[ref. i43692822] Respiratory Nurse Specialist - NHS

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.

Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.

Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.

In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.

Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment

If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.

Our Values:

We Care

About each other

Our patients and their families

The communities we serve

The environment

We support them and deliver on their promises

We Respect

Each other

Our patients and their families

Our partners

We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return

We Listen to

Each other

Our patients and their families

Our partners

We act and learn from what we hear

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the existing Respiratory Nurse Team within the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking to recruit a band 6 nurse with a keen interest in Respiratory Medicine. The main focus of the role will be working within the Respiratory Nursing Team.

The respiratory nursing team is a small welcoming and knowledgeable team who are able to adapt to a varied workload. The team always uphold the trust values of 'we care', 'we listen' and 'we respect.'

This specialist role will support the organisation in the delivery of care for respiratory patients and their families. This will be in accordance with the philosophy and standards of care within the specialty, ensuring that Trust values and beliefs are upheld.

This role will look to suit a motivated, enthusiastic individual, the ideal candidate must demonstrate their ability to work under pressure, be adaptable to change and thrive in an environment with a varied workload.

This position is a permanent role at 37.5 hours per day. At present, the service provides cover form Monday to Friday.

• Provide a professional, specialist clinical support to medical and nursing staff in relation to respiratory patients for inpatients and outpatients.
• Provide leadership that promotes patient focused care.
• Ensure patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are seen within 24 hours of admission to achieve best practice tariff and identify those suitable for early supported discharge.
• Provide clinical leadership ensuring the delivery of the highest professional standards through staff development and individual performance appraisal/review.
• Interpret Arterial Blood Gases (ABG) to assist in oxygen assessments.
• Provide a comprehensive and appropriate short and long term management plan for respiratory patient, using expert knowledge and clinical reasoning.
• Develop into an independent autonomous practitioner.
• Work alongside the community COPD/oxygen teams providing seamless care.
• Provide expert nursing advice and support to other Health Care Professionals (HCP).
• Develop and deliver nurse led clinics.
• Participate and support the CURE tobacco addiction team.
• Identifying training needs within the team and deliver education and training as required.
• Provide mentoring, advice and support to associate specialist nurses, respiratory ward nurses and students.
• Deliver NIV training. Support NIV therapy within the clinical setting.
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and adhere to professional, clinical, national and local guidelines.

Working for our organisation

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice

• Provide a professional, specialist clinical support to medical and nursing staff in relation to respiratory patients for inpatients on the wards and out patients within the Chest Clinic setting.
• Provide leadership that promotes patient focused care.
• Maintain the established databases – update, prioritise and ensure patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are seen within 24 hours of admission to achieve best practice tariff (BPT).
• Identify COPD patients that may be suitable for early supported discharge (ESD).
• Provide clinical leadership ensuring the delivery of the highest professional standards through staff development and individual performance appraisal/review.
• Assessing respiratory patients within the inpatient setting.
• To aid and make clinical decisions utilising expert knowledge and clinical reasoning
• The interpretation of ABG’s, applying these to practice in order to assist the performance of oxygen assessments.
• Review respiratory patients prior to discharge as requested.
• Provide a comprehensive and appropriate plan for the short and long term management of the respiratory patient.
• Work alongside the established respiratory nurses, developing skills and knowledge in all areas of respiratory care and management.
• Develop into an independent autonomous practitioner.
• Work alongside the community COPD/oxygen teams referring patients on for continued support providing a seamless care for patients with respiratory disease.
• Involvement within the Tuberculosis (TB) service within the Stockport area. Assess, support and manage the individual with tuberculosis and their families. Management of notifications, contact tracing and the tuberculosis database.
• Provide expert nursing advice and support to other Health Care Professionals (HCP).
• Develop and deliver nurse led clinics.
• Participate and support the CURE tobacco addiction team.
• Identifying training needs within the team and delivering education and training as required.
• To provide mentoring, advice and support to associate specialist nurses, respiratory ward nurses and students.
• Deliver NIV training to hospital staff. Support and deliver NIV therapy within the clinical setting.
• To demonstrate knowledge of, and adhere to professional, clinical, national and local guidelines.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

‘Before applying for a secondment opportunity please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line manager’

Person specification

Experience / Education

• Relevant post registration experience of 18 months at Band 6 or above
• Nurse registration

• Advanced communication training
• Specialised Respiratory Module qulaification

knowledge

• Evidence of providing extensive nursing care to respiratory patients at band 6
• Evidence of, experience and good knowledge of nursing NIV patients
• Knowledge and experience of inhaler therapies and optimisation of therapy
• Clinical governance experience
• Research and audit experience eg. NRAP

• Knowledge of Tuberculosis case management

Experience

• Evidence of leadership experience.
• Experience of teaching in various formats e.g. teaching packages developed, formal programmes delivered.
• Experience of managing a case load or team.

Skills

• Ability to formulate teaching packages and educate / teach colleagues, junior staff members and student nurses.
• Organisational skills
• Involved in MDT meetings and being able to achieve outcomes for patients

• Independently assess respiratory patients and interpret findings
• Ability to assess a patient for home oxygen

Applicants are encouraged to read the documents attached to this vacancy before applying, including the job description and person specification and the information for applicants which includes useful information to assist you in completing your application.

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Please also note that Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are unable to refund Interview expenses or re-location costs.

Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.