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Are you passionate about taking care of respiratory patients and looking to develop into a specialist role? This may be exactly what you are looking for.
We are looking for a band 6 Nurse to join our well established and supportive respiratory nursing team.
The role offers you the variety of working across the acute setting and in the community. The team supports patients with COPD, Asthma and those requiring home oxygen across the Vale of York.
As this is a Community based role, our successful candidate must have a full UK drivers license.
We hold a number of clinics across three different sites: Tang Hall, Selby War Memorial Hospital, and York District Hospital. The service operating hours are Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays) between 08:00-16:30.
Responsibilities
* Act as a resource for primary and secondary care on respiratory care.
* Work in collaboration with our Multi Disciplinary Team to promote and evaluate standards of nursing care for patients with respiratory disease. Contributing to the ongoing development of the Home Oxygen Service-Assessment and Review (HOS-AR).
* Undertake nurse-led clinics in support of the Advanced Nurse Specialist.
* Support a caseload of respiratory patients and non respiratory patients.
* Support day to day running of the Early Supported Discharge Service (ESDS) as required.
* Support the Advanced Nurse Specialist in providing training for all grades of staff.
* Provide specialist assessment and treatment to patients with respiratory disease within an acute and community setting.
* Work independently as an experienced and competent health care professional.
* Actively participate in clinical professional development through regular training, support, clinical reasoning and peer review.
Benefits
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
* A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
* An extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers.
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
For further information about working for our Trust, please visit: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
For further details or informal visits, contact: Maria Branton, Respiratory Nurse, maria.branton@nhs.net, 07535538299.
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