Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Respiratory Nurse/ Respiratory Physiotherapist to join the Integrated Respiratory Team at Bromley Healthcare on an 11-month fixed term contract.
The role is mainly clinical, including completing triage, assessment, and review for patients with chronic respiratory conditions (COPD, ILD, bronchiectasis, etc.), long-term oxygen therapy, and ambulatory oxygen therapy. The team also has a prophylactic antibiotic pathway and a biologics pathway which is under development. Non-clinical duties include supervising junior members of staff and students, and facilitating ongoing training to the team.
Main duties of the job:
- Assess and treat patients on the oxygen pathway following relevant guidelines
- Assess patients with chronic lung diseases holistically and develop appropriate management strategies
- Prevent hospital admissions by providing ongoing individualised self-management plans to support optimal self-care in adherence to local and BTS/NICE/COPD guidelines
- Provide specialist advice to other healthcare professionals within the Community Health Locality Teams on the management of patients with chronic lung diseases
- Recognise deterioration or change in patients' condition and provide appropriate care
- Support and participate in the delivery of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation programme as required by the service
- Ensure the correct and safe use of equipment recommended by the Integrated Respiratory team by patients
- Collect and enter data in a timely manner
- Participate in clinical audit and monitoring of the service to continuously evaluate the effectiveness of the team and comply with Clinical Governance requirements
- Assist with the management, education support, and review of junior members of the Community Respiratory Team
Benefits:
- Pension schemes
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Access to home furnishings and electronics
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounts at various high street retailers
- Eligibility for the Blue Light Card
- Opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans
- Excellent lease car scheme
Requirements:
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy or 1st Level RGN
- Current registration with HCPC or NMC
- Significant experience working with patients with respiratory disease
- Experience in management of patients on oxygen
- Excellent assessment skills
- Knowledge of national guidance for oxygen and management of patients with chronic respiratory conditions
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Ability to use initiative and work creatively and independently
- Well-developed interpersonal communication skills both written and verbal