Interstitial Lung Disease Nurse

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7 Respiratory Nurse to lead a new ILD service. The role involves managing nurse-led clinics, providing patient advice, and developing service guidelines. Ideal candidates will be registered nurses with leadership experience and a master's level education. Join us to enhance patient care and make a meaningful impact.

Benefits

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Onsite nurseries

Qualifications

• Experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Relevant post registration experience at Band 6.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct nurse led clinics.
• Provide specialist advice to patients.
• Contribute to development of clinical guidelines.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership and management

Teaching/presenting

Education

Evidence of education at masters level or prepared to work towards

Post basic qualification in specialist area

Job description

Are you an experienced Respiratory Nurse with an interest in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)?Are you passionate about improving patient experience and delivering safe, high-quality care?If so, there is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 team leader to join the new ILD service.This role will be trust wide and will include both advanced inpatient ward assessments and managing nurse-led ILD clinics within outpatients. The candidate will require a high level of motivation and experience as this role will require a high level of autonomy. The candidate will demonstrate excellent communication skills to support and educate patients and their families with self-management. The candidate will work closely with team members and the MDT to improve outcomes for patients presenting with problems and concerns that may be of a complex nature.

Main duties of the job

Nurse led clinics- 3, alongside Consultants to begin with, will include NFTF in the absence of Consultant clinicsSpecialist Advice - telephone advice to patients when they ring help lineResults - checking blood results of the patients on medicationsService development/leadership - contribute to the development of clinical guidelines and policies, help us in becoming a Tier 2 prescribing centre for antifibrotics, restart ILD support group, once in 3 months or soResearch/Audit, Governance ILD Registry-2-4 hours per weekILD MDT- Mid Yorks ILD MDT- 1 hour a month, Leeds ILD MDT- 1 hour a week, Leeds pathology MDT- 1 hour a month

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job responsibilities

Key requirements

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of education at masters level or prepared to work towards
• Post basic qualification in specialist area ( if available)
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Recognised teaching qualification
• Relevant post registration experience at Band 6
• Leadership and management experience
• Experience of teaching/ presenting
• Specialist experience relevant to role
• Multi professional working
• Audit and research
• Influencing change in practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.