Clinical Lead Respiratory Nurse SpecialistNHS

Job summary

Clinical Lead Respiratory Nurse Specialist

Band 7: £49,387 - £56, 515

Pro Rata

30 hours per week

Permanent Base - Fartown Health Centre

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to join our Community Respiratory Service as Clinical Lead Respiratory Nurse Specialist based at Fartown Health Centre.

Our Community Respiratory Team delivers a community nursing service, Hospital at Home and pulmonary rehabilitation to individuals with chronic lung disease within the Greater Huddersfield area.

The team comprises experienced Specialist Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapist, Exercise Physiologist and Health Care Assistants.

The successful candidate will have an extensive respiratory background and be passionate about leading high standards of care and management for patients diagnosed with chronic respiratory conditions.

You will provide clinical leadership to the nurses of our Locala Respiratory Specialist team to deliver tailored education for the development of self-management skills for patients and their carers'. You will also provide management for the avoidance of unplanned and unnecessary hospital admissions as well as using skills to provide specialist respiratory assessment of patients as part of Hospital at Home supporting hospital discharges. The role will include leading the development of services and delivery of high quality nursing interventions.

Job description

For more details about the duties and responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached job description.

About us

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme - If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.