Job summary
Employer heading
Community Staff Nurse - Respiratory
NHS AfC: Band 5
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
This is an exciting oppotunity for a band 5 nurse to join the community respiratory team and learn and develop in this field.
The community respiratory service is based at the Lyng Centre in West Bromwich. It is a 7 day service and we also cover weekends and bank holidays.
We deliver care to people in Sandwell and/or with a Sandwell GP with Asthma, ILD, Bronchiectasis and COPD. We deliver admission avoidance visits, oxygen assessment and prescription, pulmonary rehab, OT and dietetic services, routine and breathlessness assessment.
You would be joining a well established respiratory team who can support you to develop a career in this field.
We are integral with the community heart failure nurses and we work closely together.
For this role you will need to be able to drive (UK licence) and have a car for work purposes.
Main duties of the job
To support the community respiratory team with the day to day running of the service to include home visits and clinic assessments. for people with COPD, Asthma, ILD and Bronchiectasis.
You will be working within the community respiratory service to help support the needs of respiratory patients within the Sandwell Borough.
We are part of the same team as the community heart failure nurses and we work closely together.
You will be part of the team that assesses and treats patients with a variety of respiratory conditions within their own home or a clinic setting.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details about this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant clinical post registration experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in respiratory acute or community
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN (Adult) with current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Speciality specific qualifications
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Wendy Morris
- Job title
- Clinical Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970 702879
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