Specialist Respiratory Nurse

NHS; Whitby, Scarborough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare service provider is seeking an experienced Respiratory Nurse to join their community respiratory service in Whitby. The role involves providing support and education to respiratory patients post-discharge, performing assessments, and coordinating care. Candidates should hold a relevant nursing qualification, possess community nursing experience, and be capable of working independently in various locations. Competitive salary of £38,682 to £46,580 pro rata is offered.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council required.
• Experience in community nursing at band 6 level.
• Effective transportation of clinical equipment as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality holistic evidence-based care to patients.
• Assess and educate patients using home oxygen.
• Coordinate with multi-professional caseload holders.

Skills

Community nursing skills

Effective inter-personal skills

Experience with SystmOne

Communication skills

Education

Diploma or Degree in Adult Nursing

NMC Registration

Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at advanced level

Job description

This is an exciting, opportunity for an experienced Respiratory Nurse to join our community respiratory service which includes respiratory nursing, home oxygen, pulmonary rehabilitation, and respiratory outpatient physiotherapy. Candidates need to have established respiratory knowledge and skills.

The post involves providing support and education for respiratory patients discharged from hospital and working within the HOS-AR service in the community, with training and ongoing support provided to the successful applicant.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop a range of respiratory nursing skills and experience in a friendly and professional environment.

The successful candidate will work with experienced respiratory clinicians to provide high quality, personalised care to the people of Scarborough, Ryedale, and Whitby via clinic assessments and home visits.

Applicants must be confident working alone in the community including visiting patients in their own homes, and have a car and driving licence to travel across a large geographical area to do so.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality holistic evidence-based care to patients / service users that is responsive, effective, and efficient.
• To assess and review patients referred to Respiratory Nursing, to remain as independent as possible. To provide education, support to improve their level of function and quality of life and prevent inappropriate hospital admissions. This may involve referral to other specialist services, provision of appropriate equipment or signposting to outside organisations.
• To assess and review patients referred to the HOS-AR service maintaining excellence in oxygen related care as per national guidelines to ensure Home Oxygen assessment and reviews of patients are undertaken appropriately and underpinned by evidence-based practice.
• Provide advice and support to patients using home oxygen.
• To be pro-active in delivering anticipatory and responsive care, promoting independence, health lifestyle, reduction in health inequalities to improve the overall quality of life in the local population.
• To liaise with multi-professional caseload holders and case managers regarding patients on their caseloads
• To work with primary care to develop relationships and support general practice with home oxygen prescribing and queries and community respiratory advice.
• To liaise with the home oxygen provider, to ensure up to date equipment and service knowledge and be the patient advocate as required.
• Involvement with specialist professional respiratory networks

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Qualification & Knowledge

• Diploma or Degree in Adult Nursing
• Registration with the NMC
• Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g. Postgraduate/Masters level
• Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility

Experience

• Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
• Experience of SystmOne
• Demonstrable experience of working in community nursing at band 6 level
• Ability to effectively transport self between multiple addresses/venues on a daily basis including transporting equipment & clinical stock required for treatment.
• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
• Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures to effectively lead and manage others

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearpro rata, per annum