Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: 1 permeant job
- Hours
- Full time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-7159591-GO-SC
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Georges Hospital
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 On Pro rata basis per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Respiratory Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Nurse with respiratory experience to join our wonderful multidisciplinary respiratory team, here at St George’s NHS trust.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced respiratory nurse to provide autonomous holistic care to patients with our Intestinal Lung Disease (ILD) service.
As part of the ILD multi-disciplinary team the post holder will
Provide professional and operational leadership to the ILD Team as well as support service development.
Be responsible for high quality care and the efficient, safe, and effective performance of respiratory team members including staff management.
The post holder will be a skilled and competent nurse with experience in caring for patients with interstitial lung disease, with the ability to work autonomous and as part of a team. They should be able to use their clinical expertise, leadership skills, education, and management to ensure a
seamless service for patients, carers and staff across inpatient and outpatient services.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Adult General Nurse – registered with NMC
- Minimum of three years post registration experience, of which 18 months within respiratory.
- Teaching and Assessment qualification/experience.
- Clinical Assessment Skills Module – currently undertaking or completion of
- Level 1/2 Smoking cessation training
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Experience of assessing and selecting suitable modalities and prescribing oxygen for patients.
- Competent in capillary/ arterial blood gases and interpretation.
- Undertake Quality assured Spirometry (and interpretation)
Experiences and skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and in depth understanding of the clinical management of patients with ILD.
- Recent experience as an band 6 management/leadership role.
- Staff management and appraisal.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Audit and or research in clinical area.
- Ability to prioritise work and to help co-ordinate the service, working with the MDT locally and nationally.
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Project management skills
- Contribution to policy development and changes in practice.
- Involvement in recruitment and selection
attritbutes
Essential criteria
- Able to manage a case load of patients & supervise junior staff in caseload management.
- Knowledge of relevant local and national policies relating to the provision of respiratory services
- Motivates and demonstrates enthusiasm for the clinical speciality
- Upholds the trust values
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Neil Burns
- Job title
- Lead Respiratory Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208725 1329
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