Community Respiratory Diagnostics Nurse

NHS; Coventry; Presencial; GBP 49.000 - 56.000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da vaga

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) seeks a part-time clinician to deliver diagnostic spirometry for a fixed-term 62-week role. You will diagnose respiratory conditions, advise management, and collaborate with COPD services while supporting vulnerable populations.

A full UK driving license and immunisation checks are required. The role sits within a unique project funded by the Integrated Care Board, with flexible hours between 9 and 5, Monday to Friday, and a pro

Qualificações

• Registered Nurse with current UK Professional Registration (NMC)
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
• Experience in performing spirometry and willingness to complete ARTP accreditation
• Study at level 7 (masters level)
• Relevant Spirometry qualification, or willingness to undertake
• Counselling Course or Module
• Relevant COPD qualification (or willing to undertake)
• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Responsabilidades

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with professional standards and policies.
• Communicate clinical decisions and care pathways to patients and multi-professional team.
• Communicate sensitive information to patients from diverse backgrounds and tackle health inequalities.
• Provide clinical leadership and support to staff and service leads.
• Conduct clinical assessment of patients with COPD and plan evidence-based care.
• Perform spirometry, venepuncture, inhaler technique and related tests.
• Develop and educate staff; provide supervision and mentorship.
• Utilise IT systems to secure patient, workforce and resource data.
• Manage varying clinical events with appropriate level of physical effort.
• Support patients and carers during difficult situations and adverse events.
• Promote Health and Safety and Trust policies.

Conhecimentos

IT skills

Manage patient caseload

Independent working

Flexible working

Clinical communication

Prioritise & deadlines

Time management

Initiative & decision making

Patient-focused

Staff/time management

Formação

NMC registration

Masters level study

Spirometry qualification

COPD qualification

Counselling course

Teaching & assessing qualification

Ferramentas

ARTP accreditation

CPD evidence

Descrição da vaga

Main area Respiratory Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract 62 weeks (Fixed-term for 62 weeks or 1 year and 10 weeks from employment start date.) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Flexible working hours must be between 9 and 5 Monday to Friday) Job ref 218-NM-B7-7911233-E

Site Change, Grow, Live Coventry Town Coventry Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to deliver diagnostic spirometry to the clients of Change Grow Live (CGL) Coventry, the commissioned drug and alcohol treatment provider. The successful post holder will conduct clinics in CGL Coventry to diagnose respiratory conditions and advise accordingly on their management. The innovative project is paving the way for tackling health inequalities and bringing care to the most vulnerable within society. This trailblazing project, funded by the ICB (Integrated Care Board), enables us to deliver care to those who typically do not engage with primary or secondary care, aiming to increase early diagnosis and reduce drug related deaths. The post holder will integrate across primary and secondary care. Support to be successful in this role will be provided by clinicians at CGL and the Community COPD Service and Respiratory Physiology department at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.

The post-holder will need to provide evidence of a valid Full UK driving license and must have access to their own vehicle for work purposes.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work closely with other clinicians and healthcare professionals, providing clinical advice, assessment and support for patients with respiratory conditions.

The post duration is 1 year and 10 weeks

Secondment will be considered for internal candidates – If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer. - to be added in to additional contract details

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with The Code of Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team.
• Effectively communicate sensitive information to individuals from all backgrounds who are experiencing health inequalities and may be considered as vulnerable. The post holder will be working with patients who are receiving treatment from the locally commissioned Substance Misuse Service and will need to communicate serious diagnoses which will require significant patient engagement and lifestyle change to improve their outcomes.
• A skilled practitioner and clinical leader providing support to healthcare professionals and Service Leads to ensure service objectives are met, participating in COPD Service / Policy development and involving patients and public.
• Responsible for the clinical assessment of patients with COPD, ensuring evidence-based care is planned, implemented, and evaluated / audited.
• Demonstrates highly technical and / or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including complex patient monitoring; equipment management and frequent administration of invasive tests/procedures; for example spirometry, venepuncture, inhaler technique and capillary blood gas sampling.
• Develop and educate staff, participating in supervision, mentorship and appraisal of students and junior staff.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data available.
• Manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring varying levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
• Support patients, carers and others during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualification/Training

• Registered Nurse with current UK Professional Registration (NMC registered)
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Experience in performing spirometry and willingness to complete ARTP accreditation for this role if successful in gaining the role (accreditation will be supported by Respiratory Physiology UHCW).
• Study at level 7 (masters level)
• Relevant Spirometry qualification, or willingness to undertake.
• Counselling Course or Module
• Relevant COPD qualification (or willing to undertake)
• Teaching and assessing qualification.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Experience

• Professional clinical experience in appropriate speciality.
• Ability to successfully manage people and change.
• Experience in Audit.
• Experience in managing COPD and/or Asthma in primary and / or secondary care settings.

Knowledge

• A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence-based practice.
• A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures
• Knowledge of clinical governance & a commitment to clinical supervision and staff development.
• A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS.
• Experience in Policy/Service Development

Skills

• IT skills
• Manage a patient caseload.
• Ability to work independently and flexibly.
• Ability to work in a clinic or patients home environment.
• Patient focused.
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines effectively.
• Good management of own and others time
• Able to use initiative and make decisions.
• Analyses problems and implements effective and appropriate solutions.

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below).
• Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience.

To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.