Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·      Act as a change agent and innovator, planning, instigating, and evaluating change in line with the pulmonary rehabilitation accreditation standards

·  To promote the provision of pulmonary rehabilitation across Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and GP practices within Calderdale

·     To develop and maintain collaborative relationships, partnerships, and networks to influence and improve health outcomes and health delivery systems.

·   To ensure service developments for Chronic respiratory disease improve practice and health outcomes that are underpinned by local and national guidance.

·   To contribute to measuring the effectiveness and productivity of pulmonary rehabilitations services provided through the collection and correlation of data for the team annual report and making recommendations

·   To assist other team members in implementing evidence based clinical practice within all areas of the pulmonary rehabilitation programme

·  To work collaboratively with members of the wider community respiratory team to ensure share knowledge and embed good practice and educate around the pulmonary rehabilitation programme.

·       To develop and maintain collaborative relationships, partnerships, and networks to influence and improve the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation

·       To support the pulmonary rehabilitation clinical lead in the daily operational management of pulmonary rehabilitation.

·       Manage autonomously a clinical workload of patients with chronic respiratory disease at a highly specialist level, assessing and treating patients and maintaining clinical records.

·       To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex and multiple presentations, using investigative and analytical skills then formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning utilising a wide range of treatment skills and option

·      Formulate and deliver an appropriate individual, evidence based physiotherapy/pulmonary rehabilitation treatment programme based on highly specialised knowledge. This necessitates high levels of autonomy and the analysis of information, interpreting results to inform assessment and treatment planning, selecting an appropriate treatment/management programme, often from a range of options, and evaluating the effectiveness of treatment interventions.

• Develop effective links with other community and specialist respiratory services including General Practitioners, Practice Nurses and Respiratory Physicians, mental health services, and Community Pharmacists; To provide specialist advice where needed and refer to other agencies as required.

·        Take part in the education and training of Physiotherapists and qualified and non-qualified healthcare / social services / education staff including medical staff.

·     To liaise with the respiratory nurses, to ensure avoidance of admission/readmission and to ensure a swift return to an improved level of independence.

·                             Professional Duties

·             Work autonomously within Trust policies and professional practice, maintaining accurate and comprehensive up to date records.

·               ·                Work in accordance with all Trust policies and procedures.

·                Attend induction and regular update training on risk management policies and procedures.

·                Identify through risk assessment, any risks that exist within their department or in the community during the delivery of the service.

·                Report clinical incidents/near misses or any unexpected event or incident that occur.  To work with the clinical lead, assisting them in the management of complaints and incidents.

·                Maintain confidentiality of all patient identifiable information in line with Trust policies relating to the Data Protection Act.

Managerial Duties

·        To lead the process on uploading evidence onto the PRSAS website ensuring it meets the standards.

·   Provide advice / information to the Clinical Lead to help in the planning and development of the service. 

·          Assist the clinical lead in achieving the service objectives.

·       Assist the Clinical Lead in the monitoring of professional, clinical and departmental standards and assist implementation of change as appropriate.