Respiratory Specialist Nurse **Internal Applicants Only**
Job summary
This post is for a Band 6 respiratory nurse specialist to join the team of highly experienced respiratory nurse specialists at Harrogate District Hospital, working 30 hours per week. In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will be responsible for setting, monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of care particularly for patients with multiple needs who require complex packages of care. Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives and carers, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times.
Main duties of the job
Establish and develop skilled practice in the multidisciplinary management and nursing care of adult patients with a range of respiratory conditions, predominantly Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis and those requiring oxygen therapy. To identify specific needs in education of patients, relatives, and staff and facilitate meeting these requirements. To offer an individualised service respecting the many diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds of each family, offering confidentiality and maintaining trust.
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) was founded under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 and authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust from 1 January 2005. HDFT is the principal provider of hospital services to the population of Harrogate and the surrounding district, and also provides services to North and West Leeds.
In total this covers a catchment population for the acute hospital of approximately 316,000 people.
In addition, the Trust provides some community services across North Yorkshire (with a population of 621,000 people) and provides Children's and Young People's Public Health Services between birth and 19 (or in some cases 25) years of age in North Yorkshire, County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-On-Tees, Sunderland, Gateshead, Northumberland and Wakefield.
The Trust's Children's Public Health Services look after almost 600,000 children across these localities.
Job responsibilities
For more information about this position please see the attached the job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards RN (general) Valid UK driving license
Desirable
Respiratory related diploma/ degree module Spirometry experience Level 1 Smoking cessation training
Knowledge · Essential
Awareness of, and exposure to, service development and quality improvement
Desirable
Up to date knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of ILD, Bronchiectasis, Asthma and COPD Knowledge of relevant local and national policies relating to the provision of respiratory services
Experience · Essential
Ability to manage a case load of patients & supervise junior staff in caseload management. Ward or community nursing experience Ability to work autonomously
Desirable
Relevant respiratory knowledge and experience
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
