Job summary
Employer heading
Respiratory Specialist Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
This post is for a Band 6 respiratory nurse specialist to join the team of highly experienced respiratory nurse specialists at Harrogate District Hospital, working 28 hours per week.
In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will be responsible for setting, monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of care particularly for patients with multiple needs who require complex packages of care.
Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives and carers, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times.
Main duties of the job
Establish and develop skilled practice in the multidisciplinary management and nursing care of adult patients with a range of respiratory conditions, predominantly Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis and those requiring oxygen therapy.
To identify specific needs in education of patients, relatives, and staff and facilitate meeting these requirements.
To offer an individualised service respecting the many diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds of each family, offering confidentiality and maintaining trust.
Working for our organisation
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) was founded under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 and authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust from 1 January 2005.
HDFT is the principal provider of hospital services to the population of Harrogate and the surrounding district, and also provides services to North and West Leeds. In total this covers a catchment population for the acute hospital of approximately 316,000 people. In addition, the Trust provides some community services across North Yorkshire (with a population of 621,000 people) and provides Children’s and Young People’s Public Health Services between birth and 19 (or in some cases 25) years of age in North Yorkshire, County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-On-Tees, Sunderland, Gateshead, Northumberland and Wakefield. The Trust’s Children’s Public Health Services look after almost 600,000 children across these localities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information about this position please see the attached the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Respiratory related diploma/degree module
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of ILD, Bronchiectasis, Asthma and COPD
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Heseltine
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
List jobs with Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors