Job summary
Oxford Adult Cystic Fibrosis & Bronchiectasis ServiceBand 6 Specialist Nurse Practitioner
The Oxford Adult Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis service is seeking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic band 6 nurse to join our clinical nurse specialist team.
The Specialist Nursing team provides ongoing, evidence based care for our patients predominately based within outpatient area including day case and through outreach services in the community, whilst also providing some support for the inpatients .
The post holder will be working closely with the multidisciplinary CF / Bronchiectasis team to develop their specialist skills and knowledge to enable them to coordinate and implement expert specialised nursing care. This role will allow you to develop your specialist clinical knowledge whilst offering an opportunity to enhance professional development.
Excellent communication, organisation and problem solving skills are required for this role.
If you are interested in starting your career in respiratory nursing, or would like to further develop your existing skills, then we're looking for you!
Please contact Cathie Male Lead Nurse Oxford Adult Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis Service on (01865) 225713 or via email Cathie.male@ouh.nhs.uk for further details.
Main duties of the job
Autonomously manage individual caseload, using expertise in assessing patients condition and devising, providing and implementing highly specialist plans of clinical care.
Provide advice, education and support to patients, their carers and other health care professionals.
Practice clinically in agreed care settings according to approved protocols or guidance.
Contribute to the smooth running of the designated service.
Work across departmental boundaries.
Liaise with other hospital and community teams along an agreed pathway to support the delivery of patient and family centred seamless care.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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 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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand 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 theOUH YouTube channel
Job description
Job responsibilities
Be a defined point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and psychosocial support.
Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, offering advice to colleagues.
Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making. Accept referrals to agreed criteria, and work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and referring patients to other practitioners as required.
Deliver expert nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/multidisciplinary teams.
Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care.
Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.
Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care.
Use communication skills to impart information to patients and carers and provide them with advice and emotional support in hospital/at home as appropriate.
Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Be a defined point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and psychosocial support.
Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, offering advice to colleagues.
Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making. Accept referrals to agreed criteria, and work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and referring patients to other practitioners as required.
Deliver expert nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/multidisciplinary teams.
Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care.
Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.
Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care.
Use communication skills to impart information to patients and carers and provide them with advice and emotional support in hospital/at home as appropriate.
Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse
- Degree/ Diploma in Nursing
- Post Graduate level experience in respiratory
- Teaching and assessing in clinical practice
Desirable
- Further learning at degree/masters level in specialist area
Previous experience
Essential
- Demonstrate experience in relevant area of clinical practice
- At least 3 years post registration experience
- previous experience in Respiratory nursing
Desirable
- Recent instigation or involvement in research
- Evidence of management skills
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge / skill in patient education and health promotion
- Knowledge of cystic fibrosis and/or Bronchiectasis and it's management
- Knowledge and skill in complex patient care
- IT skills
- Multidisciplinary working
Desirable
- Phlebotomy and cannulation.
- Evidence of self directed learning
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse
- Degree/ Diploma in Nursing
- Post Graduate level experience in respiratory
- Teaching and assessing in clinical practice
Desirable
- Further learning at degree/masters level in specialist area
Previous experience
Essential
- Demonstrate experience in relevant area of clinical practice
- At least 3 years post registration experience
- previous experience in Respiratory nursing
Desirable
- Recent instigation or involvement in research
- Evidence of management skills
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge / skill in patient education and health promotion
- Knowledge of cystic fibrosis and/or Bronchiectasis and it's management
- Knowledge and skill in complex patient care
- IT skills
- Multidisciplinary working
Desirable
- Phlebotomy and cannulation.
- Evidence of self directed learning
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).
