Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Paediatric Asthma and Allergy Specialist Nurse Team at Northumbria for a Band 6 Asthma Nurse to join our service.
The post holder will be expected to deliver specialist nursing care to a defined caseload of patients diagnosed with asthma and allergies. This will include taking responsibility for a specialist group of patients with complex clinical and social needs supported by the band 7 Asthma and Allergy Nurse lead and Paediatric Consultants.
Where this role will be predominantly developing, improving and leading on Paediatric Asthma Services here at Northumbria, the post holder will be expected to have some understanding and insight into the allergy side of the service. At times they will be required to support with the allergy workload and provide cross cover in the absence of the Band 6 Allergy Nurse.
The Post holder will assist the development of pathways and treatment plans for children with asthma and allergy.
They will co-ordinate transition services for young people including liaising with the adult services in order to establish transitional clinics.
They will provide education and training for patients and their families/carers as well as other healthcare professionals such as school and acute paediatric nurses who are looking after children with asthma, viral induced wheeze and allergies etc.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have professional responsibility for a caseload of child within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHCFT) Care may be delivered both in the acute environment and within the community setting.
The post holder will have knowledge and specialist training within managing asthma and allergies in Paediatric Patients, ensuring the highest standard of personalised nursing care is delivered to patients and their families in partnership with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
To have responsibility for the supervision and assessment of care needs relating to paediatric asthma and allergies and the delivery and maintenance of optimal care outcomes and will provide professional and clinical care advice to patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder is expected to motivate staff to provide high standards of care by acting as a role model for others.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Personal Specification which have been attached and also include Main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Personal Specification which have been attached and also include Main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Professional Registration
Essential
- Registered Sick Children's Nurse (RSCN), RN Child
- Degree in Child Health Nursing or equivalent qualified experience supplemented by a post graduate diploma or additional demonstrable equivalent experience at diploma level.
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
- Relevant clinical course specific to specialist area or willingness to undertake within the first 12 months of being in post)
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period unless post is bank only).
Desirable
- Qualification in Physical Assessment Skills
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Recent post registration experience working within Paediatrics
- Some prior knowledge and experience in managing specific disease/chronic condition related to post
- IM&T skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
Desirable
- Community experience
- Participation in local audit or QI projects
Skills & Abilities
Essential
Desirable
- Advanced counselling skills
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Professional Registration
Essential
- Registered Sick Children's Nurse (RSCN), RN Child
- Degree in Child Health Nursing or equivalent qualified experience supplemented by a post graduate diploma or additional demonstrable equivalent experience at diploma level.
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
- Relevant clinical course specific to specialist area or willingness to undertake within the first 12 months of being in post)
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period unless post is bank only).
Desirable
- Qualification in Physical Assessment Skills
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Recent post registration experience working within Paediatrics
- Some prior knowledge and experience in managing specific disease/chronic condition related to post
- IM&T skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
Desirable
- Community experience
- Participation in local audit or QI projects
Skills & Abilities
Essential
Desirable
- Advanced counselling skills
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
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).
