We are seeking an enthusiastic Individual to work within Southampton Integrated COPD Team.
The role supports the delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes and support complex respiratory disease community clinics.
The successful candidate will be involved in working with patients with long term lung conditions, helping to maximise their function and support long term behaviour change.
This is a rewarding role requiring an individual with good people, organisational and administration skills. It is essential you can work in a team and be flexible in your approach. Candidates with experience of working with specialist groups of clients in a group exercise environment are encouraged to apply however not essential.
You will be working across sites in Southampton City. The post holder is required to be a car driver.
The Service currently runs between the hours of 08.00-18.00 and your work pattern will fall within those times. There is no weekend working in this post at present.
The post is for 37.5 hours a week.
If you have any more questions or would like to come for an informal visit which is encouraged, please contact.
Helen Fricker COPD PR Team Leader - [email protected] or Adrian Jones Lead Exercise Professional [email protected].
This role will be split between Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) and Specialist Respiratory Community Clinics, delivered within the community across various locations in Southampton City. You will be a key member of the Integrated COPD team to support effective delivery of community COPD care.
The role involves supporting assessments and delivery of PR classes (both exercise and educational delivery) alongside the clinical lead for the programme, ensuring patients are comfortable, confident with the exercises and feeling part of a group. You will provide 1:1 assistance to patients, assisting with patient related admin and organisation of equipment, including ordering of supplies. You will be contributing to the delivery of the health promotion agenda and collaborating with third party providers to support patients in long-term behaviour change.
The role in Specialist Respiratory Clinic will be supporting Clinicians/Consultants with clinical assessments by gathering clinical information, conducting inhaler technique reviews, completion of health-related questionnaires and provide self-management advice within scope of competencies.
Key skills and qualities include
- To support the team in the delivery of the service.
- Be aware of your own clinical boundaries both in practice and in emergency situations.
- Take an active role in your own ongoing professional development and input where relevant to team development and teaching.
- Take an active role in patient education and public health events.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
- NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject field e.g., Health and Social Care or Diagnostic or Therapeutic Support.
OR
- Exercise Qualification to REPS/CIMSPA Level 3 in Special Populations e.g., GP Referral, Falls, Cardiac, Pulmonary etc.
- Holds UK driving licence suitable for business insurance in the UK and access to car for work purposes.
- Demonstrates commitment to learning via personal development file.
- Completed care certificate, in the process or willingness to work towards the care certificate.
- Completed Care Certificate
- Health related degree/further education.
- IT literate and to feel comfortable with using a laptop due to working within community settings.
- Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment.
- Completion and maintenance of statutory & mandatory learning activities.
- Evidence of managing own workload / clients.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills/literacy/ numeracy skills
- Good observation skills and recognition of the deteriorating patient and importance of reporting/ recording.
- Experience of working with IT systems. E.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, Systm1, RIO, EMIS.
- Evidence of working with people with complex and or progressive conditions.
- Evidence or working in hospital or social care setting.
- Evidence of contributing to the development of others.
- Evidence of having worked as part of a Multidisciplinary team or with social agencies and charities.
- Experience of working in Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
