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 in patients.
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 tame 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 case load 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.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Perform specialist assessment of patients nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation.
Coordinate and manage nurse led clinics.
Contribute towards a multi professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives.
Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.
Recognise changes in patients condition that require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description
This advert closes on Monday 30 Dec 2024