About the role
As a Specialist Asthma Nurse in a Tier 3 asthma centre, you’ll play a vital role in delivering expert care, education and support to patients and their families. You’ll use your clinical knowledge and leadership skills to assess, treat and manage people with asthma, ensuring they receive the very best care throughout their journey.
This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to develop and expand our Severe Asthma Service. We are a Tier 3 asthma centre, initiating asthma biologics following MDT with the Severe Asthma Centre (Royal Brompton Hospital). We have close to 100 patients on biologics. You’ll be part of a supportive, forward‑thinking team committed to improving outcomes for patients, while also having opportunities for your own professional development.
If you’re enthusiastic, compassionate, and ready to take the next step in your asthma nursing career, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
* Work closely with patients, families and carers to provide holistic, high‑quality care.
* Support colleagues and share your expertise through advice, education and guidance.
* Collaborate with primary and secondary care teams to ensure smooth transitions into community care.
* Play a key part in delivering asthma biologics – helping identify patients, initiate treatment and monitor response.
* Contribute to education, audit and research to drive forward our innovative asthma service.
* Provide advice, education and support from diagnosis to end‑of‑life care.
* Work collaboratively with primary and secondary health‑care professionals to support individuals across settings.
* Lead best practice in nursing care of patients with asthma.
* Take on a caseload of patients to support from referral onwards, including planning diagnostic work‑ups to confirm eligibility for biologics.
* Support the UHsussex biologics MDT by providing information and insight on patient needs.
* Complete and send necessary information to the severe asthma MDT to support patient initiation on biologics.
* Involve in biologic clinics, including administering biologics for patients and educating them in self‑administration for future use at home.
* Assess, monitor and provide asthma action plans in the acute setting and nurse‑led clinics.
* Act as patient’s advocate and counsel when informed discussion may lead to choices concerning treatment options or quality‑of‑life issues.
* Collaborate with other professionals to achieve a seamless service with effective communication between the service, regional hospitals and community teams.
* Provide telephone support service for patients and health‑care professionals.
* Act as an autonomous practitioner and provide nurse‑led clinics, request, perform and analyse tests.
* Review inpatients admitted with an acute exacerbation of asthma and facilitate discharge plans to ensure safe appropriate discharge.
* Contribute to rota of respiratory specialist nurse cover at Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath along with other respiratory specialist nurses.
* Demonstrate advanced nursing practices relevant to the area of asthma, ordering and interpretation of diagnostics.
* Collaborate with community teams and support services in the community setting.
Visa Sponsorship
This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds, and any role‑specific criteria.
Qualifications & Skills
* Ability to apply excellent analytical and judgment skills to interpret and compare a range of options on patient care.
* Demonstrate ability to act independently, use initiative and be accountable for own actions in the hospital and outpatient setting.
* Computer literate, able to use databases and other relevant programmes.
* Demonstrate the ability to educate and train other health professionals, to motivate and enthuse others and work across professional boundaries.
* Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and show the ability to influence and negotiate.
* Active participation in research and/or clinical evaluation and audit.
* Ability to present relevant written and visual educational material.
* Flexibility, adaptability to meet the needs of a changing service.
* Raise the profile of asthma in the trust, locally and nationally and actively participate in the promotion of asthma health.
* Develop specialist knowledge in asthma care and develop robust networks with asthma services nationally.
* Act in accordance with the NMC code of Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
Accessibility
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How to Apply
We look forward to receiving your application.
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