Respiratory Nurse Practitioner

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is looking for an experienced clinical practitioner to assess patients for early discharge and provide hospital-level care within homes. Responsibilities include conducting holistic assessments, monitoring patient health, and demonstrating strong communication skills while working with a multidisciplinary team. A commitment to clinical excellence and managing chronic conditions is essential. This role offers a flexible working schedule to improve patient outcomes and reduce hospital pressures.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering hospital-level care at home.
• Ability to conduct home visits and monitor patient health.
• Commitment to audit, research, and understanding of respiratory priorities.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients for safe early discharge from hospitals.
• Monitor health and treatment during exacerbations.
• Develop individualised care plans with patient involvement.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Autonomous clinical decision making

Holistic assessment

Education

Relevant clinical qualification

Tools

Clinical decision-making knowledge

Job description

Overview

The Liverpool Community Respiratory Team hosts the Acute Respiratory Infections Virtual Ward, delivering hospital admission avoidance and early supported discharge for patients with COPD exacerbations, bronchiectasis, community-acquired pneumonia, and viral lower respiratory tract infections. We provide nurse-led respiratory optimisation in homes and clinics, following NICE and local guidelines. Medical leadership is supported by a Respiratory Consultant and two Advanced Clinical Practitioners, alongside a multidisciplinary team including a team leader, Band 6 and 7 specialist nurses, physiotherapists, an assistant practitioner, and admin staff.

Role purpose

This role involves assessing patients in two local hospitals for safe early discharge and delivering hospital-level care at home. Responsibilities include home visits to monitor health and treatment during exacerbations, holistic assessments, and optimisation of respiratory management. Strong communication skills and the ability to make autonomous clinical decisions at pace are essential. A commitment to audit, research, and understanding national and local respiratory priorities is required.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients in two local hospitals for safe early discharge and deliver hospital-level care at home.
• Conduct home visits to monitor health and treatment during exacerbations.
• Perform holistic assessments and optimise respiratory management.
• Demonstrate autonomous clinical decision making at pace and maintain clinical excellence.
• Participate in audit, research, and align with national and local respiratory priorities.
• Possess strong communication skills necessary for collaboration within a multidisciplinary team.

Working pattern and expectations

The service operates 8am–8pm, seven days a week, across multiple community locations, so flexibility and mobility are vital. This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative team improving patient outcomes and reducing hospital pressures.

Clinical practice and professional standards

Clinical decision-making is required for this post. Therefore sound theoretical and practical knowledge relating to this specialty is required from a practitioner who strives to maintain clinical excellence. Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence-based clinical decision making, within the hospital setting and patients’ homes. Provide clinical respiratory expertise and knowledge to others when managing continuing and highly complex situations. Assess patient conditions and consider a range of options when delivering continuing and highly complex care, drawing on external specialist services as required. Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient/client, where appropriate. Provide support in managing patients/clients with chronic diseases. Following holistic assessment of need, develop individualised care plans to fulfil those needs, with the involvement of patients and carers. Refer on to partner organisations. Implement and evaluate care delivery for patients/clients with identified needs. Ensure that all clinical activity provided by the team directly reflects the core objectives of health promotion, supported self-care, disease specific management, management of long-term conditions and end of life care. Ensure all assessments and referrals are documented to the standards set by the NMC.

Organisational context

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Organisation details

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

How to apply / contacts

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paul Tinnion, Job title: Clinical Team Leader, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]. For more detailed information, or to request a pre-interview visit contact Paul Tinnion.