Job overview

The Countywide Community Respiratory Service, an integral component of the wider Lincolnshire Community Health Services, is responsible for delivering an enhanced quality of care, aiming to streamline the patients’ journey in a Primary, Intermediate and Secondary Care setting. The 
team has a key role in delivering services for patients with COPD e.g. Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation (which also accepts non-COPD patients), Complex Case management, Oxygen Assessment, Respiratory Physiotherapy and the Respiratory Virtual Ward.

The post holder will predominantly support the running of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service across the south of Lincolnshire but may be required to support Pulmonary Rehabilitation elsewhere in the county at times.  There may be times when the post holder will be required to support the other services delivered by the Countywide Community Respiratory Team. 

Please note this position will not commence before July 2025

Main duties of the job

To plan, organise and deliver Pulmonary Rehabilitation
programmes as agreed with supervising clinician in line with 
clinical governance and professional standards, working
closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary team, 
seeking opportunities to maximise a patient’s early 
rehabilitation by implementing and evaluating exercise therapy 
intervention as per treatment plan for patients with respiratory 
conditions, thereby providing effective evidence-based care for 
patients referred to the service under the indirect supervision 
of qualified clinicians. 
To use personal effectiveness and knowledge to contribute to 
the development and delivery of a high-quality, cost-effective
service and support team/service targets which directly 
contribute to the provider services agenda.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce. 

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives.  Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.  Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme.  Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev