Job summary
The OUH is establishing a Total Lung Health Check service for Oxfordshire, and we are looking for a Nurse to work with the team.
This is a unique opportunity to transform and improve the health of our local populations through a nationally directed initiative - the 'Targeted Lung Health Check' programme. The aim of the project is to provide a lung health check assessment (with low dose CT where clinically indicated) with a view to diagnosing lung cancer at an early stage. CCGs have been selected nationally based on deprivation, presentation of late stage and rates of lung cancer mortality. Patients between the ages of 55 to 74 with a smoking history will be invited to attend for the lung health check. There have been earlier pilots which will provide a wealth of knowledge to learn from.
This work will give the successful candidate an extraordinary opportunity to contribute to a team, to deliver a different kind of work to identify asymptomatic people, providing early diagnosis of both lung cancer and other diseases and then planning appropriate follow-up.
This work would require the individual to be able to collaborate with multiple disciplinary teams including public health and cancer charities.
Main duties of the job
Job Purpose:
The overall purpose of the Total Lung Health Check Programme is to enable the early detection of lung cancer in order to save lives.
The post holder will be expected to provide specialist knowledge and care to the patient and their carers. They will support colleagues in the effective management of patients in their specialist area who require a high level of judgement, discretion and decision making within an inpatient or outpatient setting. The post-holder will provide education and training to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The below indicates the main competencies required of the post which may be reviewed in light of the experience and developments within the service. Any review will be taken in conjunction with the post holder.
Lung Health Check Specific duties:
- Provide specialist nursing advice
- Work autonomously as we all as part of a mutli-disciplinary team.
- Provide nurse led clinics.
- Ability to provide health promotion and smoking cessation advice.
- Formulation of individualised care pathways with the patient and the carer.
- Possess a working knowledge of respiratory equipment. For example: inhalers, spirometers and compressors. Knowledge of the lone working policy.
- Ensure contemporary patient centre patient information is available for patients and carers.
- Engage in audit and/or information collection.
General duties:
- Undertake comprehensive health care needs assessment of patients, reassessing as and when appropriate.
- Assess, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate nursing interventions to meet patients needs.
- Contribute to the organisation of multi-disciplinary, patient centred care.
- Facilitate patient and carers to take an active role in care given.
- Responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in their specialty.
- Able to interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead other to do so.
- To undertake and promote practice sensitive to the needs of patients and families from multi- cultural backgrounds.
- Advise and support patients to manage their symptoms.
- Attend Consultant led Outpatient clinics, manage and report on cases (as appropriate to the role).
- Communicate with clinicians as necessary.
- Contribute to and support the work of colleagues in the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
- Plan systems of nursing activity, which satisfy agreed standards of Local, Trust or National levels.
- Co-ordinate as appropriate, the multi-disciplinary team in discharge planning.
- Ensure all medication is administered in accordance with the Trust Medicine Management policy.
- Demonstrate the mandatory competencies of the Trust, attending all required mandatory updates.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The below indicates the main competencies required of the post which may be reviewed in light of the experience and developments within the service. Any review will be taken in conjunction with the post holder.
Lung Health Check Specific duties:
- Provide specialist nursing advice
- Work autonomously as we all as part of a mutli-disciplinary team.
- Provide nurse led clinics.
- Ability to provide health promotion and smoking cessation advice.
- Formulation of individualised care pathways with the patient and the carer.
- Possess a working knowledge of respiratory equipment. For example: inhalers, spirometers and compressors. Knowledge of the lone working policy.
- Ensure contemporary patient centre patient information is available for patients and carers.
- Engage in audit and/or information collection.
General duties:
- Undertake comprehensive health care needs assessment of patients, reassessing as and when appropriate.
- Assess, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate nursing interventions to meet patients needs.
- Contribute to the organisation of multi-disciplinary, patient centred care.
- Facilitate patient and carers to take an active role in care given.
- Responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in their specialty.
- Able to interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead other to do so.
- To undertake and promote practice sensitive to the needs of patients and families from multi- cultural backgrounds.
- Advise and support patients to manage their symptoms.
- Attend Consultant led Outpatient clinics, manage and report on cases (as appropriate to the role).
- Communicate with clinicians as necessary.
- Contribute to and support the work of colleagues in the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
- Plan systems of nursing activity, which satisfy agreed standards of Local, Trust or National levels.
- Co-ordinate as appropriate, the multi-disciplinary team in discharge planning.
- Ensure all medication is administered in accordance with the Trust Medicine Management policy.
- Demonstrate the mandatory competencies of the Trust, attending all required mandatory updates.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holds essential qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of other relevant experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holds essential qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of other relevant experience
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).
