are identified.
To participate in the recruitment and selection process.
To be aware of responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act, and to contribute to the maintenance of a safe working environment for patients and staff, in accordance with the Act.
To lead in support the needs of Physiotherapy students and support other students on community placements.
To set an example of effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
To provide support to all member of the Integrated Respiratory Team and service demands, to be flexible in working pattern and approach to service delivery.
To be able to travel effectively across commissioned areas, carrying equipment where needed.
To be an active member of the Integrated Respiratory Team, working across all sectors and contribute to effective team working, providing specialist assessment and advise to a patient/client group.
To act as deputy for clinical lead/Op lead where needed.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see additional information outlined in the job description attached .

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

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.

Starting with NELFT

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 Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

Select One

High Cost Area Supplement Fringe (Basildon, Thurrock, Brentwood, Harlow and Dartford only)

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,303 to a maximum of £2,198 p.a. pro rata for part time)

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.

Name: Francesca Green

Job title: Operation Lead for The Integrated Respiratory Team.