About this role
Job summary
Whaddon Healthcare is a forward thinking and progressive organisation. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual who has a passion for Respiratory Management to join our team.
The individual working within this role will play an integral part in our respiratory team. The team is based in Milton Keynes but offers a specialist respiratory service in other locations across BLMK. All staff are expected to rotate around these different locations.
Main duties of the job
The role will include diagnostic spirometry, FeNO and a respiratory assessment for patients looking for a diagnosis and those who are known to have respiratory conditions.
The role will require some home visits to our patients who have oxygen.
About us
Whaddon Healthcare have been providing family medicine to our patients since 1920. We are an innovative organisation who offer a variety of Primary and Community services including Cardiology, Respiratory and Gynaecology. We have a list size of 22,000 patients and operate over two sites in Milton Keynes.
Job description Job responsibilities
To make professionally autonomous decisions
Perform diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports
Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care
Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening, and therapeutic communication skills
Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate
Work with multi-disciplinary team within Primary Care and the integrated care teams within the local health and social care community to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care
Contribute to the service achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family-centred strategies to address them
Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services
Be aware of and contribute to planning and delivery of practice-based commissioning
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Professional Healthcare Qualification (e.g. Registered Nurse, Respiratory Physiologist etc) ARTP Registration (or willingness to complete this)
Desirable
Prescribing Qualification
Experience Essential
Experience of managing patients with respiratory conditions
Desirable
Knowledge of SystmOne computer system
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Whaddon Healthcare
Address 25 Witham court
Tweed drive
Bletchley
Milton Keynes
MK3 7QU
Employer's website https://whaddonhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)