Job summary
- Main area
- Integrated Respiratory Service
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1725
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary’s Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/11/2024
Employer heading
Specialist Respiratory Nurse
Band 6
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join our award nominated integrated respiratory team as a specialist respiratory nurse. We are a large MDT who recognise the importance of healthcare professionals and how they can improve service performance and patient care.
The Integrated Cardio-Respiratory Services is a combined service working across hospital and community pathways, providing community services in clinic and home-based settings. The service is a consultant led multidisciplinary team providing a range of service including; diagnostic clinics, COPD and asthma disease optimisation, exacerbation management, hospital discharge, home oxygen, pulmonary rehabilitation, dyspnoea management and primary care education and support.
The aim is to provide a more accessible, efficient, cost-effective service integrating respiratory services across secondary and primary care, to enable continuity of care and give respiratory patients the opportunities to have access to care closer to their homes and end of life care in their homes.
Main duties of the job
- To facilitate and manage the provision of high quality care to all adult respiratory patients alongside the consultants and allied health professionals in respiratory medicine in a variety of settings to promote respiratory health within ICHNT and the surrounding community.
- The post holder will provide support and advice to doctors, nursing staff, allied health care specialists, patients and their families/carers, known to the community service, and ensure smooth transitions of care into and within the community setting.
- The post holder will have the opportunity to rotate through different specialisms and settings within the integrated respiratory service.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree (or equivalent) in Nursing
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
- State registration with the NMC
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate study in Respiratory
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience in specialty area and experience in either junior specialty role or senior role
- Proven relevant clinical experience
- Experience with managing patient relevant to specialist area
Desirable criteria
- Experience in oxygen services and acute management of the unwell respiratory patient in the community setting.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of own patient group
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC code and standards.
- Good IT skills, Understanding of office Works suite including PowerPoint
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate commitment through involvement in Trust wide initiatives/ committees.
- Presentation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Cannon
- Job title
- Lead Respiratory Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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