An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an innovative and dynamic team within the Solihull Community Respiratory Team at UHB. Working out of Solihull Hospital the post holder will support all elements of the service which includes hospital at home, admission avoidance (Virtual Ward) Oxygen service (HOSAR) Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Specialist Respiratory Nurse led clinics. This is a community team and the role involves the postholder to be a car driver/user in order to deliver the service across the Solihull geographical area.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist who is passionate about service development and providing high standard of patient centred care. You will be working closely within a multidisciplinary team of staff including Respiratory Consultants, hospital based Respiratory Nurse Specialists, Physiotherapists, Therapy Support Workers (TSW) and Occupational Therapists, all of whom are committed to maintaining independence, promoting self-care and assisting patients in their usual place of residence. The successful candidate will provide respiratory intervention, as well as supporting the multidisciplinary team in assessment and development of a holistic management plan.

Please contact - karen.ebbon@uhb.nhs.uk / elaine.whinmill@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

The post holder will perform specialist assessment of respiratory patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, developing and delivering an individualised treatment plan based on this assessment. This will include patients with COPD, Interstitial Lung Disease, Bronchiectasis, Asthma and palliative patients requiring oxygen. These assessments will be in both the acute and chronic state.

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Diploma / degree in adult nursing
• *Current registration with the NMC
• *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.

Desirable

• *Evidence of leadership training.
• *Health Care Assessment Course
• *Post registration Respiratory course (COPD or Asthma diploma)

Experience

Essential

• *Demonstrates comprehensive clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
• *Significant experience of manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality. Minimum 12 months post-registration experience, providing a broad range of experience, must include respiratory
• *Knowledge of COPD NICE Guidelines, COPD GOLD Guidelines Standards of Care, BTS Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines, BTS Bronchiectasis Guidelines
• *Experience of supporting and supervision of junior staff, students and assistants.
• *A specialist knowledge across a range of therapy practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of therapy.
• *Good understanding of working in the community.
• *Understanding of current legislation and application to patient care

Desirable

• *Team/service development
• *Knowledge of BTS Oxygen Guidelines
• *Knowledge of the Home Oxygen Assessment and Review Service (HOS-AR) recommendations
• *Evidence of audit / R& D activity

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Car driver/user for community work
• *Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist area.
• *Demonstrate a professional attitude.
• *An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis.
• *An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments.
• *An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations.
• *Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the clinical areas
• *Car driver/user for across site and community work

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

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