Community Respiratory Specialist Nurse

NHS Trust; Kirkby-in-Ashfield; Vor Ort; GBP 49.000 - 57.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Respiratory Specialist Nurse to deliver community-based respiratory care across Nottinghamshire. The role emphasizes identification, assessment and management of both undiagnosed and diagnosed lung conditions in patients’ homes and community clinics.

You will work closely with the Cardio-Respiratory Team and MDT to optimise medication and develop care plans, while travelling across the county and maintaining high clinical

Qualifikationen

• Registered Nurse (General) with post-registration specialist knowledge
• Respiratory competency incl. COPD/ILD/Bronchiectasis
• Evidence of CPD and ongoing professional development
• Competence in Spirometry
• Teaching and assessing experience in clinical practice

Aufgaben

• Identify patients with/without diagnosed respiratory conditions in community settings for assessment and diagnosis.
• Develop care plans for undiagnosed and diagnosed long-term lung conditions in collaboration with the Cardio-Respiratory Team and MDT.
• Deliver respiratory care in community clinics and patients' homes, promoting self-management.
• Lead and support clinical practice development and service improvement within the respiratory pathway.

Kenntnisse

Registered Nurse (General)

Respiratory knowledge

Spirometry competence

Continued professional development

Teaching and assessing

Time management

Ausbildung

Diploma-level Respiratory qualification (e.g., COPD)

Jobbeschreibung

Main area Community Respiratory Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday working 7.5 hours per day) Job ref 186-876-26-GH-A

Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Ashfield Health Village Ollerton Health Centre NG22 9SZ Town Kirkby in Ashfield Ollerton Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 26/11/2026 23:59

Community Respiratory Specialist Nurse

Band 7

Job overview

Care closer to home is becoming integral to the future of the NHS and the Community Health Services Division of Notts HC are at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners in creating collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities and interventions in local communities, which meet the needs of our patients in the places they call home.

The Division operates under 3 Units of Management providing an extensive portfolio of children's, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical and non clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care.

Being Part of an organisation as diverse as Nottshc provides you with great career development opportunities, to be innovative and gives you permission to grow both professionally and really make a difference.

The role includes development of GP practice staff to enable confident respiratory medication optimisation.

TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for a new challenge?

We have one full time Band 7 Respiratory Specialist Nurses post available to work within our existing service alongside our general practice, and acute secondary care trust, voluntary sector and primary care. The role will include identifying patients who have and who have not yet been diagnosed with a respiratory condition to be assessed, discussed and diagnosed with a respiratory diagnosis. possible/immediately.

You will be expected to identify, manage and discuss a cohort of patients with undiagnosed and diagnosed long term lung conditions, providing care plans as appropriate, working closely with members of the Cardio Respiratory Team and the wider MDT- including our acute colleagues, GPs, voluntary sector and other health professionals in order to maximise patients quality of life and encouraging self management. This care takes place within community clinic settings and patients own homes /usual place of residence. a Non medical prescribing qualification (V300) is essential for the role.

We are looking for a passionate, dynamic and flexible individual who are able to adapt to the changing demands and workload.

The service is a 5 day service operating from 8.00-5.00pm, due to the nature of this role, it is essential that you are able to travel independently across the county.

A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (General) plus significant further specialist knowledge/post registration experience to diploma level or equivalent underpinned by theory
• Experience of working with Respiratory patients eg COPD, ILD and Bronchiectasis
• A recognised Respiratory qualification e.g. COPD at minimum of diploma level.
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Competence in Spirometry

Physical Requirements

• Has the ability to perform the full range of duties.

Experience

• Significant experience and extensive knowledge in management of complex Respiratory patients.
• Understanding of current national / local initiatives and guidelines, including long term conditions, NICE.
• Management of Respiratory Patients working in collaboration / partnership across primary.
• Understanding of current national / local understanding of current research and evidence initiatives and guidelines including evidence based practice, long term conditions, NICE
• Competent in holistic assessment including physical examination, diagnosis and treatment planning.
• Developing / implementing / evaluation Respiratory services to promote high quality health outcomes case management skills.
• Evidence of teaching in clinical practice.
• Working in collaboration / partnership, with secondary care, social care and the voluntary sector.
• Understanding of current research and evidence based practice.
• Supervision of more junior team members

Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge of COPD/Respiratory management

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation

Training

• Evidence of ongoing continued professional development.

Skills

• Teaching and assessing experience
• Ability to undertake research and audit
• Ability to organise and prioritise effectively
• Good time management
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Basic IT skills
• Evidence of development of clinical skills
• Able to network effectively
• Good communication skills, written, verbal and presentation
• Participation in audit and research
• Understanding of primary care information

Contractual requirements

• Able to travel between locations.
• Flexible to meet the service needs
• A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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.

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