Respiratory Specialist Nurse / Physiotherapist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Exciting Career Opportunity Alert!
Are you a passionate Band 6 Respiratory Nurse or Physiotherapist ready to make a difference in the lives of patients with respiratory conditions? Join our dynamic Pennine Lung Service and become part of a cutting-edge multi-disciplinary team in Oldham.
In our role, you won’t just be a cog in the wheel; you'll be on the front lines, providing critical assessments and treatments in a variety of engaging environments—from hospital wards to patients’ homes and specialised clinics. Imagine the impact you can have by delivering care where it's needed most.
You will collaborate closely with our Home Oxygen Service to conduct essential oxygen assessments and implement tailored treatment plans. Plus, you'll have the exciting opportunity to work within our Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service, guiding patients through life-changing exercise programs and empowering them with vital self-management education.
Step into an environment filled with innovation, teamwork, and the chance to elevate your professional journey! If you're ready to embrace this rewarding challenge, we want to hear from you! Your contributions can help transform respiratory care and provide patients with the support they deserve.
Are you ready to elevate your career and make a real impact? Join us in the vital role of coordinating a home care service for patients battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and ensuring ongoing support for this essential client group!
In this dynamic position, you will take the helm, responsible for determining clinical diagnoses and crafting individualized treatment programs that truly meet patients’ needs. Your expertise will shine as you collaborate with the Home Oxygen Service to assess and facilitate the installation of home oxygen, ensuring every patient receives the care they deserve.
You’ll be the driving force behind seamless pathways of care, liaising and referring to other agencies as needed, ensuring comprehensive support for all respiratory conditions outlined in our service contract. Work alongside our Pulmonary Rehabilitation Lead to innovate and enhance our services, boosting accessibility and capacity while maintaining the highest standards and outcomes.
Your commitment to excellence will mean ensuring compliance with professional policies and guidelines, while also facilitating timely reviews of admissions and referrals from Emergency Admissions Units and medical wards. You’ll ensure every patient is discharged home with the right treatment package, and you’ll conduct home visits to deliver care tailored to their clinical needs.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website:https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months.Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/
We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Oct 2024