Respiratory Practitioner-Altered Airways

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom University College London Hospitals Full time

Job overview

Community Respiratory Practitioner – NCL Altered Airways & Complex Respiratory Service 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and experienced respiratory professional to join a new service supporting altered airway and complex respiratory patients across North-Central London (NCL). The service was started in 2023 and has funding to expand and continue for 12-months.

The aim of the role is to provide respiratory expertise; to facilitate hospital discharge of altered airway and complex respiratory patients, support management in the community and provide education and training for other community teams. The role will be hosted by UCLH and will have close working links with other acute hospitals and services across NCL.

We are looking for an individual with advanced skills in the management of altered airway and complex respiratory patients, in the acute or community setting. Experience working in the community, project management skills or previous experience developing a service are desirable.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic and motivated person who can provide decisive and effective therapy input and demonstrate high level communication skills and a flexible approach when working under pressure. This would be an ideal secondment for someone looking to further their experience.

Main duties of the job

·To input to the design and delivery of this service; while supporting complex respiratory management of patients across NCL.

·To provide support to facilitate discharge from and avoid admission to hospital for these individuals.

·To provide expert clinical advice through training, guidance and information to the community teams and people who support the patients at home

·To be an experienced practitioner in all aspects of respiratory practice, developing an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability in the provision of such care.

·To be an expert practitioner in delivering high quality respiratory care in domiciliary and community settings.

·To work within multi-disciplinary teams and liaise appropriately with all members of the multidisciplinary team and service users both within local hospitals and in area’s anticipatory care system.

·Jointly with the other team members you will lead, co-ordinate and evaluate acute respiratory care within NCL, working in partnership with all other disciplines to facilitate further service development ensuring that the clinical governance agenda and national recommendations are realised.

·To promote NCL as a national leader in developing community respiratory expertise for altered airways and complex acute respiratory.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals 

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building 

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases 

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street 

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.



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