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The Great Western Hospital respiratory nurses are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic nurse with respiratory experience to work within a well established team as a part time Band 6 respiratory nurse. Together we provide care throughout the trust, review in-patients, triage out-patients, run asthma clinics and support procedures in pleural clinics and provide care for day-ward attenders. We are looking forward to expand our roles to include ILD and biological therapies in COPD in the future.
Job Responsibility:
Provide a specialist respiratory nursing service to patients with acute and chronic respiratory conditions, both within the inpatient and outpatient setting
Act as a resource to other healthcare professionals requiring specialist advice
Provide support and assistance to the respiratory team and other teams as required
Work in conjunction with the Band 7 Respiratory Nurse, promoting and maintaining excellent, safe practice and continuing to develop the role of the nurse specialist
Strive to provide high quality care as well as aiming to achieve Trust objectives with respect to decreasing length of stay
Participate in the education of staff alongside clinical practice educators and to carry out audits
Requirements:
NMC Registration
Relevant respiratory course or respiratory experience
Evidence of continued professional development
Relevant post qualification respiratory experience
Working as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team
Ability to function as an effective team member
Nice to have:
Management / Leadership Qualification
Patient assessment and clinical examination or equivalent course
Immediate Life Support
Non-medical prescribing course
Previous experience in a respiratory specialist role