An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic and innovative individual to join our COPD team.
You will have a keen interest in the field of lung cancer care with experience working in this area at band 6 or above and will already be working within an early supported discharge team. You will provide valuable support to patients who have been are under the care of the lung cancer clinic and act as a role model to staff working outside of the expert team.
You must possess excellent interpersonal skills as well as the drive, vision and initiative to motivate others and meet the demands of the service. You will be experienced at maintaining patient records and databases and have knowledge of the current cancer pathways.
This post is a permanent post and to ensure that the requirements of the service are met, is full time.
• You will be expected to work collaboratively with patients and professional staff delivering high quality care in both the hospital and community settings.
• You will be expected to visit patients in the acute setting to undertake a review of their COPD, where appropriate suggest amended plans of care, support early supported discharge.
• You will undertake home visits to assess patients in their own homes to determine if it is appropriate to admit them to COPD virtual ward and provide support at home to prevent hospital admission.
• You will undertake supportive home visits for those patients recently diagnosed with lung cancer.
• In addition to being a qualified nurse, the successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate excellent computer/ IT skills to include Microsoft Office Package, and be enthusiastic about the field of smoking cessation and health promotion.
• Experience in clinical audit and data collection is desirable. You must be able to communicate effectively at all levels, have an understanding of managing your own caseload, demonstrate effective teamwork and participate in ongoing audit programmes.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:
We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance.
This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview, you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Feb 2025
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