Respiratory Nurse Specialist/Physio/Paramedic
Join the Future of Respiratory Care in Hertfordshire: Develop Your Career with Us!Are you ready to join a large, innovative, 7-day service where you can truly specialize and develop your clinical skills?
We're a large, integrated Community Respiratory Specialist Service dedicated to providing expert care to patients across West Hertfordshire. We're expanding & looking for passionate clinical professionals - whether you are new to respiratory care or an experienced clinician ready to reach Advanced Practice level.
What Makes Our Team Unique?We offer an unparalleled depth of experience and support, rarely found in community settings:
Integrated Excellence: We work hand-in-hand with West Herts Hospitals Trust, sharing clinical medical leadership & developing joint pathways to constantly improve patient experience. It's an exciting time of innovation and trying new ways of working!
Multidisciplinary Expertise: Our team is built on a rich mix of professions. We actively encourage "blurring the boundaries" so that our patients benefit from the wide range of skills we possess. You will learn from, & collaborate with, senior expert leads in every area.
Built-in Support and Progression: We offer a comprehensive induction and teaching programme for all new starters. We actively invest in your future by supporting further education, attendance at courses/conferences, and opportunities to work towards Advanced Practitioner status and Independent Prescribing.
Main duties of the job
We are a high-performing multidisciplinary respiratory team delivering expert specialist care for conditions including COPD, asthma & bronchiectasis across West Hertfordshire, 7 days a week.
This includes essential services such as: Admission Avoidance & Discharge Schemes: Leading our Hospital at Home & Virtual Hospital services.
Home Oxygen Services: Conducting assessment and review services.
You will be an integral part of our team, delivering specialist respiratory care across a diverse & exciting range of services:
Respiratory Home Visits and Follow-up Clinics
TB Nursing (screening, clinics, home visits)
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (diagnostics, clinics, and CPAP care)
Non-Invasive Ventilation for COPD (clinics and BiPAP care)
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Respiratory Physiotherapy
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
* A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
* Car lease scheme *T&C's apply (band 5 and above)
* Flexible working options
* Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job responsibilities
Please refer to job description, person specification and CLCH trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
* Nursing/ Paramedic/ Physio Degree qualification or equivalent
* Current NMC /HCPC registration
* Teaching/Mentorship qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
* Experience of working with respiratory patients
* Experience of working within acute or community setting.
* With knowledge of relevant of National guidelines in Respiratory
* Demonstrates ability to develop new initiatives.
* Demonstrates ability to managing change
Skills and Knowledge
* Good effective communication skills, verbally and in writing.
* Ability to make decisions and prioritise actions.
* Evidence of expertise in clinical skills
* Experience of teaching others.
* A working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence-based practice.
* Ability to learn new skills and develop skills in physical assessment, spirometry, developing self-management action plans, capillary blood gas sampling, Feno.
* Sound working knowledge of guidelines in the field of respiratory care.
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.
£40,617 to £48,778 a yearper annum, inclusive of HCAS
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