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Job summary
The post holder will be a member of the Community children's nursing team delivering nursing services for 0-19-year-olds in Greenwich and Bexley, within guidelines for children and young people. To provide a high quality and efficient respiratory diagnostic testing (including Spirometry, reversibility testing and FeNO testing) within the Bexley and Greenwich community respiratory hub. The post holder will be based within the community. Duties will include the routine respiratory testing, clerical input of patient and test details into the departmental computer network, sending out of diagnostics test results and filing of paperwork and clinical material and answering telephone enquiries. This role requires you to travel between community sites in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs. Competency assessment, training and study days will be provided by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
* To work as part of the team providing nursing assessments and interventions to children and young people.
* To be able to perform a wide range of standard and complex tests and procedures including fractional exhaled nitrous oxide (FeNo) and spirometry with bronchodilator reversibility testing.
* Ensuring that diagnostics are undertaken safely and in a timely manner, reporting and documenting results appropriately and in line with legislation, policies and procedures.
* To work independently under indirect supervision of the asthma clinical nurse specialist across a variety of settings in the community.
* To refer children to acute and other services as appropriate and required
* To facilitate health promotion and basic teaching and training to children, young people and their families within the scope of practice.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
* We\'re Kind
* We\'re Fair
* We Listen
* We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached generic Job Description and Addendum AD005.26 for further details.
For further information contact Emma Burke e.burke@nhs.net.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nursing Associate qualification, NVQ or other equivalent qualification
* GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
Desirable
* ARTP Performing Certificate
* Evidence of Asthma training
Experience
Essential
* Relevant clinical experience (18months -2years minimum)
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
Desirable
* Ability to work autonomously
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
* Ability to undertake and understand physiological measurements and observations e.g. pulse oximetry and general observations
* Ability to communicate in a sound effective and compassionate manner with children, young people and their families
* Willing to develop essential clinical skills and competencies relevant to the role
* Ability to use an electronic record keeping systems and other IT systems
Desirable
* Understand the importance of infection control ie. PPE
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Acorns, Queen Marys Hospital
Frognal Avenue
Sidcup
DA14 6LT
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/
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