Job summary
The NIV/Sleep Service is the largest domiciliary service in the South East, outside of London. We have a caseload of over 600 patients receiving NIV therapy, and support the sleep service with new patient assessments, seeing up to 50 new patients a week who have a new diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing. Overall the Sleep service has over 8,000 patients in receipt of CPAP therapy.
Our team consists of Advanced/Enhanced Practitioners, Sleep and Respiratory Physiologists, Associate Practitioners/Physiologists and admin. We provide a service to QEQM, Buckland Hospital - Dover, Royal Victoria Hospital - Folkestone and Kent and Canterbury Hospital. We consider ourselves an inclusive service that welcomes staff from a variety of healthcare backgrounds, including nursing, AHP and Physiology, which provides a varied skill set within the team. We work closely with the Respiratory Consultants, the Consultant Respiratory Nurse, the inpatient practitioners and physiology teams within the trust. We also have an excellent relationship with our Community Respiratory Team colleagues (KCHFT), ensuring our respiratory patient's pathway is as smooth and streamlined as possible.
Main duties of the job
- To work as an autonomous practitioner responsible for providing professional management of sleep and respiratory failure patients as part of the Domiciliary Sleep/NIV team
- To organise and manage own caseload
- To line manage Associate Practitioners/Physiologists
- Develop a learning culture and facilitate interdisciplinary learning across respiratory/sleep medicine Enables others through mentoring, teaching and/or supervision of colleagues and students. Provides mentorship, opportunity for peer-learning and constructive feedback to guide, support, motivate and develop others in the multidisciplinary team
- Take responsibility for the day-to-day management of domiciliary NIV therapy within resource limitations
- Is an enhanced autonomous practitioner who undertakes a comprehensive assessment of all patients referred to the service. Includes assessments of medical, functional, social and mental status.
Develops a care plan and undertakes and co-ordinates its implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level education relevant to the post - - -
- Nursing, AHP, Physiology
- Professional registration (NMC / HCPC/AHCS)
- Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
Desirable
- Masters level study - ie PGCert/Dip
- Relevant respiratory sleep specific courses / modules attended
- Non-medical prescriber qualification
Clinical skills and experience
Essential
- Two years' experience at band 5-6, within specialty of respiratory/sleep medicine
- Clinical skills of respiratory assessment - history taking & physical assessment
- Excellent communication skills - Teaching / facilitation skills
- IT / computer skills
Desirable
- Experience in use of NIV and CPAP
- Trained in blood gas sampling (CBG & ABG's)
- Student supervision
governance
Essential
- Demonstrates patient focused approach.
- Aware of components of clinical governance
- Participated in an audit / quality improvement project
Desirable
- Involved in risk and incident management
Personal/professional attributes
Essential
- Excellent organisation skills - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload and meet deadlines
- Ability to remain calm working under pressure in a busy environment
- Kind and compassionate
- Adaptable and flexible
- Self-motivated to CPD, willingness to undertake further study
Other
Essential
- Passion for respiratory/sleep medicine
Desirable
- Membership to professional specialist interest group
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level education relevant to the post - - -
- Nursing, AHP, Physiology
- Professional registration (NMC / HCPC/AHCS)
- Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
Desirable
- Masters level study - ie PGCert/Dip
- Relevant respiratory sleep specific courses / modules attended
- Non-medical prescriber qualification
Clinical skills and experience
Essential
- Two years' experience at band 5-6, within specialty of respiratory/sleep medicine
- Clinical skills of respiratory assessment - history taking & physical assessment
- Excellent communication skills - Teaching / facilitation skills
- IT / computer skills
Desirable
- Experience in use of NIV and CPAP
- Trained in blood gas sampling (CBG & ABG's)
- Student supervision
governance
Essential
- Demonstrates patient focused approach.
- Aware of components of clinical governance
- Participated in an audit / quality improvement project
Desirable
- Involved in risk and incident management
Personal/professional attributes
Essential
- Excellent organisation skills - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload and meet deadlines
- Ability to remain calm working under pressure in a busy environment
- Kind and compassionate
- Adaptable and flexible
- Self-motivated to CPD, willingness to undertake further study
Other
Essential
- Passion for respiratory/sleep medicine
Desirable
- Membership to professional specialist interest group
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).
