Pulmonary Rehabilitation Community Assistant Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Practitioner to join the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team based in King's Lynn building skills and knowledge within chronic respiratory disease management and exercise. This new Service joins the established yet growing service in progress of working towards national accreditation for Pulmonary Rehabilitation .

The Pulmonary Rehabilitation team is a specialist service providing group education and exercise to people living with chronic respiratory disease. Care is delivered face to face, via virtual platforms and telephone.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapist, Nurses and Technical Instructor assisting in delivering exercise and education classes to patients with respiratory disease in a variety of venues across Norfolk.

Training opportunities within respiratory care and exercise training will be offered and encouraged. Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.

Knowledge of long term health conditions including respiratory disorders would be beneficial to the role. Specific training will be given to those unfamiliar with the specifics of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

The Service will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays., To contribute to the organisation and delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation (exercise, lifestyle, lung education) by a multi-disciplinary team for people who have a diagnosed long term lung condition including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Pulmonary Fibrosis. This will include assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing patients referred to the programme delegated by the registered clinicians in a variety of community settings (face to face and virtual).

NCH&C is proud to be the first standalone NHS community trust in the UK to achieve an 'Outstanding' rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our focus is on continually improving the quality of care we offer to local people and on improving access to that care, helping people to move seamlessly from one service to another. Praising NCH&C's "compassionate, inclusive and effective leadership at all levels", the CQC observed that our staff are well supported to make positive changes and innovations.

Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust is committed to continuing to create a modern and inclusive work environment. As part of this commitment we actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible, to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce to maintain and improve their wellbeing. The trust offers a range of flexibility, including flexible working patterns, and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.