An exciting opportunity for an Exercise Physiologist has arisen in the East Midlands area. Your main role will be to lead the Pulmonary rehabilitation programme offering including a menu based approached to delivery including undertaking pre and post assessments, exercise prescription and education / self-management support to patients.

Responsibilities:-

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in their care, respecting confidentiality at all times.
• To ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under their management, undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• Together with the Respiratory Nurse and Physiotherapist Specialists and Team Leader, to plan, co-ordinate, deliver and audit pulmonary rehabilitation programmes across designated sites within the CCG area. To have comprehensive understanding of patient presentation based upon high standards of clinical knowledge and to assess suitability for pulmonary rehabilitation based on knowledge and experience.
• To undertake a comprehensive subjective and objective assessment of respiratory patients and identify when further clinical support is required e.g for those patients with diverse or complex presentation or multiple pathologies.
• To prioritise patient problems from this assessment and formulate an agreed treatment programme. Use clinical reasoning skills to accurately identify impairments and disabilities.
• To formulate, plan, deliver, evaluate and progress a patient-centred pulmonary rehabilitation programme by effective clinical reasoning, using current evidence based practice. To recognise when rehabilitation is not the most appropriate course of action.
• To use valid and reliable outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and best practice statements to evaluate patient progress, reassessing and adjusting treatment programmes as indicated.
• Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated service. To be flexible so to facilitate effective verbal and non-verbal communication with those demonstrating communication barriers. Use advocates and other communication strategies where necessary.

For more information, contact Ronak Jain on +44(0) 203 411 5531 or email on ronak@permanenthire.co.uk