Lead Respiratory Specialist Nurse

Shore Medical is seeking a Lead Respiratory Specialist Nurse to deliver safe and effective respiratory nursing care to the whole practice respiratory population, working collaboratively with the whole PCN team to meet the needs of the patients, supporting delivery of policy and procedures and provide direction to colleagues.

Job Type: Permanent Full Time. Roaming role working across all Shore sites

Hours: 37.5 per week Monday to Friday

Main duties of the job

• To have a high level of knowledge of Respiratory Disease (Asthma/ COPD) and to have undertaken the relevant diploma or educational courses to ensure effective competency within the role.
• To deliver Respiratory services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are paramount and provide liaison between primary and secondary care in relation to area of responsibility.
• To attend regular educational updates/ refreshers to maintain current clinical knowledge and manage conditions in line with relevant national and local guidelines.
• To provide a holistic approach to assessment and actively encourage patients to set action plans for change of lifestyle to improve conditions.
• To be ARTP Registered and competent in the undertaking of investigatory tests i.e. Spirometry & peak flow and understand the results of investigations to be able to diagnose or to manage condition.

Please see attached Job Description for full details.

About us

Shore Medical is a GP Super Partnership with 6 practices across Poole and Bournemouth. We aspire to offer exceptional care to our 58,000 patients and are innovative in our approach to developing new teams and pathways to ever improve how general practice is delivered.

We have a friendly and supportive team of more than 200 staff, with over 40 GPs, Pharmacists, Paramedics, Nurses, Mental Health specialists and our range of administrative staff. We have a great social side to our team with Summer and Christmas parties, running and paddle boarding groups as well as many other events throughout the year.

The Practices in the Partnership are:

Lilliput Surgery

Poole Road Medical Centre

Wessex Road Surgery

Heatherview Medical Centre

Fernside Surgery

Parkstone Tower Practice

Situated in beautiful Dorset with the prestigious Blue Flag beaches of Bournemouth and Sandbanks, the Jurassic coastline and a wealth of attractions and countryside to visit we are lucky to be in such a fantastic area.

We offer:

• Friendly and supportive working environment
• NHS Pension Scheme with Life Insurance
• Free parking at most of the sites
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme

Job responsibilities

To have a high level of knowledge of Respiratory Disease (Asthma, COPD) and to have undertaken the relevant Diploma or educational courses to ensure effective competency within the role.

To deliver Respiratory services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are paramount and provide liaison between primary and secondary care in relation to area of responsibility.

To attend regular educational updates/ refreshers to maintain current clinical knowledge and manage conditions in line with relevant national and local guidelines.

To provide a holistic approach to assessment and actively encourage patients to set action plans for change of lifestyle to improve conditions.

To be ARTP Registered and competent in the undertaking of investigatory tests i.e. Spirometry & peak flow and understand the results of investigations to be able to diagnose or to manage condition.

Please see the Job Description for full details.

Person Specification Experience

• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience and recent experience in a primary care or community nursing setting
• Experience in nurse-led management of long term conditions
• Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the Respiratory role and long-term condition management
• Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice
• Interpreting and implementing local and National policy agendas for health
• Audit skills

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (registered with NMC)
• Recognised Respiratory qualification and relevant investigatory skills
• ARTP Trained
• Teaching or Mentoring experience and, or qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.