Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an asthma practitioner with relevant experience of working with Children and Young People (CYP) with asthma, to contribute to improvements in CYP asthma care in Berkshire West.
Main duties of the job
The specialist Asthma Nurse Specialist will support the CYP Asthma Clinical Lead and the Senior Nursing Team to provide clinical advice and leadership in these respects:
o They will work closely with the CYP Clinical Leads for asthma to deliver the commitments set out in the National Bundle of Care for CYP with Asthma.
o They will provide a professional leadership role across the Trust, inclusive of clinical governance and a commitment to high-quality, evidenced based practice.
o They will help to ensure health colleagues treating CYP with asthma have access to the appropriate level of asthma training, contributing to the delivery of training and education.
o They will help to facilitate improvements in patient pathways, policies, clinical standards, and quality of care.
o They will contribute to embedding system wide policies, pathways and guidelines to reduce the over reliance of reliever medications and decrease the number of asthma attacks.
o They will take a lead role in the implementation of a risk stratification process to identify those CYP most at risk of asthma exacerbations.
They will help to decrease outpatient activity, emergency department activity and primary care activity through better control and access to more specialist input.
About us
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good'with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is"Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."
We areCompassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We areAspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We areResourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We areExcellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don't you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within the Royal Berkshire Hospitals Trust, the successful candidate will provide clinical advice and leadership to improve quality and outcomes for children and young people in line with the ambitions described in the NHSE CYP National Asthma Bundle of Care.
BOB ICB is supporting this 1year fixed term / secondment post with the aim of providing targeted interventions to patients in the Acute Trust, in order to prevent avoidable asthma attacks and escalations in care. This pilot will also complement the NHS Long Term Plan commitments to improve CYP asthma care and work towards meeting the CORE 20 Plus 5 ambitions to address the over reliance on reliever medications and decrease the number of asthma attacks.
The aim of this role is to support the ICB to achieve the NHSE/I ambition to:
- Reduce avoidable harm from Asthma (control and reduce the risk of asthma attacks)
- Improve quality of life.
- Develop and embed a whole system approach to improve environment, education, personalised care, preventative medicine and accuracy/ timeliness of diagnosis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within the Royal Berkshire Hospitals Trust, the successful candidate will provide clinical advice and leadership to improve quality and outcomes for children and young people in line with the ambitions described in the NHSE CYP National Asthma Bundle of Care.
BOB ICB is supporting this 1year fixed term / secondment post with the aim of providing targeted interventions to patients in the Acute Trust, in order to prevent avoidable asthma attacks and escalations in care. This pilot will also complement the NHS Long Term Plan commitments to improve CYP asthma care and work towards meeting the CORE 20 Plus 5 ambitions to address the over reliance on reliever medications and decrease the number of asthma attacks.
The aim of this role is to support the ICB to achieve the NHSE/I ambition to:
- Reduce avoidable harm from Asthma (control and reduce the risk of asthma attacks)
- Improve quality of life.
- Develop and embed a whole system approach to improve environment, education, personalised care, preventative medicine and accuracy/ timeliness of diagnosis.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in speciality
Desirable
- Experience in paediatric respiratory conditions
Experience
Essential
- Specialist clinical skills, knowledge and expertise in the care and management of children with Asthma.
Desirable
- Experience in paediatric respiratory conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in speciality
Desirable
- Experience in paediatric respiratory conditions
Experience
Essential
- Specialist clinical skills, knowledge and expertise in the care and management of children with Asthma.
Desirable
- Experience in paediatric respiratory conditions
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).
