A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced and innovative nurse who is interested and motivated to develop care and services in all aspects of Respiratory Medicine.
The post holder will work with the existing team members to support the current services, including home care services for patients with respiratory disease. You will be expected to work within the team but also be able to work independently. You will be able to demonstrate appropriate clinical skills and knowledge and plan and organise a clinical case load on a daily basis. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to foster positive relationships at all levels, including discussion and presentation of relevant information to the multi-disciplinary team. You will be required to promote integration within the multidisciplinary team, all who participate in the care of patients with respiratory conditions.
The postholder may be required to work at all sites within the Trust.
An Internal secondment opportunity may also be available.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
• To provide a comprehensive clinical nursing service within respiratory medicine, with an emphasis on patient centred care and chronic disease management.
• Design and conduct regular audit and participation in relevant local and national research
• Ensure accurate documentation and maintenance of patients records
• Participate in service development and research
• Duties include Hospital @ Home service involving weekends and evening working on call.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
• Maintain clinical caseload of respiratory patients
• Asses, plan and initiate treatment for acutely ill respiratory patients
• Asses plan and initiate treatment and services for patients in the community.
• Manage nurse led outpatient clinics
• Teaching/Education within the team and other organisations
• Hospital @ Home service
This advert closes on Thursday 8 May 2025
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