Pulmonary Rehabilitation Therapy Technician

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within a well-established Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team here in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin supporting patients to make positive life choices that enhance their lives and health.

Do you have experience as a physiotherapy technician including working with respiratory patients in the acute or community setting?

Do you have keen interest in long term respiratory conditions?

Do you have a desire to further develop skills and knowledge in this field?

If so this post could be for you!

We can offer you the opportunity to work alongside experienced staff to help develop your skills and knowledge in respiratory care. As part of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation team you will be expected to work independently in liaison with the physiotherapists and nurses, to support patients in a community setting.

You will work alongside and build relationships with the community respiratory nursing teams, local GP surgeries, secondary care respiratory colleagues and community inter disciplinary teams, delivering high quality care across community settings.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

Providing pulmonary rehabilitation to patients in the community in both group and domiciliary settings
Participating in MDT meetings and events.
Ordering items via oracle
Assisting respiratory specialist physiotherapists and nurses

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

15 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-567206-OPS-B

Job locations

Louise House

Roman Road

Shrewsbury

SY3 9JN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 / BTEC in relevant healthcare subject
Good levels of literacy and numeracy

Experience

Essential

Experience working in health / NHS
Experience of working with groups with varying abilities or needs
Experience of working with groups of varying abilities

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Excellent communication skills
Good time management skills
Excellent interpersonal skills

Requirements

Essential

Able to meet the travel requirements of the job

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 / BTEC in relevant healthcare subject
Good levels of literacy and numeracy

Experience

Essential

Experience working in health / NHS
Experience of working with groups with varying abilities or needs
Experience of working with groups of varying abilities

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Excellent communication skills
Good time management skills
Excellent interpersonal skills

Requirements

Essential

Able to meet the travel requirements of the job

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).

Additional information