Associate Respiratory Nurse | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 pro rata p.a. inc. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, E9 6SR |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7151896/293-EMRS1-0412-A |
Summary
Are you looking for a new challenge or direction to take your career? Enjoy respiratory care, but not sure this is right for you? Are you passionate about improving care for people living with a long term condition and working towards common goals within an integrated team?
Yes: Then the Homerton Hospital's Adult Cardiorespiratory Enhanced and Responsive Service (ACERs) may just have the answer!
We currently would like to recruit a Band 6 Nurse to work within ACERS. This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic clinicians to join the 7 day per week, the ACERS Respiratory Team based within City and Hackney. The award winning ACERs Service are a team of dedicated healthcare professionals providing care for patients with chronic cardiorespiratory conditions within the community and hospital. This role is within the respiratory team, supporting patients with chronic respiratory conditions in their home environment.
Your role will provide support patients with conditions like COPD, Asthma, Bronchiectasis and Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD) within the community and provide a rapid response service to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions or early supportive discharge from hospital for patients with acute exacerbations of their chronic respiratory disease.
The post holders will work as part of the ACERS Acute Respiratory Infections Virtual Ward, using their specialist skills to improve patient outcomes within the home environment. The role will include working with local GP practices to provide education and provide a case management approach in a supported environment.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Apr 2025
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