Pulmonary Rehabilitation Therapy Technician

at  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within a well-established Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team here in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin supporting patients to make positive life choices that enhance their lives and health.
Do you have experience as a physiotherapy technician including working with respiratory patients in the acute or community setting?
Do you have keen interest in long term respiratory conditions?
Do you have a desire to further develop skills and knowledge in this field?
If so this post could be for you!
We can offer you the opportunity to work alongside experienced staff to help develop your skills and knowledge in respiratory care. As part of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation team you will be expected to work independently in liaison with the physiotherapists and nurses, to support patients in a community setting.
You will work alongside and build relationships with the community respiratory nursing teams, local GP surgeries, secondary care respiratory colleagues and community inter disciplinary teams, delivering high quality care across community settings.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Providing pulmonary rehabilitation to patients in the community in both group and domiciliary settings
Participating in MDT meetings and events.
Ordering items via oracle
Assisting respiratory specialist physiotherapists and nurses
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role

Please refer the Job description for details