Job summary
Employer heading
Paediatric Respiratory Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The Band 6 Paediatric specialist nurse’s role requires a passionate, highly motivated and experienced Nurse with excellent communication skills, who considers themselves first and always the child’s advocate, someone who wishes to continue to develop their clinical and leadership skills, delivering high quality care to our children and young people and their families. We are excited at the prospect of supporting motivated individuals to help lead, develop and influence our growing services.
As a team, we are committed to recruiting staff that uphold our values and can deliver excellent care putting children, young people and their families at the heart of everything we do, with an emphasis on working in partnership with the families to provide the best possible outcomes for their respiratory condition. Using guidelines set out by NICE, BTS and SIGN
Main duties of the job
Experience in facilitation of quality improvements in the provision of Paediatric Respiratory Care. Ability to plan, organise, manage and deliver agreed respiratory care initiatives across the Warrington and Halton sites and community setting
Ability to work collaboratively to promote and improve the standards of Paediatric respiratory care across the locality.
Experience in facilitation of quality improvements in the provision of Paediatric Respiratory Care
Ability to plan, organise, manage and deliver agreed respiratory care initiatives across the Warrington and Halton sites and community setting.
Have a knowledge and understanding of BTS/Sign guidelines. Up to date clinical skills. Presentation skills. Knowledge of the National Asthma Care Bundle
Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Clinical professional experience in Paediatric Respiratory conditions
Essential criteria
- RSCN/RNC Qualified
Clinical Professional Experience
Essential criteria
- 2 Years Post Qualification Experience
Professionalism
Essential criteria
- Able to work autonomously in all clinical settings
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
- Jo Burke
- Job title
- Manager Children and Young People's OPD Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01925 664228
- Additional information
Additional Contact
Natalie Rogers 01925 662633
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