DAIRS Specialist Respiratory Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for a Respiratory Specialist Nurse with respiratory experience to join our UHD DAIRS team.

For this post you will need experience of caring for patients with respiratory conditions and an enthusiasm for providing care to improve the health related quality of life to these patients. You will have an understanding of the management of long-term respiratory conditions, as well as acute presentations, and have experience of planning, delivering and evaluating care. This role will provide the opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team where you can develop your skills as a respiratory specialist nurse.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of our multi-disciplinary team comprising specialist nurses, physiotherapists and health care support workers. Providing care to patients with chronic lung conditions including COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis and ILD. DAIRS also provides the local home oxygen service and the role includes carrying out assessments and reviews for these patients.

You will provide care to patients as part of the Respiratory Hospital at Home service, avoiding hospital admissions and facilitating earlier discharge from inpatient beds to enable patients to receive specialist respiratory care at home.

The role is varied and also includes reviewing inpatients and providing specialist advice, patient education and onward referral.

There is also the opportunity to develop skills in clinic based setting with DAIRS running specialist nurse and physiotherapist led clinics.

DAIRS is a 7 day service with core hours of 8:00am to 16:00pm.

This is a cross-site role covering Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals. It is essential that you hold a valid UK driving license as there is a requirement to drive Trust cars to complete community home visits.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.