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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 services 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, AHPs, 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.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare, you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative, and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, and a staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan, or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time, or job share. Please talk to us at the interview.
Job description
Job 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.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy/Nursing State registration with the Health & Care Professions Council/NMC. Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
Desirable
Post-graduate study in Respiratory Care
Experience
Essential
Significant post-registration experience in specialty area and experience in either junior specialty role or team leader management role Experience with managing patients relevant to the specialist area Experience of working in Pulmonary rehabilitation Experience in integrated respiratory care
Desirable
Experience in oxygen services and acute management of the unwell respiratory patient in the community setting
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
Essential
Able to demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge of own patient group Good IT skills Ability to demonstrate application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice Able to prioritise and meet deadlines. Ability to practice within the scope of the HPC/NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
Desirable
Demonstrate commitment through involvement in Trust-wide initiatives/committees Advanced IT skills use or Excel Presentation skills
Employer details
Employer name
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
St Mary's Hospital
Praed St
London
W2 1NY
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