University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Do you have respiratory knowledge and skills and an interest in specialising in Asthma and Allergy?
We are excited to advertise this fixed term 12-month post. We are looking to to appoint a band 6 clinical nurse specialist who would like to further their career within the asthma and allergy speciality. You will join a friendly and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team who pride themselves in delivering patient centred care within a supportive environment. We are seeking an enthusiastic, flexible individual who is confident, able to multi-task effectively, prioritise workload, be a good team worker, and motivated in their learning and development.
As a Regional Asthma Centre for the South of England we pride ourselves on the delivery of patient centred care. We have a varied caseload with a difficult airways clinics twice a week and daily in-patient ward reviews. We also provide a wide range of treatments which include monoclonal antibodies via subcutaneous injection and intravenous infusions for severe and difficult asthma.
If you have respiratory knowledge or an interest in specialising within the asthma and allergy service we would like to hear from you.
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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WHAT YOULL DO
• Instigates programmes of care, using evidenced-based practice, that address the patients complex and changing health requirements including allergy testing, difficult airways and latest asthma care for patients in the tertiary level.
• Promotes well-being among patients, encouraging them and advising them on how to optimise their own health status through managing their symptoms and correct use of devices.
• Establishes and maintains good communication with a range of patients and, where appropriate, their family and carers, in a variety of potentially complex and stressful situations.
• Liaises closely with the multi-disciplinary team when the patients respiratory needs are beyond their own scope of practice and appropriately refers to and/or other relevant agencies and health care professionals, where necessary.
• Recognises when emergency assistance or additional support is required and is aware of the correct procedures and pathways to adhere to in order to alert others to take action.
WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR
• Health and physical abilities sufficient for the post (if necessary with reasonable adjustments with respect to the Equality Act/Disability Discrimination Act)
• Registered nurse/midwife, Degree-level modules in relevant subject or evidence of CPD to Bachelor degree-level equivalence. Post-qualification training relevant to specialism/area of practice.
• Positive attitude, problem-solving approach, evidenced based care philosophy, enthusiasm for nursing and speciality over all team player with good working relationships.
This service runs predominately from Monday-Friday and requires working within the UHS site.
We recommend an informal discussion when applying for this position and look forward to meeting you.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Mar 2025