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Job overview

Be part of our award-winning teams, find your passion working in Respiratory Services.

A sensational opportunity has arisen to join the well-establish, innovative, and dynamic Respiratory Services. We are expanding our successful teams to provide Acute Respiratory Virtual Ward and we are looking for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable B7 Clinical Nurse Specialist who is committed to delivering and ensuring others deliver excellent, evidence based respiratory care. You will be part of a senior team, leading and developing nurses, physiotherapists, nursing associates, associate practitioners, physio technicians and administrative support to deliver care for people with respiratory illness in the place of choice.

The successful candidate will play an integral part in improving the standard of care for respiratory patients and will have the opportunity to work within a variety of settings. The award-winning team is based at Farnham Community Hospital and covers NE Hampshire, Farnham and Surrey Heath area. We see patients as hospital in-patients, in clinic and in their own homes. The focus is supporting people to manage their condition within the most appropriate setting. No two days are the same!

The job will require working in other designated locations across the ICB as well as the primary base. Flexibility is required across secondary care and community.

Main duties of the job

The Virtual Ward is an exciting new service offering home based care to patients who would otherwise occupy a hospital bed. The care is delivered by a specialist workforce using face to face assessments and an integrated pathway to safely support patients in their own home. Working closely with other regional experts, you will work both independently and as part of the supportive multi-disciplinary team, providing care that is underpinned by a culture of research and innovation.

The successful candidates will provide specialist respiratory intervention, as well as supporting the multidisciplinary team in assessment and development of a holistic management plan. You will be expected to perform assessment of respiratory patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, developing and delivering an individualised physiotherapy treatment programme based on this. You will understand the assessment and management of multiple respiratory conditions and be aware of local and national guidelines for COPD, Bronchiectasis, Interstitial Lung Disease, Asthma and Oxygen.

We are looking for the best clinicians to join us in this demanding but enjoyable role which will  enhance your professional portfolio. We offer a comprehensive induction programme and actively support ongoing learning.

The role is a predominantly Monday – Friday with the hours being 9-5, although there might be required in the future to work flexible and/or unsocial hours.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.