Job overview

A unique and exciting Band 7 opportunity has come available in Sussex Community NHS Trust (SCFT) to work alongside the Community Respiratory services to lead the development, set up and provision of a Trust wide Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Hub.

We are looking for an experienced Nurse or Physiotherapist to clinically lead the transformation of PR services across the SCFT footprint.

Respiratory and PR experience is essential in order to take a lead role in the design and establishment of effective PR care pathways to ensure safe and effective services and optimum use of all available resources.

You will be based at Brighton General Hospital but will be expected to travel across the SCFT footprint working directly with the community respiratory teams.

Main duties of the job

Take a lead role in the design and establishment of effective PR care pathways to ensure safe and effective services and optimum use of all available resource. You will need to flexibly plan and organise own work to ensure a balance between transformation, management and clinical duties.

To provide leadership, challenge the status quo and work collaboratively with professional colleagues and other health and social care organisations, promoting collaboration and service development.

As part of your role is ensuring our service users receive excellent care, you will initiate and participate in evidence-based projects and audits, to improve both immediate and future quality of patient’s care.

In this role, you need to be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, flexible and able to work autonomously using strong clinical and reasoning skills. You will also be passionate about working creatively to bring about innovative service development.

The service is committed to supporting your development and there will be an expectation that you will develop your inter-professional skills. We will offer you regular supervision as well as a wide range of formal and informal opportunities to develop your leadership skills.

Working for our organisation

  • Positive 2020 NHS Staff Survey results
  • The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rates our quality of services as good with outstanding features
  • Stunning locations in Sussex, surrounded by the South Downs and the coast
  • A great working environment in the community, in patients’ homes and our
    community hospitals
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Real Living Wage Employer with great rates of pay
  • Flexible working options, including job sharing, annualised hours, career breaks, parental leave and adoption leave
  • Supportive team environments
  • Cost-effective and convenient workplace nurseries
  • Thriving BAME, Disability, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
  • Disability Confident Employer, committed to creating inclusive workplaces

    • Detailed job description and main responsibilities
    The post holder will be the clinical lead for the transformation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation services across SCFT. You will be required to lead the development, set up and provision of a Trust wide Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Hub, this will include a centralised triage function and support delivery of PR with the community respiratory teams across the SCFT footprint.

    For more information, please see the attached job description and person
    specification.

    Person specification

    Professional Registration
    Essential criteria

  • Professional Registration
  • Relevant post graduate courses/qualification
  • Advanced physical assessment module
  • Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to underpin clinical reasoning skills and ability to undertake assessment, analysis and treatment of complex respiratory cases

    • Experience
    Essential criteria

  • Extensive post registration experience in respiratory care
  • Experience of multi professional and cross-organisational work

    • Desirable criteria

  • Experience of performance management, including reporting against targets and risk management
  • Experience of Human Resource Management including recruitment and retention of staff, performance management and managing sickness and absence
  • Experience of project/service development

    • Knowledge &Skills
    Essential criteria

  • Comprehensive and specialist assessment skills including physical assessment and independent prescribing
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to meet a range of competing deadlines and priorities
  • Ability to manage complaints and incidents at local level
  • Highly developed knowledge in evidence based practice and critical appraisal skills to include the ability to evaluate current research, apply to practice and organise the dissemination of findings to others
  • Specialist knowledge and application of assessment and interventions in respiratory care
  • Ability to maintain knowledge of relevant NHS legislation and policies and apply to practice and organise the dissemination of changes to others
  • Commitment to continuing professional development

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    • This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.

    Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically. If you have not heard from us within two weeks please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please ensure that you check your emails, including your junk folder, on a regular basis. References will be requested electronically as well; please ensure you provide correct contact details for referees.

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