Paediatric Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; Lewisham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking a Paediatric Respiratory Nurse to provide care, support, advice and education in the acute setting for children and young people with respiratory conditions such as asthma, wheeze and long-term ventilation. The post involves working within a multidisciplinary Respiratory team and cross-site Respiratory Nurse cover.

They will review admissions, support discharge planning to manage at home, liaise with tertiary centres for shared-care patients on long-term

Job description

To provide care, support, advice and education in the acute setting for children and young people with Respiratory conditions such as asthma, wheeze and long-term ventilation. The role will include working within a multidisciplinary Respiratory team and as part of the Paediatric Specialist Nurses workforce cross-site. Cross-site Respiratory Nurse cover and working is essential. The post holder will be required to support the wider team and be involved in the care of all patients under the Respiratory Nursing team.,

• To provide professional, high quality co- ordinated patient care to children & their families, aiming to improve the management of their long- term condition, within agreed protocols and allocated resources together with the nursing and clinical lead and colleagues.
• Liaising with tertiary centre regarding shared-care patients on Long term ventilation (LTV).
• To review children and young people admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of asthma, with the aim to support early discharge so that they can be managed in their own home and reduce the likelihood of readmissions. To provide appropriate information, education, advice and support particularly to the patients and parents.

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: 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development 2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability 3. Improving the experience of staff with disability 4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development 5. Making equalities mainstream