Job summary
An exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Sleep Service Nurse / Practitioner has arisen within the Sleep Medicine Department at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Hours are Monday-Friday 8am-4pm within the Sleep Medicine Department outpatient clinics.
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic practitioner with relevant experience within the speciality to join the team. This is a rapidly developing and expanding service that must operate in a highly efficient manner to enable the sleep pathway to achieve Government access and treatment time targets, whilst providing the best possible care for the patients.
The sleep service is a busy department and part of the respiratory multidisciplinary team. We have recently gone live with our increased Community Diagnostic Centre activity which the post holder will be part of.
We have a large cohort of patients from assessment, investigation and diagnosis through to provision of treatment, clinical and technical follow up, providing long term supervision where appropriate. The team are dedicated to delivering the best possible care for our patients and aim to continuously improve and develop the service in line with new research ensuring safe and effective practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the planning and delivery of care for patients with sleep related breathing disorders and provide long term supervision where appropriate in nurse/practitioner led clinics.
They will promote and deliver high standards of patient care; make decisions based upon knowledge and experience in respect of patient care and be accountable for those decisions and assist in the smooth running of the service and developing specialist programmes of care for patients, which include treatment plans, teaching packages discharge plans and supervising junior staff in the delivery of care.
They should deputise for the senior team as requested at meetings and other events.
About us
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key results from the job holder
- Assisting in the management of the sleep service, co-ordinating the activities of the service and deploying resources effectively.
- Support the ongoing development of the Non-Invasive Ventilation service
- Together with and under the supervision of the senior team, develop specialist programmes of care for patients, which include treatment plans, teaching packages discharge plans and supervising staff in the delivery of care.
- Actively supporting patients and their families, through communicating difficult and complex information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding.
- Proactively supporting patients and carers in coming to terms with their illness/condition, providing ongoing support
- Ensure that effective communication is maintained both within the Team itself and with relevant external agencies or individuals
- Organise own workload and adjust priorities in response to issues arising in the workplace
- Recognise and respond appropriately to issues which require urgent or immediate attention, reporting to the other members of the multi-disciplinary/management team as necessary.
- Deputise for the senior team as requested at meetings and other events.
Planning and Organisational Duties
- Deputise for the Band 7; Manage the sleep service in their absence, co-ordinate the activities of the service and deploying resources effectively.
- Organise own workload and adjust priorities in response to issues arising in the workplace.
- Maintain comprehensive clinical records in the patient notes/systems as appropriate
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- Ensure that effective communication is maintained within the Sleep Service and with other services, Consultants and MDT members as appropriate.
- Liaise with patients and their families and deal efficiently with their questions or concerns
- Actively support patients through communicating difficult and complex information, using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding.
- Take every reasonable measure to ensure confidentiality of correspondence and personal records
Responsibility for Finance
- Contribute to the effective use of all resources
- Bring any potential efficiency savings or anticipated budgetary pressures to the attention of the AGM responsible for the Sleep Service
Responsibility for Human Resources
- Participate in the PDR process
- Participate in recruitment in seniors absence
- Adhere and promote Trust policies, procedures and guidelines
- Ensure Mandatory Training is carried out in accordance to trust policy
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
- Facilitate a supportive learning environment for all levels of staff including students.
- Undertake the role of mentor/preceptor/supervisor as and when required
- Maintain an awareness of current identified best practice within the relevant sphere of practice
- Formally assess the competence of staff and students producing verbal and written reports as required
- Deliver health education to patients and their families in accordance with their needs
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key results from the job holder
- Assisting in the management of the sleep service, co-ordinating the activities of the service and deploying resources effectively.
- Support the ongoing development of the Non-Invasive Ventilation service
- Together with and under the supervision of the senior team, develop specialist programmes of care for patients, which include treatment plans, teaching packages discharge plans and supervising staff in the delivery of care.
- Actively supporting patients and their families, through communicating difficult and complex information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding.
- Proactively supporting patients and carers in coming to terms with their illness/condition, providing ongoing support
- Ensure that effective communication is maintained both within the Team itself and with relevant external agencies or individuals
- Organise own workload and adjust priorities in response to issues arising in the workplace
- Recognise and respond appropriately to issues which require urgent or immediate attention, reporting to the other members of the multi-disciplinary/management team as necessary.
- Deputise for the senior team as requested at meetings and other events.
Planning and Organisational Duties
- Deputise for the Band 7; Manage the sleep service in their absence, co-ordinate the activities of the service and deploying resources effectively.
- Organise own workload and adjust priorities in response to issues arising in the workplace.
- Maintain comprehensive clinical records in the patient notes/systems as appropriate
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- Ensure that effective communication is maintained within the Sleep Service and with other services, Consultants and MDT members as appropriate.
- Liaise with patients and their families and deal efficiently with their questions or concerns
- Actively support patients through communicating difficult and complex information, using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding.
- Take every reasonable measure to ensure confidentiality of correspondence and personal records
Responsibility for Finance
- Contribute to the effective use of all resources
- Bring any potential efficiency savings or anticipated budgetary pressures to the attention of the AGM responsible for the Sleep Service
Responsibility for Human Resources
- Participate in the PDR process
- Participate in recruitment in seniors absence
- Adhere and promote Trust policies, procedures and guidelines
- Ensure Mandatory Training is carried out in accordance to trust policy
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
- Facilitate a supportive learning environment for all levels of staff including students.
- Undertake the role of mentor/preceptor/supervisor as and when required
- Maintain an awareness of current identified best practice within the relevant sphere of practice
- Formally assess the competence of staff and students producing verbal and written reports as required
- Deliver health education to patients and their families in accordance with their needs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse / Registered Nurse Adult / Chartered Physiotherapist BSc Honours/Clinical Physiologist
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant post registration experience
- Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting
- Experience in charge of service
Skills
Essential
- Specialist skills relevant to the service
- Evidence of leadership
- Clinical teaching and assessment skills
- Basic service management skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date clinical knowledge relevant to the specialty
Additional
Essential
- Able to work with flexibility depending on service/clinic demands.
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse / Registered Nurse Adult / Chartered Physiotherapist BSc Honours/Clinical Physiologist
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant post registration experience
- Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting
- Experience in charge of service
Skills
Essential
- Specialist skills relevant to the service
- Evidence of leadership
- Clinical teaching and assessment skills
- Basic service management skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date clinical knowledge relevant to the specialty
Additional
Essential
- Able to work with flexibility depending on service/clinic demands.
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
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).
