Home Oxygen Lead (Nurse/Physiotherapist)
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Job summary
Are you a dedicated healthcare professional looking to make a significant impact in the field of respiratory care? We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual to join our team as a Home Oxygen Lead. This role presents a unique opportunity to lead and manage specialist care for patients aged 18 years and above on home oxygen, while contributing to service development and improvements for residents of Tower Hamlets.
The post holder will be part of a dynamic, award-winning and multi-disciplinary team. ARCARE (Adult Respiratory Care and Rehab Team) works closely with respiratory teams, across sites (occasional cross site cover may be required). This is an exciting role that supports an integrated approach in supporting respiratory patients across the various patient pathways including in-patient reviews, diagnostic (spirometry) and follow-up clinics, virtual ward, home oxygen, primary care education, and pulmonary rehabilitation. We are looking for a patient focused nurse to join our team and help the service deliver responsive and compassionate care.
Main duties of the job
- To manage specialist care for patients aged 18 year plus on home oxygen across the pathway.
- To perform Specialist Respiratory assessment of patients with diverse, complex cardio respiratory and multi-system pathologies across the patient pathway in a variety of settings across primary, community and secondary care. To be able to provide individualised treatment and management programme according to assessment findings.
- To provide support and influence initiatives on oxygen provision at a local and London wide level.
- Provide specialist support to wards, clinics and community teams
- Maintain and develop communication pathways both within the hospital and the community to enable a fast and appropriate service for oxygen patients.
- To be involved in formal and informal training such as clinical review sessions, peer review and in-service training
- To supervise, educate and assess the performance of students where appropriate to a graduate standard.
- To present findings to Stakeholders and wider in order to be involved in the implementation of service development and changes to practice
- To have an overview/ understandingof all patients (regardless of age/ diagnosis) on the Home Oxygen Database and identify areas that would need further serviceprovision /improvement.
- To work with the Paediatric clinical nurse specialists tooptimise home oxygen service for all patients.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Details
Date posted
22 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£51,488 to £57,802 a year Per annum inc
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
259-5670161SBH
Job locations
The Royal London Hospital
London
E1 1FR
Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust
Address
The Royal London Hospital
London
E1 1FR
Employer's website
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