Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist | Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 06 June 2025 |
| Location: | Bebington, Wirral, CH63 4JY |
| Company: | Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7111571/408-25-335 |
Summary
Are you an experienced clinician who is passionate about providing specialist respiratory care to patients within the acute hospital and community setting working in an integrated service?
Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute to service development in an integrated, forward thinking and developing service, working with system partners to deliver the best possible respiratory care?
Are you looking for the opportunity to shape and develop the future of the respiratory services to include the new virtual wards?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinician to join the well-established Wirral Integrated Respiratory Service.
The Wirral Integrated Respiratory Service is a team made up of Specialist Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Clinical Support Workers, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapist assistants and administration staff who all strive to work collaboratively to deliver the best respiratory care for patients on the Wirral. The service delivers early supported discharge and admission avoidance for Respiratory patients, chronic disease management, pulmonary rehabilitation and provides a home oxygen service for all oxygen patients on the Wirral.
The role will be 9-5 Monday to Friday. Some opportunity to cover weekend and 8-8 working hours available for the appropriate candidate but this is not essential.
The post holder will care for people both in crisis and facilitate excellent chronic disease management for respiratory and oxygen patients using their advanced clinical expertise in these areas.
The post holder with prescribe oxygen to new patients and following clinical assessment as required.
The post holder with manage complex respiratory patients, titrating oxygen in the community and also overseeing acute oxygen on patients on the virtual ward.
You will oversee and support people to return home and provide hospital at home interventions so they can recover in their own homes. You will also assess in the community for admission avoidance.
The role involves acting as team coordinator and triaging referrals. This requires excellent and adaptable communication skills and specialist knowledge of home oxygen and respiratory conditions. The post holder may also be required to deputise for the service manager and be responsible for appraising more junior staff.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
The successful candidate will have a highly specialised clinical role within the service and shared responsibility (with the Service manager and other senior staff) for service development, training and staff development and maintaining high standards of clinical practice within the team.
You will have excellent acute and chronic respiratory skills in order to support and lead junior staff in the flexible, innovative and fast growing service.
Applicants must be educated at least to degree level and have recognised qualifications and/or experience in management of chronic respiratory disease.
Evidence of leadership, multidisciplinary working and involvement in education and supervision of less experienced staff is expected.
The ability to complete home visits is essential.
You will work with the service lead to update policies, protocols and continually improve the quality of care provided by the service to meet the demands of the community.
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Respiratory Clinical Nurse specialist position available at WUTH.
This advert closes on Monday 19 May 2025
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