Job summary
Do you have an interest in respiratory and long term condition
management?
Are you motivated and enthusiastic to support an established Spirometry
Service, to lead and coordinate the development and delivery of a
specialist service?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
An exciting development opportunity has arisen
for an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Spirometry Service, in the post
of Spirometry Service Development Nurse.
The Spirometry Service is a small friendly nurse led team which prides
itself on delivering the highest quality, patient centred care.
The successful candidate will work under the direction of the Lead
Spirometry Nurse and will be supported with a personal training development
plan.
Your personal development needs will be aligned with the aim of
obtaining the necessary skills, knowledge and accreditation in recognised post
registration qualifications specific to role requirements over a 12 18 month
period; upon successful completion of this you would move from band 5 to being
awarded a band 6 role.
As an organisation we are committed to support your continual
professional development and learning opportunities may be facilitated to work
alongside our Urgent Primary Care services.
Car driver and access to a vehicle is
essential as this post will predominantly be based in the Bede Centre, but
there may be occasions where the post holder will be working into General
Practice sites across the community.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Job Description for more information on main duties, qualifications and skills required for this role, within CBC Health Federation.
For further information contact Melanie Fogg,
Service Lead for Urgent Primary Care and Spirometry melanie.fogg@nhs.net
About us
Community Based Care Health Federation Ltd are based on Team Valley serving Primary Care in Gateshead and the wider Northeast footprint. As a not-for-profit provider we reinvest any surplus to improve services for our patients in Gateshead and support our GP's and Primary Care Networks to deliver the highest quality services.
As a provider of high quality clinical and non-clinical services we are a respected and proud company that puts patients at the heart of what we do, whilst valuing and supporting our staff to grow and develop. We have company values developed by our staff that underpin our work and the way we work together, and we have a staff culture club to ensure the voice of our staff is heard at Board level and throughout the senior management team.
Many of our roles are available with the NHS pension scheme and transferable service is recognised from previous NHS employment as appropriate. We offer competitive rates of pay and out of hours enhancements and have a fully integrated reward and recognition system. We have just been awarded our Bronze "Better Health at Work Award" where we have demonstrated our commitment to supporting our workforce to keep well at work and we are now working to achieve the silver award.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for more information on main duties, qualifications and skills required for this role, within CBC Health Federation.
Please note: CBC Health Federation do not support the use of AI in the completion of applications. All answers used must be backed up with real examples.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for more information on main duties, qualifications and skills required for this role, within CBC Health Federation.
Please note: CBC Health Federation do not support the use of AI in the completion of applications. All answers used must be backed up with real examples.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC
- Must be authorised to work in the UK
- Level 3 Safeguarding of Adults and Children
- Demonstrates or meet competencies for all mandatory training as required within the policies of the organisation
Desirable
- Trained and accredited to ARTP standards
- Experience and evidence of working with spirometry results
- Evidence of any short course in interpretation of spirometry results
- Post-graduation certificates relating to asthma or COPD
- Teaching and or mentorship qualifications
Experience
Essential
- At least two years post qualification experience
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Special interest in respiratory disease
- Competence/understanding in providing spirometry services in primary care environment
- Good organisational skills and the
- ability to manage and prioritise own workload
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Clear understanding of professional responsibilities and accountability
- Ability to manage people's expectations and adapts communication to considering the intended audience to include colleagues and external stakeholders
- Demonstrates motivational skills to encourage collaborative working to improve service and performance
Desirable
- Experience working as a Practice Nurse in Primary Care
- Experience or evidence of working with FeNO testing
- IT literate across clinical IT systems e.g. EMIS web
Other
Essential
- Ability to maintains high standards of integrity in all interactions
- Able to use initiative and take accountability and responsibility for all actions and behaviours
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC
- Must be authorised to work in the UK
- Level 3 Safeguarding of Adults and Children
- Demonstrates or meet competencies for all mandatory training as required within the policies of the organisation
Desirable
- Trained and accredited to ARTP standards
- Experience and evidence of working with spirometry results
- Evidence of any short course in interpretation of spirometry results
- Post-graduation certificates relating to asthma or COPD
- Teaching and or mentorship qualifications
Experience
Essential
- At least two years post qualification experience
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Special interest in respiratory disease
- Competence/understanding in providing spirometry services in primary care environment
- Good organisational skills and the
- ability to manage and prioritise own workload
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Clear understanding of professional responsibilities and accountability
- Ability to manage people's expectations and adapts communication to considering the intended audience to include colleagues and external stakeholders
- Demonstrates motivational skills to encourage collaborative working to improve service and performance
Desirable
- Experience working as a Practice Nurse in Primary Care
- Experience or evidence of working with FeNO testing
- IT literate across clinical IT systems e.g. EMIS web
Other
Essential
- Ability to maintains high standards of integrity in all interactions
- Able to use initiative and take accountability and responsibility for all actions and behaviours
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
