Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 Specialist Nurses to join our Community Respiratory Service, bring your passion and experience in Nursing assessment and process as well as rehabilitation to help shape our evolving service.

Our established nurses describe how they are empowered to treat people across a wide spectrum of presentations from admission avoidance, long term conditions management and rehabilitation.

We have also just launched a new Breathlessness and Breathing pattern disorders clinic, which is the first for the Black Country region.

You will be fully supported by senior nurses and therapists as the team includes; Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Respiratory and Heart Failure specialist nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and Rehab Support, delivering integrated care and supporting recovery in the person's home, gyms and clinic.

This role will suit either a Band 5 looking for career progression or an experienced Band 6. Full training and regular coaching and mentoring will be available. The newly appointed Community Respiratory Service leadership team promote the development of specialist knowledge and skills to ensure our patients with complex needs in the community receive the best care possible.

We would look to develop your knowledge and advanced skills in admission avoidance, advanced assessment skills, specialist rehabilitation, oxygen assessment and prescription as well as the opportunity to become a NMP.

The key duties for the post holder will be;

To work with the senior clinical staff and provide leadership and oversight of the team. You will work closely with your peers, senior clinical staff, and Service Lead.

To be a core member of the team, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the care provided to patients on a daily basis.

To provide specialist assessment and treatment of patients with unplanned presentations within community settings, including the patient’s own home.

To supervise, assess and educate team members including bank or agency staff, support workers and students

The Trust aims to be the most integrated organisation in the NHS with support for new ways of working and innovation. Sandwell Community is an exciting place to be. We have secured investment in many of our services including the Community Respiratory Service.

Everything we do in the iCares Directorate strives to add value to the patient and their community. We do this by joining up our teams and services to keep people safe and well in their community. We have fantastic links with our consultant colleagues, partners across the local authority and third sectors in order to do this.

We are a friendly team who support each other. Training and regular supervision are available, and no one works in isolation.

As a trust we fully support flexible working and part time workers, which can be factored into your working pattern.

Within iCares we operate a 7 day service 8am-8pm, we take it in turns to contribute to weekend working and 8pm finishes. There is no on-call requirement with this post.

Candidate must hold a valid UK driving licence and have a vehicle which they can use for work purposes.

Mileage can be claimed for journeys at the usual NHS rate.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails