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You will provide support and timely intervention to patients with chronic respiratory disease in the community. You will prevent unnecessary or unscheduled acute hospital admissions and provide specialist respiratory care to patients with COPD. You will provide clinical expertise and support to healthcare colleagues working in the respiratory care field. You will support the early discharge of COPD patients from hospital. You will provide expert anticipatory care services to patients with COPD at most risk of admission, linking with the Respiratory Early Supported Discharge (ESD) team, and hospital based respiratory assessment services/respiratory nurse specialists. It is essential that you have a Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy and should be currently registered with the HCPC. You should have relevant post graduate experience including respiratory experience.
The shift pattern for this post is currently Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm, although weekend work may be implemented in the future. The hours of this post are 37.5 hours, in a permanent post.
Informal Contact:
Claire Roux, Interim Team Lead on 07970394088
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Pack