Respiratory Nurse Specialist

NHS Jobs; Tooting; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs seeks an experienced Respiratory Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist to deliver high-quality care for patients with respiratory conditions at St Georges Hospital. The role includes nurse-led outpatient clinics, inpatient reviews, and oxygen assessment, with support for NIV and severe asthma management in collaboration with the Severe Asthma MDT.

The post holder will contribute to service development, demonstrate expert clinical practice, and lead education and research initiatives,

Qualifications

• Expert clinical practice in respiratory nursing.
• Leadership in clinical practice and education.
• Research, audit and dissemination of best practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide out-patient nurse-led clinics for respiratory conditions including asthma and COPD.
• In-patient review of asthma/COPD in-patients.
• Assess for long-term and ambulatory oxygen; assess NIV needs.
• Support the asthma service and work with the Severe Asthma MDT for patients with severe asthma including biologic therapy.
• Contribute to the development of patient pathways (inpatient to outpatient).

Job description

The post-holder should provide a high-quality service to all respiratory patients within St Georges Hospital. The respiratory clinical nurse specialist will work as part of the multi-professional team in the:

• Provision of out-patient nurse led clinics for respiratory conditions, including asthma, COPD, oxygen assessment
• Provision of inpatient review of asthma/COPD in-patients
• Support development of seamless patients pathways, eg Inpatient to outpatients
• Assessment for long term and ambulatory oxygen
• Provide on-going support for patients requiring domiciliary Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
• Support asthma service and work alongside the severe Asthma MDT to provide care for patients with severe asthma including those requiring biologic therapy

There will be an opportunity to undertake these roles within this JD but it would be to deliver care to patients requiring NIV OR Severe Asthma provision rather than staff undertaking both in the same role.

In addition, the post holder will be expected to participate in the strategic development of the respiratory service by:

• Being recognised as an expert in their field holding additional specialist knowledge and experience
• Providing leadership in clinical practice for the professional team and peers and ensuring effective learning experience for students through provision of an educational environment
• Working as a competent, autonomous advanced clinical nurse specialist.
• Actively disseminating best practice through teaching, publication and conference presentations and participating in nursing research and national working parties

The key components identified for the role of a advanced specialist nurse include:

• Expert Clinical Practise.
• Education.
• Research & Audit.
• Leadership and Management.

£58,133 - £65,261 pa. pro-rata inclusive of HCAS (20%)