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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

The post holder will:

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care, and develop treatment/care plans that may need to be delivered from a range of options.
• Following a holistic assessment and in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team, devise an individualised care programme for each patient, modifying it as required.
• Assess patients’ holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
• Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
• Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to ensure active participation in self- management programmes, in particular where there may be high levels of anxiety and/or depression.
• Demonstrate a high level of listening and communication skills and deal sensitively and confidentially with an individual's concerns, particularly at times of high levels of distress or anxiety.
• Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
• Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.
• Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on SystmOne and completed on a daily basis.
• Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advanced sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills.
• Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.
• May occasionally be exposed to bodily fluids or infected material and therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
• Prepare clear and concise reports for GPs and other referrers to the service outlining the results of assessment and treatment outcomes.

Professional

The post holder will:

• Be responsible for ensuring workload for yourself is planned and prioritised according to service targets and needs.
• Ensure own paperwork and records are maintained, and those maintained by the team
• Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.
• Be aware of budget and ensure all effort is made to work within this
• Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate.
• Support all team members within the integrated team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.
• Attend in-house training as required to develop current job role
• Be able to make own travel arrangements to pulmonary rehabilitation programme venues, base and meetings etc. as required if unable to travel in the work vehicle provided.
• Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies. Including the rental car.
• Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by the professional bodies.
• Be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff
• Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration course.
• Provide advice/training to less experienced staff and supervise and support other staff; and students where appropriate
• Mentor existing staff and provide training in specialist area as appropriate.
• Contribute to the induction process for new staff/students.
• Demonstrate basic IT/standard keyboard skills
• Demonstrate leadership skills within own competence.
• Maintain own continuous professional development.
• Be accountable for work delegated to others.