Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Community Oxygen Specialist Nurse/Physiotherapist
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We have an exciting opportunity for a nurse or physiotherapist with previous experience managing respiratory patients, either in acute or community setting, to join the innovative COPD team.
The team comprises of a mixture of matrons, physiotherapists, a dietitian, a clinical psychologist, administrative support and healthcare/therapy assistants. Clinical leadership is provided by a Consultant Chest Physician from the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.
The COPD team delivers a wide range of services including:
- An SOS admission avoidance and early supported discharge services
- Annual review service
- COPD diagnostic service
- Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR)
- Self management education session enabling the patients to manage their disease in a much more proactive way
- Home oxygen assessment and review service
The successful candidate will be a registered nurse/physiotherapist with the relevant experience who will support the team to manage their own Oxygen patient caseload. They must be comfortable and confident to work alone and within the wider MDT.
Computer literacy and the ability to use an iPad for remote working is essential.
Oxleas operates a probationary period, further information is available on request.
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The post holder will proactively manage a caseload of patients requiring complex case management in order to effectively deliver oxygen therapy at home and improve patient health outcomes.
Working autonomously, the post holder will have continuing responsibility for proactively monitoring and managing, patients on the caseload. The post holder will be expected to possess skills in advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic reasoning and using these skills will assist in the recognition of early symptoms of disease exacerbation.
The post holder will be expected to be a competent leader and case manager and critical thinker navigating the patient through the Oxygen care pathway which spans across the primary, secondary care interface. Pivotal to the care pathway is the provision of safe and effective therapy and onward referral to maximise quality of life.
The post holder will be expected to work according to their shift allocation as organised on health roster every 3 months.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
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We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Sally Ranford
Job title: Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist
Email address: sally.ranford@nhs.net
Telephone number: 02083203340
Working Hours:
- Monday - Thursday 9-5
- Friday 9-12.45
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