Job description

Job responsibilities

• Responsibility for the smooth running of the HOSAR pathway on aday to day basis.

• Report to the Clinical Lead and Manager and team as required.

• Oxygen assessment and review in clinic setting and patients home, including capillary blood gase sampling and interpretation

• Performing all types of oxygen assessments, including ambulatory oxygen assessments

• Organise and provide service specific in-service training (IST)and training to patients and stakeholders as required.

• Develop and implement Camden HOS-AR protocols

• Work with all stakeholders to promote safe and effective oxygen prescribing within guidance.

• To communicate and present cases at the weekly team caseload and/or MDTs and support less experienced staff members with this process.

• Collecting, analysing and reporting service data and KPIs

• To represent Camden at relevant internal and external stakeholder meetings.

• To ensure that high standards of clinical practice and patient care are maintained and to ensure that other clinicians in the team do likewise.

• Supporting the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation, spirometry, domiciliary COPD management, outreach clinics and other respiratory pathways as required.

• Performing Clinician of the Day duties, including managing acute patient queries, responding to clinical advice requests, and reviewing all clinical referrals and communications received via the team inbox and electronic patient record systems. Responsibilities include triaging and assessing referrals, gathering relevant clinical information from referrers and GP records, determining pathway suitability, providing clinical advice where appropriate, and coordinating the management of urgent clinical issues arising within team clinics, pulmonary rehabilitation sessions and the wider respiratory service.

We are looking for an excellent communicator who can work autonomously whilst contributing positively to a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will be reflective, receptive to feedback and committed to continuous professional development. We value individuals who demonstrate curiosity, compassion and a growth mindset, embrace new challenges and contribute to a culture of learning, service improvement and shared decision-making.

The team is based at Peckwater Health Centre and operates Monday to Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm. The post holder will also contribute to a pro-rata senior clinician-led telephone advice service between 8:00-9:00am and 5:00-8:00pm.

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Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Physiotherapy/BSc Nursing (or equivalent)
• HCPC/NMC registered
• Willing to work towards Masters Level - relevant respiratory courses and training already undertaken or planned.

Desirable

• Relevant professional body membership
• Post graduate clinical courses specific to working with COPD clients
• Non-medical Prescribing Qualification (or willingness to undertake training)
• Working at Masters level (equivalent of) in the management of clients with complex respiratory needs

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a health economy similar to the UK
• Working at Band 6 or above in Respiratory Care (HOSAR, Pulmonary Rehabilitation +/- General COPD/respiratory medicine management)
• Experience of working with other agencies
• Previous experience of delivering training/supervision

Desirable

• Spirometry and interpretation
• Home oxygen assessment and management
• Experience of ambulatory oxygen assessments
• All round general experience, including: Elderly Care General and Acute Medicine Community

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of type1 and type 2 respiratory failure and interpretation of blood gases
• Knowledge of the criteria for the various types of home oxygen therapy (LTOT, AOT and POT) and an understanding of the risk assessment and guidelines
• Able to undertake an advanced assessment of a respiratory patient, including aspects of physical, mental and social wellbeing
• Evidence of undertaking service development/audit/QI (Demonstrate ability to set up and monitor standards of practice, care pathways and clinical guidelines)
• Intermediate IT skills and experience working with electronic patient records (including presentation skills)
• Demonstrates autonomous clinical decision-making, effective prioritisation and the ability to manage a varied caseload under pressure.
• Experience of delivering holistic, patient-centred assessment and management, including developing and implementing personalised care plans.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience of multidisciplinary working, health promotion and supporting behaviour change.
• Following assessment be able to identify key problems and goals and develop and deliver a personalised care plan

Desirable

• Can undertake a capillary blood gas
• Specialist knowledge of evidence-based assessment (including using COPD outcome measures) and management of clients with COPD
• Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
• Specialist knowledge of evidence-based rehabilitation of clients with COPD
• Level 2 smoking cessation training / VBA

Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

Essential

• Demonstrates excellent organisational skills, including the ability to self-motivate, prioritise workload and work effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrates reflective practice, openness to feedback and a commitment to continuous learning, professional development and service improvement.
• Promotes a compassionate, inclusive and psychologically safe culture, consistently demonstrating professionalism, integrity and non-discriminatory behaviour.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Peckwater Centre

Peckwater Centre, 6 Peckwater Street

London

NW5 2TX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)