Respiratory Specialist Nurse/Physio/Paramedic
Job overview
Work within a multidisciplinary respiratory team to deliver community respiratory service in West Hertfordshire providing specialist services including hospital at home (admission avoidance and early supported discharge scheme and Virtual Hospital), home oxygen assessment & review service, home visits to provide expert specialist care to patients with OSA, COPD, Asthma, Bronchiectasis, and ILD.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide patient-centred, integrated care over seven days a week, delivering specialist services such as admission avoidance and contributing to the new Integrated Airways Virtual Hospital in collaboration with the Hospitals Trust.You will also gain expertise in providing specialist care to patients with COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, OSA, and ILD, as well as managing those who require home oxygen therapy.
As part of a large, experienced community respiratory team, you will be supported by a team of Band 7 and Band 8a professionals, a Consultant Respiratory Physiotherapist, and Respiratory Consultants
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Person specification
Education/Qulifications
Essential criteria- Nursing/ Paramedic/ Physio Degree qualification or equivalent
- Current NMC /HCPC registration
- Teaching/Mentorship qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working with respiratory patients
- Experience of working within acute or community setting.
- With knowledge of relevant of National guidelines in Respiratory
- Demonstrates ability to develop new initiatives.
- Demonstrates ability to managing change
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Good effective communication skills, verbally and in writing.
- Ability to make decisions and prioritise actions.
- Evidence of expertise in clinical skills
- Experience of teaching others.
- A working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence-based practice.
- Ability to develop and maintain team working.
- Ability to learn new skills and develop skills in physical assessment, spirometry, developing self-management action plans, capillary blood gas sampling, Feno.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Strong organisational, time-management skills
- To be able to deal with situations which may lead to adjustments within teams’ workload.
- Sound working knowledge of guidelines in the field of respiratory care.
- Excellent documentation skills
- Knowledge awareness of recent NHS policies/DoH agenda
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the holistic needs of the client group.
- Computer skills i.e., Word, data- bases email, internet
- An eagerness to contribute to quality assurance and audit.
Other
Essential criteria- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)
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