# Respiratory Associate Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Provide CIC.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Provide CIC
- **Location:** Braintree Community Hospital, Braintree, CM7 2AL, United Kingdom
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Assistant practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-02T11:42:47.401Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Braintree/Provide_CIC/Respiratory/Respiratory-v8268163
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8268163?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://providecommunity.org.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Respiratory team is expanding and looking for a band 4 Associate Practitioner or nursing associate to join our team. We are looking for someone to assist the team in the service delivery and management of patients with Respiratory conditions within the Mid Essex area, by providing high quality evidence-based care to meet the health and social care needs of the population. You will work across the service, undertaking spirometry as part of the diagnostic service, running pulmonary rehabilitation classes, working with the oxygen team taking capillary blood gases and assisting with virtual respiratory ward.

Training will be provided and this will include the opportunity to achieve ARTP certification in performing spirometry.

### Main duties of the job

The aim of the team is to provide comprehensive respiratory care to patients in the Mid Essex community with long term Respiratory conditions.

The purpose of the role is to support the Respiratory team to ensure that effective, sympathetic and individualised pathways of patient care.

The successful candidate will be involved in completing Spirometry , Pulmonary rehabilitation, Oxygen assessments and assisting with the virtual respiratory ward.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for a detailed list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time to apply for a role within Provide.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### CIRCUMSTANCES

**Essential**

- Full Driving License
- Car Driver and access to a car

### Personal Attributes

**Essential**

- Ability to empathise with patients
- Compassionate and caring.
- Ability to use initiative.
- Positive and optimistic.

### Skills and Aptitudes

**Essential**

- Literate and numerate.
- Ability to provide high quality patient care.
- Effective oral/written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work alone
- Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Able to understand and accurately follow instructions.
- Able to work in a busy and demanding team.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own work delegated by the team
- Able to recognise when to seek advice.
- Ability to provide high quality patient care
- Effective oral/written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work alone
- Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Able to understand and accurately follow instructions.
- Able to work in a busy and demanding team.
- Able to recognise when to seek advice.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own work delegated by the team

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of working without direct supervision.
- Ability to delegate and support more junior staff
- Knowledge of SystmOne

### Qualifications and Education

**Essential**

- Nurse Associate or previous demonstrable experience
- Basic Computer Skills

**Desirable**

- Computer literacy
- Community experience
- ARTP Performing Certification

### Work related knowledge and experience

**Essential**

- Understanding of confidentiality and implications of non-compliance.
- Knowledge of health and safety issues in own work environment.

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of lone working
- Experience of spirometry

## Documents

- [associate practitioner personal specification (pdf, 128.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10582892)
- [associate practitioner respiratory job description (pdf, 168.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10582891)

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