Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
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Key details
Location
SiteTrustwideTownGloucestershire (Gloucester, Cheltenham)PostcodeGL1 3NNMajor / Minor RegionGloucestershire
Contract type & working pattern
ContractFixed term: 12 months (Would consider secondment)HoursPart time hours per week
Salary
Salary£37,338 - £44,962 (pa pro rata if part-time)Salary periodYearlyGrade(Band 6)
Specialty
Main areaRespiratory
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job Overview
Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Band hours a week)
The Respiratory Nurse Specialist will work as a member of the Integrated Respiratory Team in Gloucestershire, within the acute setting to support both Inpatient and Outpatient Services for a variety of conditions such as Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis, ILD, oxygen assessments and providing follow-up care through the virtual supported discharge service. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to step up into a specialist nursing role. The post holder must be willing to work weekends when required.
Additional contract details: Would consider secondment
Applicants are st rongly encouraged to contact the manager to find out more information prior to applying.
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Within the role the post holder will be an integral part of the Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist team ensuring robust communication with members of the Respiratory team, MDT, GPs, patients and relatives. They will also be responsible for seeing patients in the hospital assessing them for oxygen, completing COPD or asthma reviews including bundle and audit and assessing patients for the virtual ward. They will then provide virtual consultations to the patients on the virtual ward each day. The post holder will also support or lead a sub speciality to ensure expert knowledge and service development.
Working for our organisation
We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.
With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
To provide supported discharge for respiratory patients and facilitate early discharge from the wards
To support admission prevention by providing specialist support through in reach to unscheduled care.
To act as an accessible specialist resource and educator within the Gloucestershire Respiratory Service, providing education and training to colleagues within the trust, and members of primary and community care teams.
Proactively participate in quality and service improvement, working closely with the Lead Respiratory Nurse, Senior Matron and multidisciplinary team.
Facilitate and support discharge of patients from hospital to home
Follow up patients post discharge to prevent inappropriate admission to hospital
Participate in the implementation of local policies and procedures to improve the effectiveness of the department
To participate in the day to day co-ordination of the virtual supported discharge service
Respond effectively to referrals within stated timescales
Coach patients and carers on how to access help when they feel that their condition or needs have changed, including what to do out of hours
Be responsible for data collection and inputting to databases for local and national clinical audits
To be involved in monitoring and evaluation of patient feedback, offering recommendations as part of the team to improve services
Maintain accurate patient and staff records in line with Trust guidelines.
Support the MDT to facilitate safe and effective transition of care between hospital and community services in order to provide seamless support for people.
Respond to queries from patients, carers and visitors providing verbal and written information in a timely manner
Arrange delivery of consumables to patients when required.
Maintain confidentiality at all times in line with Trust and Data Protection policies
To be able to prioritise your workload and manage your own time and caseload effectively
Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively
To participate in negotiating individual and highly complex care programmes and liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary /multi agency team in the planning, delivering and evaluating care to improve outcomes for service users.
To manage and record complex clinical and management information on the appropriate IT Systems/documentation in accordance the policy guidelines and data protection act.
To identify, apply and disseminate relevant research findings within the area of practice to support clinical effectiveness and the development of the service.
To participate in the teaching, assessing and support of student nurses and NVQ students within their community placements, meeting the aims and objectives of the university/college where needed liaising with tutors.
To provide specialist advice, support and care to patients and their relatives, facilitating high quality, evidence-based care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and Specialist Centres.
Contribute to the Trust Clinical Governance Agenda through education, clinical guideline production, audit and research within the respiratory field.
The health and wellbeing of our staff and patients remains the priority of the Trust. Vaccination remains the best chance we have of conquering COVID and the Trust encourages everyone to take up this offer.
Please note, this vacancy may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested. The Recruitment Team are unable to accept any applications after the position has closed on NHS Jobs.
Committed to safeguarding our community
If applicable for the post, all successful candidates will be required to pay for their own Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The cost will be £29 (standard checks) or £46 (enhanced checks), and will be recovered through two instalments from the candidate's salary. Please contact [email protected] for further information.
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Applicant requirements
warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Registered Nurse or AHP
Degree Qualified or equivalent level of study or experience
Independent prescriber or willingness to undertake
Desirable criteria
Additional relevant qualification at diploma/degree ideally in respiratory
Teaching/Assessing Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
Extensive experience of working in the NHS in the community or hospital setting
Appropriate experience of working in a respiratory care environment
Experience of managing long term respiratory conditions such as COPD, asthma, ILD, Bronchiectasis
Desirable criteria
Experience in managing patients during an exacerbation of a long term respiratory condition
Experience of working in partnership with community services
Knowledge / Skills
Essential criteria
Excellent computer skills, a thorough understanding of Microsoft office applications including Excel and will be able to manage audit and National databases
Excellent communication (written and verbal) and listening skills.
Good organisational skills
Ability to act on own initiative
Desirable criteria
Understanding of audit and evaluation
Documents
Respiratory Nurse Specialist Job Description and Person Specification (, 1.1)PDFMB
About Gloucestershire Hospitals (, 187.2)PDFKB
Discounts and Benefits (, 158.3)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
NameAmy KellyJob titleLead Respiratory NurseEmail address [email protected]Telephone number
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