Community Tracheostomy and Complex Airway Specialist Practitioner

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a founding clinician for our Community Tracheostomy and Complex Airway Team. You will work across community and acute interfaces to support safe discharge and ongoing clinical oversight for adults with tracheostomies and complex airway needs.

The role offers flexible hours (37.5 or 30 per week) and an opportunity to shape service development, contribute to governance, education and quality improvement, and collaborate with ENT,

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced specialist assessment, treatment, monitoring and review for adults living with tracheostomies and complex airway needs.
• Support safe and coordinated discharge from acute services into community settings.
• Deliver expert clinical advice and support to community teams, primary care, care homes, independent providers, patients and carers.
• Lead on education, competency development and workforce training relating to tracheostomy and airway management.
• Act as a specialist resource for patients requiring tracheostomy tube changes, airway reviews and management of airway-related complications.
• Contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities.
• Work collaboratively with ENT, Critical Care, Respiratory, Community Nursing, Rehabilitation Services, Primary Care and Urgent Community Response teams.
• Support the development of pathways, policies, standard operating procedures and clinical governance arrangements for the new service.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as one of the founding clinicians within our newly established Community Tracheostomy and Complex Airway Team.

This innovative service has been developed to provide specialist support for adults living with tracheostomies and complex airway needs across Sheffield. Working across community and acute interfaces, the team will support safe discharge from hospital, provide ongoing clinical oversight in the community, reduce avoidable admissions, improve patient outcomes, and build confidence and capability amongst patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

We welcome applications from candidates seeking either full-time working (37.5 hours per week) or part-time working at 30 hours per week. Flexible working requests will be considered in line with service requirements.

The Successful Postholder Will

• Provide advanced specialist assessment, treatment, monitoring and review for adults living with tracheostomies and complex airway needs.
• Support safe and coordinated discharge from acute services into community settings.
• Deliver expert clinical advice and support to community teams, primary care, care homes, independent providers, patients and carers.
• Lead on education, competency development and workforce training relating to tracheostomy and airway management.
• Act as a specialist resource for patients requiring tracheostomy tube changes, airway reviews and management of airway-related complications.
• Contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities.
• Work collaboratively with ENT, Critical Care, Respiratory, Community Nursing, Rehabilitation Services, Primary Care and Urgent Community Response teams.
• Support the development of pathways, policies, standard operating procedures and clinical governance arrangements for the new service.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Knox Job title: Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01143078703