Respiratory Specialist Practitioner

Integrated Care System; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Respiratory Specialist Practitioner to provide high standards of respiratory care in community settings. The role includes working with multidisciplinary teams, supporting patient discharges, and managing care effectively. Candidates must have a registered nursing degree and experience in respiratory patient management.

Qualifications

• Evidence of qualifications required.
• Experience managing respiratory patients in community or acute setting.
• Understanding of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide complex and enhanced care for respiratory patients.
• Support early discharge and prevent hospital admissions.
• Manage patient care in various settings.

Skills

Leadership experience

Clinical reasoning

Team player

Self-motivated

Education

Registered Nursing degree

Teaching qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Are you an experienced nurse who has experience of working withing respiratory medicine and who is passionate about providing outstanding care, if so, then we want to hear from you!

Respiratory Hospital at Home is designed to facilitate early/supported discharge of patients from acute medical beds and to prevent hospital admissions of patients with respiratory illnesses in the community, so creating a 'virtual ward'. You provide a high standard of complex, enhanced care for patients, using enhanced levels of clinical judgement, skills and knowledge to avoid admission to hospital or support an early discharge.

Main duties of the job

Respiratory Specialist Practitioners work as part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team across a wide range of settings, including hospitals, individual's homes, care homes and general practices. You will work at an enhanced level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a field of expertise which, for these posts, is respiratory medicine. They manage a discrete aspect of a patient's care within their current level of practice, which will be particular to a specific context.

You will provide a high standard of complex, enhanced care for patients, using enhanced levels of clinical judgement, skills and knowledge. In this instance we are looking for staff who will be able to support patients with respiratory illness in their home environment.

About us

Respiratory Hospital @ Home is a county wide service providing care for patients whom have a Somerset GP.

We have 4 community bases located at Harrison House, Bridgwater Hospital, West Mendip Hospital and Magnolia House, whilst supporting the two acute sites of Musgrove Park Hospital (MPH)and Yeovil District Hospital (YDH)

This post is being advertised to cover the East side of the county, which includes the Yeovil/ West Mendip area alongside YDH. We do cross cover within the service and you will be expected to support the West side of the county when patient need arises, this could be on a weekly basis.

This post requires daily access to a car and therefore please only apply if you hold a full and valid driving license.

Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
• Evidence of Qualifications required
• Registered Nursing degree
• Registered with the Nursing Council
• Relevant Post graduate study
• Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience of quality improvement and audit

Experience

• EXPERIENCE
• Experience of managing respiratory patients within a community and/ or acute setting
• Understanding of working as part of a MDT
• Enhanced understanding of Respiratory conditions

Additional Criteria

• KNOWLEDGE
• Proven leadership and management experience with respiratory patients
• SKILLS & ABILITIES
• Evidence of a good standard of Literacy/English language skills
• Able to demonstrate enhanced decision making /clinical reasoning skill through analysis and interpretation
• Ability to take overall responsibility and accountability
• Self-motivated and able to work under their own initiative
• Problem solving approach
• Innovative and creative, able to think laterally
• Able to influence and motivate other staff
• Team player with a 'can do' attitude
• Personal resilience
• Drive, energy and enthusiasm
• Always act in a professional manner demonstrating honesty and integrity
• Adaptable and flexible to needs of others and organisation
• Demonstrates punctuality and good time keeping
• Develop and maintain good working relationships within the Neighbourhood, Acute setting and with Stakeholders
• COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• Willingness to use technology to improve standards of care and support to our patients
• Ability to cope with potentially distressing situations such as imparting unwelcome news
• Range of communication skills including documentation, email and reports
• PLANNING & ORGANISING SKILLS
• Strong prioritisation skills with the ability to manage competing demands
• OTHER
• Access to a vehicle for travelling within and outside the trust boundaries
• Work under pressure, dealing with a complex range of competing priorities and agendas
• KNOWLEDGE
• Proven evidence of educational support to others
• Experience in leadership role
• Evidence of research and audit participation and an understanding of the process involved
• Undertaken or participated research
• Experience of developing guidelines, protocols and pathways of care
• Good understanding of the NHS framework and government policy
• Familiar with current local and national issues

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.