Respiratory Associate Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Band 4 Respiratory Associate Practitioner or Nursing Associate to join the Respiratory team in Mid Essex. The successful candidate will assist in delivering and managing care for patients with respiratory conditions, providing high-quality, evidence-based care. Duties include performing spirometry, running pulmonary rehabilitation classes, assisting with oxygen therapy, and supporting the virtual respiratory ward. Training, including ARTP certification for spirometry, will be provided.
Essential criteria
- Nurse Associate or previous demonstrable experience
- Basic Computer Skills
Desirable criteria
- Computer literacy
- Community experience
- ARTP Performing Certification
- Work related knowledge and experience
- Understanding of confidentiality and implications of non-compliance.
- Knowledge of health and safety issues in own work environment.
- Previous experience of lone working
- Experience of spirometry
- CIRCUMSTANCES
- Full Driving License
- Car Driver and access to a car
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Literate and numerate. oAbility to provide high quality patient care. oEffective oral/written communication and interpersonal skills. oAbility to work alone oAble to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. oAble to understand and accurately follow instructions. oAble to work in a busy and demanding team. oAbility to organise and prioritise own work delegated by the team oAble 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
- Previous experience of working without direct supervision.
- Ability to delegate and support more junior staff
- Knowledge of SystmOne
- Personal Attributes
- Ability to empathise with patients
- Compassionate and caring.
- Ability to use initiative.
- Positive and optimistic.
- Qualifications and Education
- Nurse Associate or previous demonstrable experience
- Basic Computer Skills
- Computer literacy
- Community experience
- ARTP Performing Certification
- Work related knowledge and experience
- Understanding of confidentiality and implications of non-compliance.
- Knowledge of health and safety issues in own work environment.
- Previous experience of lone working
- Experience of spirometry
- CIRCUMSTANCES
- Full Driving License
- Car Driver and access to a car
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Literate and numerate. oAbility to provide high quality patient care. oEffective oral/written communication and interpersonal skills. oAbility to work alone oAble to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. oAble to understand and accurately follow instructions. oAble to work in a busy and demanding team. oAbility to organise and prioritise own work delegated by the team oAble 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
- Previous experience of working without direct supervision.
- Ability to delegate and support more junior staff
- Knowledge of SystmOne
- Personal Attributes
- Ability to empathise with patients
- Compassionate and caring.
- Ability to use initiative.
- Positive and optimistic.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Respiratory Associate Practitioner
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
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 tosupport 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.
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