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The Respiratory support worker will be a member of the Community Respiratory Service. They will support specialist nurses, specialist physiotherapists, a senior occupational therapist and a senior dietician to deliver respiratory care across the Sandwell Borough to patients in their place of residence.They will support the clinicians in the team in clinic and home visits. The post will involve lone working.
They will provide care and give lifestyle advice as set out by a bespoke treatment/management plan initiated by a clinician. They will be responsible for delivering care and assisting with pulmonary rehabilitation and various clinics (oxygen, spirometry and dietetics) under the direction of clinical professionals.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
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