Staff Nurse - Specialist Respiratory Weaning and Rehab

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Staff Nurse for their Specialist Respiratory Weaning and Rehab unit. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with complex respiratory patients, providing high-quality care and support. With a personalized induction program and ongoing professional development, you will be part of a compassionate team committed to making a difference in patients' lives. If you are passionate about respiratory medicine and eager to contribute to a dynamic healthcare environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with evidence of ongoing professional development required.
• Experience in hospital settings and teamworking is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality specialized respiratory care to patients.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop nursing care plans.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for patient treatments.

Skills

Clinical Practice

Communication Skills

Patient Assessment

Care Planning

Teamwork

Basic Computer Skills

Education

Registered Nurse on the NMC register

Evidence of ongoing professional development

Tools

Electronic Patient Records (EPR)

Job description

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Staff Nurse - Specialist Respiratory Weaning and Rehab, London

Client:

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

The Lane Fox Respiratory Unit is looking for YOU!

If you are interested in specialist respiratory medicine and seeking a challenge, we offer a personalized induction program, supervision from our dedicated practice development team, and one-to-one support from the senior nursing team. You will also have the opportunity to participate in our ‘Introduction to Critical Care Nursing’ course, which provides practical and academic support to enhance your skills in caring for highly dependent patients with respiratory illnesses.

Here's what our staff say about us…

“It doesn’t matter how challenging the day is, if you got the team around you, you feel like you can do anything!”

“People ask me why I have been here for so long and I say to them I love my job, I love the patients, and there is nowhere in the world I would go that compares to how we work in Lane Fox.”

The Lane Fox Respiratory Unit is the largest weaning and home mechanical ventilation center in the UK, providing management and long-term follow-up for patients with chronic respiratory diseases like COPD and neuro-muscular diseases. It also offers specialist nurse-led clinics and a home ventilation service for assessing and advising patients with chronic respiratory illnesses.

Closing date: 7th July 2024

Interview date: 22nd July 2024

Main duties of the job

Our purpose-built 14-bed unit delivers high-quality specialized respiratory care to complex level 2 and level 3 patients, including:

• Tracheostomy management and mechanical ventilation
• Weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation
• Acute and chronic non-invasive ventilation
• High Flow oxygen therapy

If you share our vision to help patients with respiratory failure live independently, this is the perfect job for you. We welcome you to contact us to learn more about the role, and we would be happy to show you around the unit and answer any questions.

Working for our organization

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust includes five renowned hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton, and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark. We have a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest and most successful foundation trusts, providing specialized care for heart, lung, cancer, and renal conditions, along with local hospital and community services. As part of King’s Health Partners, we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centers, integrating clinical services, teaching, and research, with facilities like the NIHR biomedical research center established with King’s College London in 2007.

With approximately 22,700 staff, we are one of the largest NHS Trusts and local employers. We are committed to diversity and developing partnerships with communities, patients, NHS organizations, local authorities, charitable bodies, and GPs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Carrying out clinical practice within designated areas, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, interventions, and evaluations from admission to discharge.
• Applying knowledge across work procedures, supported by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
• Ensuring patients receive high-quality care and a positive experience, respecting their beliefs and customs.
• Recognizing and avoiding situations detrimental to patients’ health and wellbeing.
• Using observations to develop and initiate nursing assessments and care plans.
• Conducting comprehensive assessments of patients’ nursing needs.
• Ensuring safe and appropriate discharge plans for patients.
• Performing nursing procedures and treatments to maintain standards.
• Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to prioritize treatments.
• Taking detailed histories, documenting accurately, and maintaining information systems.
• Undertaking prescribed physical observations and reporting anomalies.
• Administering prescribed medications, including blood transfusions.
• Practicing in line with the NMC code and maintaining professional development.
• Familiarity with health and safety policies and adherence to them.
• Adopting a patient-centered approach.
• Understanding and following fire, manual handling, and other policies.
• Managing sensitive information related to patients, staff, and colleagues.
• Communicating effectively with team members, patients, and relatives.
• Participating in handovers and acting as team leader or member as needed.

Person specification

Knowledge/Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on the NMC register
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Experience

• Previous hospital experience
• Teamworking experience
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Completion of preceptorship

Skills

• Up-to-date knowledge of clinical and professional issues and evidence-based practice
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care programs
• Basic computer skills, including Electronic Patient Records (EPR)

Guy’s and St Thomas’ values diversity and is committed to equitable treatment of staff and patients regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or marital status.