Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type NHS
Site Llandough Hospital
Town Llandough
Salary £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 21/01/2025 23:59
Respiratory Specialist Nurse
Band 6
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services.
OUR REGION:
Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated individual with experience of respiratory medicine in particular COPD who would be challenged with variety in their role and is keen to learn new specialist skills to join the Cardiff and Vale COPD and Home Oxygen service based in the University Hospital Llandough. The COPD and Home Oxygen service is a multidisciplinary team comprising Specialist nurses, Physiotherapists and Occupational therapists.
You will need to be able to work autonomously, visiting patients in their own homes, often dealing with patients who are exacerbating and acutely unwell. Alongside this, you will need to have a keen interest in providing education surrounding their disease, self-management plans and rehabilitation.
Main duties of the job
* Suitable candidates will be keen to extend their existing knowledge of respiratory medicine, in particular COPD and oxygen assessment and prescription.
* Communication skills will be essential to facilitate teaching patients and their families in all aspects of the care and management of their chest condition.
* Basic physio techniques such as sputum clearance, breathing control and basic exercise programme, OT techniques such as management of panic/anxiety and teaching practical adaptations to daily tasks to help in the management of breathlessness will be just some of the skills you will learn supported and supervised by the relevant professionals.
* All Home Oxygen orders come through our service, and advice to other professionals from both primary and secondary care on correct/safe process for ordering oxygen and checking completed prescription forms prior to submission is a key role.
* Participation in twice weekly CRRU led oxygen assessment clinics and weekly ambulatory assessment clinics on a rota basis is required.
* Interpretation of the results and appropriate prescription of oxygen is an essential part of the role, full support is given by other CRRU members and Respiratory consultants.
* Housebound patients are seen at home and we also visit to do a mandatory safety check post installation.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree supplemented by diploma level specialist training and short courses
* Evidence of ongoing CPD
* Independent prescribing
Experience
* Demonstrable experience in Respiratory Medicine
* Experience of managing own caseload
Skills
* Evidence of excellent communication skills
* Demonstrate sound IT skills
* Evidence of managing self-development
* Evidence of ability to work independently
* Involvement in audit and research
Personal Qualities
* Evidence of professional and personal development
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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