Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 828-PROVIDE4049
- Employer
- Provide CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Braintree Community Hospital
- Town
- Braintree
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Respiratory Associate Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
The Respiratory team is expanding and looking for a band 4 Associate Practitioner or nursing associate to join our team. We are looking for someone to assist the team in the service delivery and management of patients with Respiratory conditions within the Mid Essex area, by providing high quality evidence-based care to meet the health and social care needs of the population. You will work across the service, undertaking spirometry as part of the diagnostic service, running pulmonary rehabilitation classes, working with the oxygen team taking capillary blood gases and assisting with virtual respiratory ward.
Training will be provided and this will include the opportunity to achieve ARTP certification in performing spirometry.
Main duties of the job
The aim of the team is to provide comprehensive respiratory care to patients in the Mid Essex community with long term Respiratory conditions.
The purpose of the role is to support the Respiratory team to ensure that effective, sympathetic and individualised pathways of patient care.
The successful candidate will be involved in completing Spirometry , Pulmonary rehabilitation, Oxygen assessments and assisting with the virtual respiratory ward.
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a detailed list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time to apply for a role within Provide.
Person specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential criteria
- Nurse Associate or previous demonstrable experience
- Basic Computer Skills
Desirable criteria
- Computer literacy
- Community experience
- ARTP Performing Certification
Work related knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of confidentiality and implications of non-compliance.
- Knowledge of health and safety issues in own work environment.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of lone working
- Experience of spirometry
CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- Full Driving License
- Car Driver and access to a car
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Literate and numerate. • Ability to provide high quality patient care. • Effective oral/written communication and interpersonal skills. • Ability to work alone • Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. • Able to understand and accurately follow instructions. • Able to work in a busy and demanding team. • Ability to organise and prioritise own work delegated by the team • Able to recognise when to seek advice.
- Ability to provide high quality patient care
- Effective oral/written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work alone
- Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Able to understand and accurately follow instructions.
- Able to work in a busy and demanding team.
- Able to recognise when to seek advice.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own work delegated by the team
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working without direct supervision.
- Ability to delegate and support more junior staff
- Knowledge of SystmOne
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to empathise with patients
- Compassionate and caring.
- Ability to use initiative.
- Positive and optimistic.
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
- Hannah Bannister
- Job title
- Service Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07580911907
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