Children's Asthma and Atopy Nurse

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; Catford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated and innovative paediatric nurse to support integrated asthma and allergy services. The role involves community-based care, patient education, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have a strong interest in paediatric care and proven skills in asthma management. This position promotes a family-centered approach to healthcare.

Qualifications

• Dedicated and innovative paediatric nurse with interest in paediatric asthma and atopy management.
• Comprehensive ability to develop skills in management of paediatric asthma and atopy.

Responsibilities

• Support and facilitate the integrated asthma and allergy service across Lewisham borough.
• Deliver community-based paediatric atopy care.
• Work flexibly across community care to provide a comprehensive nursing service.

Skills

Paediatric asthma management

Patient education

Community nursing

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

This is a substantive post to support and facilitate the integrated asthma and allergy service throughout the Lewisham borough. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across community care to provide a comprehensive nursing service. The post holder will support specialised nursing care to children with atopy within the community setting. The aim of the post is to deliver community-based paediatric atopy care that raises awareness, improves care and helps to reduce emergency department attendances, hospital admissions and readmissions and shorten length of stay where appropriate. The post also supports nurse-led asthma/allergy clinics and the monitoring, auditing and evaluation of the cost effectiveness and quality of services provided in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, in order to achieve the best services and outcomes for clients. The post supports the provision of education and training to staff and clients. It will work in partnership with members of the multi-disciplinary team across acute, primary and community care settings to maintain high quality care and promote practice that is family centred. It will work closely with local schools, GP surgeries and community organisations, including pharmacists, to improve children's inhaler use and ensure treatment complies with best practice.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) commitments

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identified as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Responsibilities

• Support and facilitate the integrated asthma and allergy service across Lewisham borough.
• Work flexibly across community care to provide a comprehensive nursing service.
• Support specialised nursing care to children with atopy within the community setting.
• Deliver community-based paediatric atopy care that raises awareness, improves care and helps to reduce emergency department attendances, hospital admissions and readmissions and shortens length of stay where appropriate.
• Support nurse-led asthma/allergy clinics.
• Support the monitoring, auditing and evaluation of the cost effectiveness and quality of services provided in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team to achieve the best services and outcomes for clients.
• Support the provision of education and training to staff and clients.
• Work in partnership with members of the multi-disciplinary team across acute, primary and community care settings to maintain high quality care and promote practice that is family centred.
• Work closely with local schools, GP surgeries and community organisations, including pharmacists, to improve children's inhaler use and ensure treatment complies with best practice.

Qualifications

• Dedicated and innovative paediatric nurse with interest in paediatric asthma and atopy management.
• Comprehensive ability to develop skills in management of paediatric asthma and atopy; recently expanded team also provides support with eczema management.

About Us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations