Job summary
Employer heading
Respiratory Support Nurse in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Band 6
Apprenticeship Eligibility Criteria
Should this vacancy be recruited as an apprenticeship, the following criteria will apply:
UK nationals or other persons with a right of abode have an eligible residency status if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK or the British Overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of the apprenticeship.
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Job overview
Are you passionate about providing specialist respiratory care to patients within the acute hospital and community setting working in an integrated service?
Are you looking for an opportunity to join an integrated, forward thinking and developing service working with system partners to deliver the best possible respiratory care?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Respiratory Support Nurse to join the well-established Wirral Integrated Respiratory Service.
The Wirral Integrated Respiratory Service is a team made up of Specialist Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Clinical Support Workers, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapist assistants and administration staff who all strive to work collaboratively to deliver the best respiratory care for patients on the Wirral. The service delivers early supported discharge and admission avoidance for Respiratory patients, chronic disease management, pulmonary rehabilitation and a home oxygen service for all oxygen patients on the Wirral.
The role will include running Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes. The service operates Monday to Friday - 8:30 to 16:30. In the future may require flexibility to change to meet the needs of the service in the future.
Main duties of the job
Deliver Pulmonary Rehabilitation in a well established service. Based within hospital setting and community venues. Work in collaboration of diverse staff range including Assistant, Exercise Physiologist and Physiotherapists.
Deliver education in a group setting or to individual patients.
Use clinical skills and knowledge to assess a range of Respiratory conditions including COPD, Asthma, Bronchiectasis and Interstitial Lung Diseases. Identify conditions that require intervention and take appropriate action including referral to other professionals/services.
Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to on-going care needs.
Identify opportunities to promote and provide health education for patients and carers
Advise on self-management strategies including medicines management, exercise, smoking cessation, dietary issues, benefits and travel in a variety of settings.
Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
Working for our organisation
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Respiratory Support Nurse position available at WUTH.
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable Experience within respiratory speciality
- Evidence of continued professional development
- IT Literate
Desirable criteria
- Rehabilitation experience
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
- First level degree or willing to undertake
- Demonstrate clinical skills in management of patients with chronic and acute respiratory disease
Desirable criteria
- Post Basic Qualification/experience in respiratory care
- Recognised Teaching qualification
- Clinical examination and diagnostics
- Community experience
Knowledge and Skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of MDT working
- Teaching/ Presentation Skills
- Teaching Experience
- Experience of audit/ research
- Previous experience of nurse led clinics
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Diplomatic
- Calm and objective
- Assertive, confident, yet approachable
- Recognition of own limitations
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Empathic
- Flexible attitude to working
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work autonomously and part of a team
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Personally, and Professionally mature
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the National and local respiratory Strategy
- Recognition of own limitations
- Knowledge of the Personalised Care agenda
- Ability to travel across sites and complete home visits
Desirable criteria
- Ability to Influence change
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Experience
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
- Stuart Parkinson
- Job title
- Lead Respiratory Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01516047535
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