Job summary
The team is based at Aintree hospital though do provide inpatient cover for home oxygen assessments at Southport DGH too.
Inpatient assessments and outpatient clinics for patients with Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis - including optimisation of treatment, and promoting self-management.
Home oxygen assessments for both inpatients and patients in the community too - including domiciliary visits.
The role provides 7-day cover, with weekend working on (roughly) a 1:8 basis.
We work closely with the medical teams and therapy teams in the hospitals and have close links with other community respiratory services too.
We support team members to learn and develop knowledge and skills - with regular teaching and opportunity to apply for university modules and stand-alone study days as our rota allows.
We are looking for an additional CNS with excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and a keenness to provide gold standard care to join our team. A high level of clinical decision-making is required, therefore sound theoretical and practical knowledge relating to this specialty is required. The candidate should have at least 2 years' experience as a Band 6.
Applicants must also have a valid UK driving license and access to a car.
Main duties of the job
- Assessment for Home Oxygen in line with British Thoracic Society Guidelines, and local policy.
- Ability to review patients with chronic lung conditions including Asthma, COPD and Bronchiectasis - and provide education, self management advice, appropriate lifestyle advice and advise on optimisation of treatments. This happens in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Education for staff at a variety of levels.
- Ability to give advice via phone - to HCPS, patients and their carers.
- Participate in audit, and a willingness to be open to change and improvement of the services we provide.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical.
- To perform comprehensive assessment of a patients needs (including clinical examination, and sampling arterial blood gases); then plan, implement and evaluate care delivery accordingly.
- Ensure effective lines of communication within the multidisciplinary team to achieve an optimal level of service to respiratory patients, their families and carers.
- Liaise effectively with community matrons, GPs and other teams to enhance the respiratory patients care pathway.
- Undertake nurse led clinics in Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis and Oxygen; providing expert advice, education and support to patients, their families and/or carers regarding their ongoing care and condition.
- Understands and recognise your own limitations and refers to a more experienced specialist/ clinical lead when required, including presenting patients at MDT.
- Care for patients from diagnosis through to end stage disease. Ability to display advanced communication skills to patients, their relatives and members of the public with empathy and reassurance.
- Promote better health expectations for patients with respiratory disease and encourage strategies for healthier lifestyles- using the every contact counts approach.
- Request and interpret laboratory tests, respiratory function tests, sputum test etc. when assessing patients care needs.
- Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment &/or diagnosis &/or treatment.
- Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
- Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives, and professionals across health and social services.
- Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients and carers/relatives.
- Contributes to the provision of specialist protocols and policies as required.
- Responsible for organising own workload within the requirements of the specialist team activities and work plan.
- With the wider team - evaluate service delivery, identify areas for improvement and initiate change.
- Monitor health, safety and security of self and others and promote best practice in Aintree Chest Centre.
Education and Development.
Identify learning needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of education to meet identified need.
- Provides teaching in practice to other to other staff and students through clinical supervision/facilitation.
- Manage and support junior colleagues within the department.
- Provide clinical and academic support for nurses undertaking a specialist programme of study.
- Participate in the education of pre and post registered nurses, and curriculum development where appropriate.
- Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training requirements.
Clinical Governance.
Identify need for, and undertake, research & clinical audit , in order to improve effectiveness of patient care and service delivery.
- Participate in the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.
- Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
- Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.
Registered Nurses at Aintree have a responsibility to:
- Maintain active status on NMC register
- Act always in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and guiding documents
- Adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure.
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
- Maintain a professional portfolio.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical.
- To perform comprehensive assessment of a patients needs (including clinical examination, and sampling arterial blood gases); then plan, implement and evaluate care delivery accordingly.
- Ensure effective lines of communication within the multidisciplinary team to achieve an optimal level of service to respiratory patients, their families and carers.
- Liaise effectively with community matrons, GPs and other teams to enhance the respiratory patients care pathway.
- Undertake nurse led clinics in Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis and Oxygen; providing expert advice, education and support to patients, their families and/or carers regarding their ongoing care and condition.
- Understands and recognise your own limitations and refers to a more experienced specialist/ clinical lead when required, including presenting patients at MDT.
- Care for patients from diagnosis through to end stage disease. Ability to display advanced communication skills to patients, their relatives and members of the public with empathy and reassurance.
- Promote better health expectations for patients with respiratory disease and encourage strategies for healthier lifestyles- using the every contact counts approach.
- Request and interpret laboratory tests, respiratory function tests, sputum test etc. when assessing patients care needs.
- Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment &/or diagnosis &/or treatment.
- Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
- Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives, and professionals across health and social services.
- Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients and carers/relatives.
- Contributes to the provision of specialist protocols and policies as required.
- Responsible for organising own workload within the requirements of the specialist team activities and work plan.
- With the wider team - evaluate service delivery, identify areas for improvement and initiate change.
- Monitor health, safety and security of self and others and promote best practice in Aintree Chest Centre.
Education and Development.
Identify learning needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of education to meet identified need.
- Provides teaching in practice to other to other staff and students through clinical supervision/facilitation.
- Manage and support junior colleagues within the department.
- Provide clinical and academic support for nurses undertaking a specialist programme of study.
- Participate in the education of pre and post registered nurses, and curriculum development where appropriate.
- Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training requirements.
Clinical Governance.
Identify need for, and undertake, research & clinical audit , in order to improve effectiveness of patient care and service delivery.
- Participate in the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.
- Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
- Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.
Registered Nurses at Aintree have a responsibility to:
- Maintain active status on NMC register
- Act always in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and guiding documents
- Adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure.
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
- Maintain a professional portfolio.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Post-basic specialist qualification relevant to specialty
- Recognised teaching qualification
Desirable
- Research qualification
- Recordable specialist qualification
- Masters modules
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable Post-reg experience
- Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6
- Extensive clinical experience
- Evidence of the application of management/leadership skills and managing staff
- Involvement in audit
Desirable
- Experience as a specialist nurse
- Participation in research
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth specialist knowledge
Skills
Essential
- Teaching/assessment skills
- Organisation and negotiation skills
- Effective communicator
- Leadership & motivation skills
- Evidence of audit and change management ability
- Computer literate
- Ability to motivate self and others
Desirable
- Evidence of leading and facilitating change
Other
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
- Flexibility
- Able to travel between sites
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Recognition of own limitations
- Assertive and confident
- Diplomatic
- Personal and professional maturity
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Post-basic specialist qualification relevant to specialty
- Recognised teaching qualification
Desirable
- Research qualification
- Recordable specialist qualification
- Masters modules
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable Post-reg experience
- Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6
- Extensive clinical experience
- Evidence of the application of management/leadership skills and managing staff
- Involvement in audit
Desirable
- Experience as a specialist nurse
- Participation in research
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth specialist knowledge
Skills
Essential
- Teaching/assessment skills
- Organisation and negotiation skills
- Effective communicator
- Leadership & motivation skills
- Evidence of audit and change management ability
- Computer literate
- Ability to motivate self and others
Desirable
- Evidence of leading and facilitating change
Other
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
- Flexibility
- Able to travel between sites
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
- Recognition of own limitations
- Assertive and confident
- Diplomatic
- Personal and professional maturity
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).
