We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical nurse specialist. We would consider a band 5/6 Registered General nurse who has post qualification experience of at least two years. The successful post holder will have a genuine and enthusiastic interest in respiratory Medicine.
The consideration of facilitating a development role depending upon knowledge and experience would be considered. The successful candidate should be willing and motivated to undertake further training to progress to band 7. Experience in managing patients with respiratory conditions would be an advantage but training will be given.
As a highly motivated Registered General Nurse who has a passion for delivering safe, high quality care to patients in the acute /chronic setting you will gain a wealth of knowledge and experience in Respiratory Medicine. After a successful induction period you will be required to advise colleges and patients in regard to long term conditions and in addition you will undertake all aspects of the role using advanced clinical assessment skills and decision making with the support of Respiratory evidenced based knowledge.
Main duties of the job include,
1 The Respiratory CNS nurse will be skilled in assessing, planning, and implementing treatments for chronic conditions for inpatient and outpatient status.
2 Inpatient assessment for long term oxygen therapy.
3 Early supported discharge service for all patients admitted with a chronic respiratory disease.
4 Respiratory Nurse led OPD clinics depending upon experience and knowledge.
5 Respiratory Nurse led clinics for patients with TB depending upon experience and knowledge.
6 To work collaboratively with all members of the NLAG Respiratory team with mutuality.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
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This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Dec 2024