Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced CPAP Associate
Practitioner to join our CPAP Practitioner Team. This position would ideally suit
an individual with a caring and positive attitude who strives to make the
patient feel valued, while upholding the Trust values of Compassion, Excellence
and Collaboration.
With our patient
cohort currently in the region of 17000, and ever expanding we are looking for
an individual who embraces innovation, with the motivation and passion to work
both autonomously and within our team providing care, support and management
for patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing
Main duties of the job
Our Practitioners are predominately based in the outpatient
department at Royal Papworth Hospital and travel independently across several
locations in the East Anglia region to support outreach clinics.
Health education and promotion plays a significant part in
our role. The Team initiates on a weekly basis 40-50 new patients on treatment;
maintains our telephone and e-mail support services; delivers review clinics
for patients both virtually and on a face to face basis.
As someone with excellent communication skills you will be
expected to work both alongside members of our team and autonomously,
delivering exceptional care to our CPAP patients with professionalism and
compassion.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care
to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in
Cambridge.
We perform the most heart
and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful
heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment,
sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in
severe respiratory failure. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the
largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is
at the heart of treatments of the future.
Royal Papworth became the first
hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas
assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today.
The Trust holds its values
of compassion, excellence and collaboration at
its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in
their day-to-day roles and interactions.
Royal Papworth is proud of its
diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The
Trust values difference and welcomes all
applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and
civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and
sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants
with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
We recommend that
you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please ensure you evidence in the Essential
Criteria how you uphold the Trust Values Compassion Excellence Collaboration. If you would like more
information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in
touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We recommend that
you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please ensure you evidence in the Essential
Criteria how you uphold the Trust Values Compassion Excellence Collaboration. If you would like more
information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in
touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- N.V.Q. Level 3 or equivalent qualification or Diploma Qualification.
- Knowledge of CPAP, assessment methods acquired through formal training, short courses or equivalent experience at a Band 3 level.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Current experience of working in a health/social care setting managing own caseload of non- complex patients.
- Experience as a support worker / assistant in healthcare
- Experience of communicating with a range of individuals including those with communication needs.
- Experience of self-directed working/ability to prioritise tasks.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of procedures and practices including how to assess a patient and deliver a care plan.
- Experience of using and working with computer systems such as Microsoft word, excel and, email
- Experience of collating and summarising data.
- Proven verbal communication demonstrating evidence of listening and questioning skills, ability to adapt communication style as required to (old, young, non-English speaking, communication difficulties).
- Legible written communication.
- Able to follow protocols and procedures.
- Proven interpersonal skills showing care and sensitivity to the needs of patients, carers, staff and colleagues.
- Demonstrable organisation skills.
- Ability to be prioritise workload and work independently.
- Ability to work flexibly and work in a team.
- Ability to multi-task and problem solve.
- Ability to use own initiative but recognises own limitations.
- Demonstrates understanding of the meaning of confidentiality and the requirement for this to be maintained.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an NHS
- Knowledge of / working with patients with sleep disorder breathing
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Evidence ability to uphold the Trusts values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.
Other
Essential
- Ability to work specific hours required to deliver service.
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks.
- To be able to travel independently to CPAP Outreach clinics.
- Ability to deal with people who may have a life-threatening illness, long -term deteriorating health, or a sub-acute stage of a new illness. Some patients may have poor family/social support. Patients may be depressed, withdrawn or show challenging behaviour.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- N.V.Q. Level 3 or equivalent qualification or Diploma Qualification.
- Knowledge of CPAP, assessment methods acquired through formal training, short courses or equivalent experience at a Band 3 level.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Current experience of working in a health/social care setting managing own caseload of non- complex patients.
- Experience as a support worker / assistant in healthcare
- Experience of communicating with a range of individuals including those with communication needs.
- Experience of self-directed working/ability to prioritise tasks.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of procedures and practices including how to assess a patient and deliver a care plan.
- Experience of using and working with computer systems such as Microsoft word, excel and, email
- Experience of collating and summarising data.
- Proven verbal communication demonstrating evidence of listening and questioning skills, ability to adapt communication style as required to (old, young, non-English speaking, communication difficulties).
- Legible written communication.
- Able to follow protocols and procedures.
- Proven interpersonal skills showing care and sensitivity to the needs of patients, carers, staff and colleagues.
- Demonstrable organisation skills.
- Ability to be prioritise workload and work independently.
- Ability to work flexibly and work in a team.
- Ability to multi-task and problem solve.
- Ability to use own initiative but recognises own limitations.
- Demonstrates understanding of the meaning of confidentiality and the requirement for this to be maintained.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an NHS
- Knowledge of / working with patients with sleep disorder breathing
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Evidence ability to uphold the Trusts values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.
Other
Essential
- Ability to work specific hours required to deliver service.
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks.
- To be able to travel independently to CPAP Outreach clinics.
- Ability to deal with people who may have a life-threatening illness, long -term deteriorating health, or a sub-acute stage of a new illness. Some patients may have poor family/social support. Patients may be depressed, withdrawn or show challenging behaviour.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
