Practice Respiratory Nurse

NHS; Tendring; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Clacton is looking for an experienced practice respiratory nurse to join their team for approximately 29 hours per week. Responsibilities include assessing and treating patients with respiratory diseases, providing health promotion advice, and ensuring compassionate patient care. The ideal candidate will have current NMC registration and experience in managing long-term conditions. This position offers a supportive and friendly working environment.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse able to assess and treat respiratory diseases.
• Experience with long-term condition management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a specialist practitioner in respiratory disease care.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Provide health promotion advice to patients.

Skills

Compassionate manner

Knowledge of long-term conditions

Empathetic approach

Education

Current NMC registration with active PIN

Job description

St James Surgery in Clacton are seeking an experienced practice respiratory nurse to join their team for approximately 29 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• Act as a specialist practitioner in the assessment and treatment of patients with respiratory disease (COPD, Interstitial Lung Disease and Bronchiectasis)
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care
• Offer health promotion advice and support to patients with respiratory disease

About us

We are a large, friendly hardworking surgery with our main surgery located in Clacton and a branch in St Osyth. We are anEMIS Web practice with a patient list size of 15,200 patients.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.

Experience

• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
• Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.

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.