Clinical Nurse Specialist- RespiratoryNHS
Job summary
The appointee will join the existing multi-disciplinary respiratory team, and work in conjunction with their team members in coordinating and developing the service. The post holder will work collaboratively with healthcare professionals and stakeholders involved in the provision of integrated care, to ensure joined up care for patients across acute, community and primary and secondary care settings.
This post would suit a Nurse with a sound respiratory knowledge base who is interested in contributing to the delivery of Integrated Respiratory Care in those with chronic respiratory conditions. The post holder will have a good working knowledge in the diagnosis and management of Asthma and COPD, confident clinical assessment skills and have experience working as an autonomous practitioner.
The service has been running since October 2016 and continues to grow and develop. The Hillingdon Integrated Respiratory Service (HIRS) provides consultant and nurse led community clinics, early supported discharge services and admission avoidance services across the borough of Hillingdon. Pulmonary rehabilitation and home oxygen services are provided within Hillingdon by Harefield Hospital and there are good links between the two organisations.
The HIRS participates in the National COPD Audit and has proudly achieved the best practice tariff for the last financial year and have been highlighted as a positive outlier nationally.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Job description
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
About us
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.