Main area Respiratory Services Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
37.5 hours per week Job ref 828-PROVIDE3584
Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Wren House Town Chelmsford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/07/2025 08:00
Job Overview
Previous Applicants need not apply
The Community Respiratory team in Mid Essex are looking for
Physiotherapist or Nurse either a current band 5 looking to develop to a band 6 or current band 6 with NHS experience to work as part of an established Respiratory team to deliver a service for respiratory patients which includes Spirometry and breathlessness hubs, Virtual Respiratory Ward , home visits, clinics, Pulmonary rehabilitation and consultant MDT meetings . The post holder would be expected to work in clinics and visit patients in their homes . Patients will be contacted via phone and visited as needed as part of a 7 day service. The posts are held within the Mid Essex respiratory team and will offer clinical supervision and teaching. The aim of the team is to provide comprehensive respiratory care to patients in a community setting with an emphasis on people at risk of admission to secondary care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will help to facilitate the expansion of the Respiratory service for Respiratory patients. Assessing and treating patients in community clinics and home visits, being involved in the Virtual Respiratory ward as well and the opportunity to become ARTP accredited for Spirometry and gaining competencies to take and interpret blood gases.
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Eligible for NHS Pension
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing community based holistic assessments
- Maintain a high standard of patient focused care reflecting an inter-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation and self-management and help provide excellent post discharge care for patients recovering from respiratory exacerbations
- Develop good communication links with patients and carers as well as consultants and service staff
- Establish and promote joint working with other services across professional and organisational boundaries.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy, HPC registration and portfolio evidence of postgraduate learning and experience
- or Or Registered Nurse on part 1 of the NMC plus 2 years post graduate experience
Desirable criteria
- Management Qualification
- Management education development, including in supervision/ teaching/team management
- MIPPS course
- Independent/supplementary prescriber
- ARTP registered
Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Car driver.
- Full driving license
- Previous NHS Experience
Work Related Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the role specialist Physiotherapist or Nurse
- Experience of respiratory medicine.
- Knowledge of the national public health agenda
- Good understanding of external influences creating changes in NHS Knowledge of primary and community care issues and political changes
Desirable criteria
- Experience with spirometry
- Experience of Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Awareness of national health care issues
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
- Able to work autonomously
- Sound organizational skills
- Ability to manage all resources to maximum capacity.
- Able to work with people at all levels.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships across disciplines
- Clinically up to date and able to demonstrate innovative practice
- Computer literate able to use system one
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using spreadsheets and other software for clinical and non-clinical activity.
- Clinical supervision skills
- Presentation skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent community experience
- Experience of initiating and implementing patient focused clinical or professional change
- Interpretation of vital signs, including pulse-oximetry and chest examination/ auscultation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of successful multi agency working
- Experience of negotiation and influence to achieve change.
- Blood gas sampling and analysis.
- Blood sugar monitoring.
- Experience with virtual video consultations
- Knowledge of pharmacology.
- Venepuncture
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Apprachable
- Able to manage time effectively
- Able to work in new ways and complex situations
Further Information
How will we contact you?
- All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
- As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
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Closing Date
Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.
Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?
If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination
Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.
We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.
Anti Fraud
Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.
Disability
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[email protected].
Work Trials
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We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
Successful Applicant
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.
The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
