Assistant Practitioner Pulmonary and Heart Failure Rehabilitation Team: Sponsorship Available

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The Assistant Practitioner post within the community COPD Service will support service delivery and provide patient care in keeping with management plans devised by clinicians.

Patient care will include Pulmonary Rehabilitation, one to one patient education and support on home visits and attending the patient support group.

The post holder will also provide administrative and technical support to the service.

Main duties of the job

 

  • Work alongside the Physiotherapist to deliver Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes and patient assessments associated with this.
  • Attend the patient support group “Breathe Easy” and contribute to the running of the group/schedule.
  • Undertake selected home safety checks for home oxygen users and feedback findings.
  • Ensure that management plans are implemented and report back to clinicians.
  • Undertake basic clinical duties such as observations and other tests when deemed competent to do so
  • Deliver patient education for example inhaler use/technique. Smoking cessation and support.
  • Liaise with members of the wider team including Social Services, Prevention Alliance and Crisis Response team
  • Educate patients to encourage self-management.
  • Support patients with complex needs to remain at home via delivery of a specific management plan.
  • Assist within the MDT specialist clinics.
  • Undertake phone calls, taking referrals and organising patient care.
  • Facilitate discharges following the plan from the clinician.
  • To be an ambassador for the COPD service and demonstrate quality care for our patients.
  • Comply with FT policies for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI); this includes a requirement for rigorous and consistent compliance with policies, procedures and guidelines in relation to all aspects of infection control

Person Specification

Education & qualifications

Essential

  • Foundation degree in Health and Social careA1/2 Assessor Accreditation

Desirable

  • Smoking cessation training

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of COPD and the main impacts on day to day life.

Desirable

  • Understanding of current therapies for COPD management

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within a Community or acute healthcare setting working alongside patients with COPD

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working as part of an MDT

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to manage own caseload and prioritise work

Desirable

  • Supporting patients with COPD in the community setting

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 06 April 2026

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