Senior Physio Assistant or Assistant Practitioner inBillericay inBillericay PUBLISHED 25 DEC 2023
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We are a busy, fast paced team, within an ever changing landscape of Respiratory Care, forward thinking and innovative, we work closely with our local partners working towards consistent care across Mid and South Essex.
As an integrated service there will be in house training on all aspects of service and staff are expected to support all areas of service provision with the chance to upskill in nursing and therapy areas.
The post is Monday - Friday 9-5pm and Saturday - Sunday 9-3pm, this will be on a 4 week or suitable rota basis once all training and competency is signed off.
The successful candidate will have an interest in respiratory care and delivering the best.
This post requires that you work flexibly across South West Essex and be able to travel to clinic locations across patch and also home visiting.
The area covered is Thurrock and Basildon, Brentwood, Wickford and Billericay within the MSE.
Certain respiratory qualifications and courses are mandatory but this can be supported if the successful candidate does not have these currently but qualifies at interview.
The service and Trust actively support CPD.
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.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Band 4 Senior Physiotherapy Assistant or Assistant Practitioner.
A vacant post within the Integrated Respiratory Team has arisen in North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) in the area of South West Essex.
The Integrated Respiratory Team are and integrated service with Nursing staff, Specialist Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners, Senior Physiotherapy Assistants and Administration staff.
The team cover many aspects of community respiratory care, services include, COPD Team, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Home Oxygen Service, Respiratory Virtual Ward and Breathlessness and Diagnostics service.
Band 4 duties will include supporting aspects of service in each area after training and competency review.
1. Promoting effective self-management of patients following inital assessments.
2. Contribute to patient education and wider holistic support network
3. Support COPD patients and other suitably identified respiratory conditions with assessment and clear lines if escalation to senior staff.
4. Support with Oxygen home safety and management of stable oxygen case load with escalation of CBG results .
5. The post holder will be able to perform appropriate level of assessment and delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
6. 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 while being supervised by a senior member of staff.
7. To support Breathlessness and Diagnostics service by performing quality FeNo and ARTP accredited Spirometry. This service is evolving and additional suitable pathways and reviews maybe made.
8.To support with all aspects of service delivery and ongoing review of pathways and transformation of Respiratory services as competency and ability allow.
10. Support and deliver the Trusts Values.
We are a busy, fast paced team, within an ever changing landscape of Respiratory Care, forward thinking and innovative, we work closely with our local partners working towards consistent care across Mid and South Essex.
As an integrated service there will be in house training on all aspects of service and staff are expected to support all areas of service provision with the chance to upskill in nursing and therapy areas.
The post is Monday - Friday 9-5pm and Saturday - Sunday 9-3pm, this will be on a 4 week or suitable rota basis once all training and competency is signed off.
The successful candidate will have an interest in respiratory care and delivering the best.
This post requires that you work flexibly across South West Essex and be able to travel to clinic locations across patch and also home visiting.
The area covered is Thurrock and Basildon, Brentwood, Wickford and Billericay within the MSE.
Certain respiratory qualifications and courses are mandatory but this can be supported if the successful candidate does not have these currently but qualifies at interview.
The service and Trust actively support CPD.
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.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Band 4 Senior Physiotherapy Assistant or Assistant Practitioner.
A vacant post within the Integrated Respiratory Team has arisen in North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) in the area of South West Essex.
The Integrated Respiratory Team are and integrated service with Nursing staff, Specialist Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners, Senior Physiotherapy Assistants and Administration staff.
The team cover many aspects of community respiratory care, services include, COPD Team, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Home Oxygen Service, Respiratory Virtual Ward and Breathlessness and Diagnostics service.
Band 4 duties will include supporting aspects of service in each area after training and competency review.
1. Promoting effective self-management of patients following inital assessments.
2. Contribute to patient education and wider holistic support network
3. Support COPD patients and other suitably identified respiratory conditions with assessment and clear lines if escalation to senior staff.
4. Support with Oxygen home safety and management of stable oxygen case load with escalation of CBG results .
5. The post holder will be able to perform appropriate level of assessment and delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
6. 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 while being supervised by a senior member of staff.
7. To support Breathlessness and Diagnostics service by performing quality FeNo and ARTP accredited Spirometry. This service is evolving and additional suitable pathways and reviews maybe made.
8.To support with all aspects of service delivery and ongoing review of pathways and transformation of Respiratory services as competency and ability allow.
10. Support and deliver the Trusts Values.
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