Job summary
Are you passionate about respiratory care and looking for an exciting new challenge and the chance to develop your specialist respiratory skills? Then come and join our proactive, forward thinking Community Respiratory Team. We are a supportive, committed team delivery high-quality care to help patients remain well at home. The role includes COPD admission avoidance, home oxygen assessments and reviews and supporting the West Suffolk Hospital with the ordering of home oxygen. If you are passionate and forward thinking, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
For full details of the Job Role and Person Specification please see attached Job Description.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the Job Role and Person Specification please see attached Job Description.
Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the Job Role and Person Specification please see attached Job Description.
Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Nursing Qualification (NMC registered)
- COPD course or willing to undertake
- Degree level education
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in respiratory/COPD specialty
- Working towards masters or equivalent
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience at band 5 or equivalent including within a relevant specialty.
- Health promotion/coaching/smoking cessation skills.
- ABG sampling and interpretation.
- Venepuncture.
- Working safely with Patients Group Directives
Desirable
- Service development and/or change management
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to make decisions and prioritise actions
- Team player
- IT skills
- Leadership skills
- Time management skills
- Conflict management
- Change management skills
- Ability to motivate self and others.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- The post holder will need the ability to travel, and will be required to travel to rural locations
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Nursing Qualification (NMC registered)
- COPD course or willing to undertake
- Degree level education
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in respiratory/COPD specialty
- Working towards masters or equivalent
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience at band 5 or equivalent including within a relevant specialty.
- Health promotion/coaching/smoking cessation skills.
- ABG sampling and interpretation.
- Venepuncture.
- Working safely with Patients Group Directives
Desirable
- Service development and/or change management
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to make decisions and prioritise actions
- Team player
- IT skills
- Leadership skills
- Time management skills
- Conflict management
- Change management skills
- Ability to motivate self and others.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- The post holder will need the ability to travel, and will be required to travel to rural locations
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Address
West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Hardwick Lane
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 2QZ
Employer's website
https://www.wsh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
