Respiratory Nurse Specialist

To provide comprehensive clinical nursing services within Respiratory medicine, with an emphasis on patient centered 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

Duties include Hospital at Home (H@H) which is a 7 day service and involves rotational weekends and overnight telephone on call.

Main duties of the job

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.

As a Respiratory nurse specialist you will be required to provide and develop clinical services, participate in research and audit and maintain accurate records and data management as well as data analysis to contribute to service development. You will provide specialist teaching to patients and staff across the Trust and community. You will be required to deliver our Hospital @ Home service on a rotational basis this includes weekend working and overnight telephone 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.