The Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) team at Aintree University Hospital trust are looking to appoint a band 7 nurse – 22.5hrs per week, to help them in supporting and delivering care to ILD patients in our region.
The ILD service covers the West coast of the North West and Isle of Man. A majority of ILD patients attend Aintree as an outpatient but there is a growing cohort of patients seen as inpatients.
The ILD team are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic nurse who is able to work within our multidisciplinary team but is also able to work autonomously to support nurse-led clinics. The focus of this clinic is around symptom control, chronic disease management and palliative care. You will also assist in the ILD medical clinics in the assessment and support of new patients and provide ongoing assessment and support for outpatients via our very busy telephone support service.
The post holder will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the Multi-disciplinary team, patients, and carers within the speciality service.
The post holder will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality team (Head of Operations, Lead Clinician, Matron, etc.) and will work collaboratively to develop services and quality of care delivered.
The post holder will be expected to provide first-line management and lead a team of specialist nurses.
This will be achieved through the core dimensions of the role, clinical practice leadership, acting as the patient advocate, and through audit and education.
The post holder will carry out responsibility for either a defined caseload or offering "highly specialist service advice"; this will include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care.
The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group/speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.
They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for staff within the speciality.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description.
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