Pulmonary Rehabilitation Assistant

Our Whitstable based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team are looking for a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Assistant to join the team on a full time basis.

Pulmonary rehabilitation is an evidence-based treatment for specific chronic respiratory diseases. It includes exercise and extensive education that is open to patients, as well as partners and carers. We are highly experienced chartered physiotherapists, specialist rehabilitation assistants and respiratory counsellors.

We offer a tailored programme of exercise for people with moderate to severe lung disease, which aims to improve exercise tolerance, reduce symptoms and a patient’s disability. The idea is to improve a person’s quality of life and help them manage their condition.

As a Band 3 Pulmonary Rehabilitation Assistant will work closely with all users of our services and their families, friends and carers, who all play an invaluable contribution in how our users experience our services.

We are looking for someone who has experience experience as a
Healthcare Assistant / Worker in a health or social care setting who wants to work as part of team dedicated to providing excellent care.

You should also have a relevant level 3 qualification (NVQ / QCF Diploma or certificate of care / Advanced apprenticeship ) or equivalent and functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy / GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths)

We are an "Outstanding" rated Trust and one of the largest NHS community organisations in the UK. We can give you support to develop your skills, and a real commitment to your personal and continued professional development.

As a Trust, one of our main ambitions is to be a great place to work. Our We care strategy for 2023 to 2028 will help us make the biggest breakthroughs in improving your working lives and patient care. Flexible working is just one of the ways we can do this. More than half of our workforce works flexibly in some way. We will consider all kinds of flexible working including; part-time, job sharing, compressed hours, term time only, career breaks or annualised hours.

**Additional Working Pattern**: 7.5 hours per day Monday to Friday

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values C ompassionate A spirational R esponsive E xcellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Looking for professional development? We can support that too Our career pathways will help you achieve your aspirations

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

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Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.