Respiratory Nurse Specialist Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

River Alliance of Wisconsin; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse Specialist to enhance patient care for respiratory conditions. This role involves conducting comprehensive assessments, providing education, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to optimize treatment for patients with Asthma, COPD, and Bronchiectasis. The position offers opportunities for professional growth through ongoing education and clinical governance initiatives. Join a supportive team dedicated to delivering gold standard care and making a significant impact on the health of the community. If you are passionate about improving patient outcomes and have the required experience, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Continuous Professional Development

Support for University Modules

Flexible Working Hours

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience as a Band 6 nurse required.
• Sound theoretical and practical knowledge in respiratory care essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive assessments and develop care plans for respiratory patients.
• Provide education and support to patients and their families regarding chronic lung conditions.

Skills

Communication Skills

Clinical Decision-Making

Patient Education

Assessment Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Specialist Training in Respiratory Care

Tools

NMC Register

Job description

The team is based at Aintree hospital though do provide inpatient cover for home oxygen assessments at Southport DGH too.

Inpatient assessments and outpatient clinics for patients with Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis – including optimisation of treatment, and promoting self-management.

Home oxygen assessments for both inpatients and patients in the community too – including domiciliary visits.

The role provides 7-day cover, with weekend working on (roughly) a 1:8 basis.

We work closely with the medical teams and therapy teams in the hospitals and have close links with other community respiratory services too.

We support team members to learn and develop knowledge and skills – with regular teaching and opportunity to apply for university modules and stand-alone study days as our rota allows.

We are looking for an additional CNS with excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and a keenness to provide gold standard care to join our team. A high level of clinical decision-making is required, therefore sound theoretical and practical knowledge relating to this specialty is required. The candidate should have at least 2 years’ experience as a Band 6.

Applicants must also have a valid UK driving license and access to a car.

1. Assessment for Home Oxygen in line with British Thoracic Society Guidelines, and local policy.
2. Ability to review patients with chronic lung conditions including Asthma, COPD and Bronchiectasis - and provide education, self management advice, appropriate lifestyle advice and advise on optimisation of treatments. This happens in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
3. Education for staff at a variety of levels.
4. Ability to give advice via phone - to HCPS, patients and their carers.
5. Participate in audit, and a willingness to be open to change and improvement of the services we provide.

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.

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.

Clinical Responsibilities

1. To perform comprehensive assessment of a patient’s needs (including clinical examination, and sampling arterial blood gases); then plan, implement and evaluate care delivery accordingly.
2. Ensure effective lines of communication within the multidisciplinary team to achieve an optimal level of service to respiratory patients, their families and carers.
3. Liaise effectively with community matrons, GP’s and other teams to enhance the respiratory patients care pathway.
4. Undertake nurse led clinics in Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis and Oxygen; providing expert advice, education and support to patients, their families and/or carers regarding their ongoing care and condition.
5. Understand and recognise your own limitations and refer to a more experienced specialist/ clinical lead when required, including presenting patients at MDT.
6. Care for patients from diagnosis through to end stage disease. Ability to display advanced communication skills to patients, their relatives and members of the public with empathy and reassurance.
7. Promote better health expectations for patients with respiratory disease and encourage strategies for healthier lifestyles- using the ‘every contact counts’ approach.
8. Request and interpret laboratory tests, respiratory function tests, sputum test etc. when assessing patients care needs.
9. Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment &/or diagnosis &/or treatment.
10. Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
11. Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.
12. Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives, and professionals across health and social services.

Education and Development

1. Identify learning needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of education to meet identified need.
2. Provides teaching in practice to other to other staff and students through clinical supervision/facilitation.
3. Manage and support junior colleagues within the department.
4. Provide clinical and academic support for nurses undertaking a specialist programme of study.
5. Participate in the education of pre and post registered nurses, and curriculum development where appropriate.
6. Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training requirements.

Clinical Governance

1. Identify need for, and undertake, research & clinical audit , in order to improve effectiveness of patient care and service delivery.
2. Participate in the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.
3. Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
4. Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.

Registered Nurses at Aintree have a responsibility to:

1. Maintain active status on NMC register
2. Act always in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and guiding documents
3. Adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure.
4. Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
5. Maintain a professional portfolio.

This advert closes on Monday 21 Apr 2025.