Job summary
**INTERNAL MPFT APPLICANTS ONLY**
Band 7 Respiratory Nurse Specialist
hours per week
12 months Permanent
Are you a Nurse who strives to make a positive difference to the lives of our patients?
Do you have the passion, drive and ability to deliver high quality person-centred compassionate care in accordance with the Trust's organisational vision and values?
If the answer is yes, then this exciting opportunity to join our county wide Community Respiratory Service at Midlands Partnership Foundation NHS Trust could be the perfect career move for you.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration you will have significant post qualification specialist experience in the field of Respiratory Disease. With strong communication and organisational skills and a flexible approach, you will work collaboratively with patients and key partners to facilitate the best possible patient experience and outcomes.
You will be able to evidence Band 7 leadership experience, contribution or potential, within a community setting.
You will demonstrate the ability to effectively and efficiently assess, plan, provide and evaluate evidence based nursing care for patients.
You will demonstrate strong clinical reasoning and prioritisation skills and be able to work effectively, both independently and as a member of a team.
You will have a commitment to professional development and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
You will organise and prioritise your own day- to-day work tasks and activities and delegate tasks to junior colleagues.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
1. Supporting your career development and progression
2. Excellent NHS Pension scheme
3. Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
4. Options for flexible working
5. Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
6. Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
7. If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
8. Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
9. Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rate
10. Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
11. Free car parking at all trust sites
12. Free flu vaccinations every year
13. Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details please see attached the Job Description and the Person Spec.
To assess new service user referrals and care/support needs. Assesses service and users and formulates, develops, implements and evaluates evidence based programmes of care with the aims of improving quality of life, reducing hospital admissions, empowering self-care and takes a lead in specialist area/complex caseload and providing expert advice and support to others. The specialist care/support plans may include the following:
14. Promoting independence/self-management and maintaining safety
15. Increased functional ability
16. Assessment/treatment/management and implementation of care for individuals
17. Interventions in disease/condition management
18. Prevention and reducing of health inequalities
19. Admission avoidance
20. Post hospital discharge review
21. Case management/treatment/care plans
22. Palliative and End of Life planning
23. Drug prescribing and titration.
24. Specialised interventions around specific long term conditions and clinical need
25. Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health
26. Ability to work without supervision or direction
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
27. Degree in Nursing or equivalent
28. Registration with NMC
29. V300 nurse prescribing or completed within first 12 months of obtaining the position
30. Mentorship qualification such as Practice Assessor or ENB 998/997
31. Relevant specialist post graduate (Masters) qualification and/or professionally recognised clinical course(s) in specialist area or significant equivalent experience with considerable evidence of professional development.
32. Ability to interpret specialised respiratory reports
33. Blood gas analysis and venepuncture
Desirable
34. Advanced or intermediate life support qualification
35. Further clinical study relevant to clinical practice such as management of long term conditions
Experience
Essential
36. Significant period of post registration experience in clinical specialism
37. Supporting service users, families and carers in dealing with respiratory disease and its associated complications
38. Experience of negotiation and conflict management in clinical situations
39. Experience of leading clinical audit in specialism
40. Supervision of more junior members of a team
41. Presentation skills
Desirable
42. Involvement in service improvement