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Band 6 Asthma Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 24 August 2025
The Birmingham Regional Severe Asthma Service (BRSAS) is a nationally commissioned service providing a highly specialist care delivery to patients across the country. We are one of the largest specialist severe asthma services in the UK.
BRSAS situated at Heartlands Hospital is seeking a band 6 nurse to join our enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity for a band 6 nurse who is looking for a new challenge. We will offer you the opportunity to work as part of a team who are committed to ensuring that our patients receive high quality, holistic care and the chance to expand your knowledge with personal development opportunities to become a specialised asthma nurse.
Main duties of the job
You will be a committed team player, but with the ability to work independently. Excellent communication skills are required. You will be required to review in patients providing specialist advice, education, inhaler techniques and assess adherence to medications and complete the asthma bundle. You will be required to collect data and submit this onto the National Asthma Audit Programme. You will be required to undertake biological clinics administering injections and undertaking assessments requring detailed knowledge of the patient response to treatment. You will be required to educate patients and carers to enable homecare delivery of biologic therapy. You will be required to undertake nurse led clinics, reviewing patient's progress, making appropriate amendments to care or treatment. You will be responsible in undertaking and interpreting diagnostic tests. You will be expected to participate in research and audit, publication and attending meetings and presenting.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* * Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
* * Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
* * Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
* * Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards
Experience
* * Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
* * In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
* * Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
* * Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment.
* * Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
* * Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.
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.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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