Respiratory Specialist Nurse

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; Sur place; GBP 37 000 - 45 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Respiratory Nurse Specialist to join our team at Harrogate District Hospital, working 30 hours per week.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to set and maintain high standards of care for patients with complex respiratory needs, including ILD, COPD, asthma, and oxygen therapy, while supporting education for patients, relatives, and staff.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in respiratory care and multidisciplinary teams is preferred.
• Commitment to high standards of patient-centred care.

Responsabilités

• Lead and contribute to specialist respiratory care for adults with complex needs.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to plan, monitor and review patient care.
• Identify education needs of patients, relatives and staff and provide appropriate information and support.

Connaissances

Respiratory nursing

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Formation

NMC registered nurse

Description du poste

This post is for a Band 6 respiratory nurse specialist to join the team of highly experienced respiratory nurse specialists at Harrogate District Hospital, working 30 hours per week.
In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will be responsible for setting, monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of care particularly for patients with multiple needs who require complex packages of care.
Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives and carers, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times.
Establish and develop skilled practice in the multidisciplinary management and nursing care of adult patients with a range of respiratory conditions, predominantly Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis and those requiring oxygen therapy.
To identify specific needs in education of patients, relatives, and staff and facilitate meeting these requirements.
To offer an individualised service respecting the many diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds of each family, offering confidentiality and maintaining trust.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) was founded under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 and authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust from 1 January 2005.
HDFT is the principal provider of hospital services to the population of Harrogate and the surrounding district, and also provides services to North and West Leeds. In total this covers a catchment population for the acute hospital of approximately 316,000 people. In addition, the Trust provides some community services across North Yorkshire (with a population of 621,000 people) and provides Children’s and Young People’s Public Health Services between birth and 19 (or in some cases 25) years of age in North Yorkshire, County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-On-Tees, Sunderland, Gateshead, Northumberland and Wakefield. The Trust’s Children’s Public Health Services look after almost 600,000 children across these localities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Johanna Nicholson Job title: Respiratory Nurse Specialist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01423555320