Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory Nurse Specialist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-HERTS-5177-A
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hemel Hempstead
- Town
- HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
- Salary
- £45,753 - £52,067 Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Respiratory Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
West Hertfordshire community respiratory service provided by CLCH is expanding and looking for an enthusiastic forward thinking respiratory nurse specialist or someone with respiratory experience who would want to develop into a senior specialist role.
We are a large, friendly, supportive multi-disciplinary team and are based in Hemel Hempstead providing care for patients in Herts Valley CCG.
We work predominantly in the community with patients who have long term respiratory condition COPD, Asthma, Bronchiectasis, ILD and OSA.
The service is undergoing exciting integration with our Acute Care colleagues at West Herts Hospitals Trust. As such existing pathways and new areas are being reviewed and developed, opening up new opportunities for staff to work in clinical areas like 7-day Airways Virtual Hospital, attend Specialty MDTs, complex NIV and Sleep, as well as continue providing Nurse/Physio Specialty clinics, HOSAR, amongst others.
Main duties of the job
Working effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrating effective communication skills is essential. Car owner and driver essential.
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) works across London and Hertfordshire and is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. We’re also in the HSJ best places to work list and in Stonewell’s top employers’ index.
Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
For further details / informal visits contact Audrey Marau (Senior Respiratory Nurse Specialist) [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To work autonomously to deliver specialist clinical care appropriate to the needs of the patient group and based on principles that are evidence based and which enhance the quality of patient care.
• To undertake comprehensive assessments of complex respiratory patients with co-morbidities, including physical examination, and to develop treatment plans for patients using investigative and analytical skills, and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning.
• To assesses, develop, and implement specialist care programmes, including home oxygen therapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, psychological interventions, and medication reviews, adhering to evidence based guidelines.
• To accurately undertake specialist clinical skills including administration of intravenous medication, performing arterial / arterialised blood gases and spirometry.
• To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical tests to form an accurate assessment and suitability for the Hospital at Home scheme, co-ordinate appropriate services to ensure safe transfer of care to the community and develop comprehensive discharge plans.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- RN Level 1 registration with the NMC
- Post registration respiratory qualification or equivalent experience
- Teaching/Mentorship qualification or equivalent experience
- Possession of a degree or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with respiratory patients
- Experience of working within a community setting.
- Demonstrates ability to develop new initiatives.
- Demonstrates ability to managing change
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- Ability to make decisions and prioritise actions.
- Ability to be proactive and resourceful.
- A working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence-based practice.
- Ability to develop and maintain team working.
- Ability to demonstrate specialist clinical expertise, including physical assessment, spirometry, developing self-management action plans.
- Ability to perform arterial / arterialised blood gas sampling.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Ability to work autonomously
- Sound working knowledge of guidelines in the field of respiratory care.
- Excellent documentation skills
- Knowledge awareness of recent NHS policies/DoH agenda
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the holistic needs of the client group.
- Computer skills i.e., Word, data- bases email, internet
- Undertake NMP Training
- An eagerness to contribute to quality assurance and audit
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
- Friendly and approachable
- Calm & confident team player
- Good presentation of self, enthusiastic, flexible
- Receptive to feedback and the willingness to learn and develop.
- Committed to respiratory care.
- Ability in managing people
- Current license to drive a car and in possession of a car.
- Satisfactory health record
- Physically able to perform all aspects of the job.
- Punctual and reliable
- Commitment to life-long learning
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Audrey Marau
- Job title
- Senior Respiratory Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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