Job summary
Employer heading
Asthma Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic nurse who would like to develop their skills and join the specialist asthma nursing team. The post involves specialist nursing advice, education and support for ward staff and patients. Are you are enthusiastic, well-motivated and would like the opportunity to develop your skills further by working alongside the already established team of specialist nurses to ensure provision of excellent forward thinking care is delivered.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
You will be working at City campus attending patients on the ward and in a clinic setting. In accordance with our strategy of excellence, you must be a dedicated team player, and possess excellent interpersonal and organisation skills. A minimum of 12 months experience within the respiratory service is required.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
We are keen to encourage developments in line with Trust policy and working in new ways. We recognise responsibility to ensure that staff are developed and stimulated within their environment in order to achieve vision and deliver care that reflects the values and behaviours of the Trust. We offer excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As part of joining the asthma nurse specialist team you will be involved with both outpatients and inpatients working within clinics settings and visiting respiratory wards to review patients. Working closely as part of an MDT alongside the community teams and other trusts. You will be responsible for both collaborative and autonomous working giving advanced asthma treatments to patients.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good organisational skills
- Relevant post-basic study e.g. specialist pathway
- Have a suitable Teaching & Assessing Qualification
- Possession of a Mentoring Course
Desirable criteria
- Ability to meet deadlines
- NURSING DEGREE
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 12 months experience as a Band 5 nurse.
- Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
- Evidence of ability to mentor
- Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relative/carers and staff.
- Ability to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively
Desirable criteria
- Recent or current experience within respiratory
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties
- Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
- Competent and capable of using medical equipment
- Able to undertake patient manual handling maneuvers and non-patient manual handling maneuvers
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
- Alexandra Radford
- Job title
- Lead Asthma Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812276287
- Additional information
0115 9691169
Ext:78008
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