Job summary
- Main area
- Community Respiratory Service, Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- This post is a permanent contract with UHMBT, funding to align the post to the Community Respiraotry Service is secured until April 2026 (further funding is dependant on the success of the MBRN expansion)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 331-C17580625
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alfred Barrow Health Centre
- Town
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Support Worker - Pulmonary Rehabilitation
NHS AfC: Band 3
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
The Morecambe Bay Respiratory Network in conjunction with the Community Respiratory Service, have secured funding until April 2026, to trial a number of new services across Morecambe Bay, including (but not limited to) the provision of additional localised pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
This role offers you a permanent contract with our Trust (UHMBT), and a role aligned with the Community Respiratory Service until 31st March 2026. Further funding for us to continue these Respiratory services beyond April 2026, will be dependent on the success of this trial period.
So, if you have a passion for respiratory care and want to help us to improve the lives of people living with respiratory disease across Morecambe Bay, and if you are up for a challenge and want to help us make these new services a success – then this role could be for you!
This full time clinical support worker role, will predominately support the delivery of our Barrow rolling programmes of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, with some cover each week to either our Kendal or Carnforth programme.
Main duties of the job
Working alongside a team of Physiotherapists, OTs, Nurses and administrators, as part of the Community Respiratory Service, you will assist in the delivery of our Rolling programmes of Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR).
Specifically, you will assist the registered staff with the planning, organising and delivery of PR assessments, groups and final assessments.
This will involve:
- Phoning patients to support their journey through PR
- Supporting patients to complete health questionnaires
- Taking basic clinical observations as part of fitness testing
- Conducting (under the supervision of a Physiotherapist) fitness testing (walk tests, strength tests, functional assessments) as part of the PR initial and final assessments
- Working in a compassionate, respectful and professional manner with patients, their relatives and cares and staff, role modelling our Trust values and behaviours.
- Cleaning of equipment and complying with health and safety processes to ensure safe delivery of PR for our patients
- Writing up clinical notes using EMIS web clinical records system
- Entering clinical data into our Audit spreadsheet
- Moving and handling of PR equipment
- Some general clinical administration tasks as needed (e.g. collating patient education materials)
- Supporting the staffing cover and delivery of PR exercise classes as needed
Working for our organisation
UHMBT Integrated Community Service provides care outside of the hospital setting, including community locations and people’s own homes.
UHMBT hospital services operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively and adjust communication style to meet the needs of service users
- Ability to organise self and prioritise work.
- Display flexible attitude to work and the ability to cope with change.
- The ability to carry out patient moving and handling tasks and to transport, deliver and fit assistive equipment that may be large or bulky.
- Ability to work alone in the community without direct supervision. Ability to follow instructions and treatment plans from registered health care professional Ability to know when to request assistance from registered health care professional or other forms of support.
personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Empathetic, Sensitive to the needs of others.
- Able to offer emotional support to patients and relatives, including those with cognitive disabilities
- Ability to travel to provide assessment and treatment to patients in the community and attend meetings.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 3 Care Certificate or equivalent experience/ training,
Desirable criteria
- EDL
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a team
- Experience using Microsoft Office and other IT applications.
- Experience providing care/therapy to adults
Desirable criteria
- Experience working as a health care or therapy assistant.
- Experience working within a community health or social care service.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Allen
- Job title
- PR service lead & Respiratory Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01229 402552
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