Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Community Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- 7 months (Fixed term ends 31/03/2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 7 month fixed term from 01 September 2025 to 31 March 2026)
- Job ref
- 820-7252235-COM
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Stephens Centre
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/07/2025
Employer heading
Band 3 Health Care Support Worker Respiratory Services
Band 3
Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
** THIS IS A 7 MONTH FIXED TERM POST TO RUN FROM 01st SEPTEMBER 2025 TO 31st MARCH 2026**
The post holder will work with Respiratory Team as part of a multidisciplinary team to support patients in the community with chronic respiratory conditions.
The post holder will assist all disciplines in the service to deliver rehabilitation programmes, undertaking specific skilled support work within clinic settings, the client’s home or in the community.
The post holder may work independently without direct supervision at times, however they will be in regular liaison with designated therapists who will assess all patients and provide a rehabilitation programme to the post holder. The post holder will promote patient independence whilst following a rehabilitation plan for rehabilitation.
An important element of the role is to ensure patients are empowered to make decisions about their care and are encouraged to complete a self management plan as detailed by a qualified clinician.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide a high standard of care to patients working in accordance with the trust and departmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
2. To communicate daily with the Senior Respiratory Team members ensuring accurate and effective workload instructions are disseminated and report back information about patients.
3. To provide support and advice to patients and carers under the direction of the allocating senior team member and contribute to the co-ordination of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme when required.
4. The post holder will be required to assist in providing interventions and/or treatment for patients supported by the respiratory services. This will include undertaking tasks to support biomedical investigations such as obtaining clinic samples. The post holder will be required to undertake a range of procedures. .
5. To collect sputum samples as requested by Senior Respiratory Team members for the purpose of investigation.
6. Prepare and maintain the clinical environment, including the monitoring and upkeep of stock levels.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
** THIS IS A 7 MONTH FIXED TERM POST TO RUN FROM 1st SEPTEMBER 2025 TO 31st MARCH 2026**
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications/training
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a Health/Social care setting
Desirable criteria
- Respiratory experience understanding of condition, limitations, the deteriorating patient, management etc
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an interest in Respiratory care and exercise training for chronic respiratory disease.
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Health Care Support worker.
- To practice in a safe, confident manner, awareness of health and safety issues in the home/ work place.
- Ability to demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills.
- To be able to work as part of a team and organise own workload.
- To be able to reflect on and understand the scope and limitations of their role and know when to raise any concerns to a Senior member of staff for support
- To be able to attend relevant study days to maintain up to date and safe practice along with continued personal development.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the needs of ethnic minority clients and carers.
- To maintain up to date and safe practice along with continued personal development.
- Demonstrate a good level of IT skills for electronic patient records.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Genuine interest in the delivery of health care in the Community.
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to team working.
- Ability to work flexibly within the changing environment of the NHS.
- To be able to work flexibly to meet service requirements.
- Ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately.
Other job requirements
Essential criteria
- Independently Mobile
- UK Driving License and Access to Car
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adam Sookia
- Job title
- Respiratory and Cardiac Clinical Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 466 3705
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