Band 7 CNS Specialist Practitoner SpirometryNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist / Specialist Practitioner to join our Community Respiratory Service as the lead clinician for Community Spirometry.

This is an autonomous advanced practice role for a registered clinician with significant respiratory experience who is passionate about delivering high-quality diagnostic services closer to patients' homes. The successful candidate will provide expert respiratory assessment, undertake and interpret spirometry in line with national standards, and support the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred respiratory diagnostic pathways.

Working across community settings, you will be instrumental in developing and enhancing community spirometry services, supporting earlier diagnosis and management of respiratory disease, and improving patient outcomes across the local population.

Main duties of the job

Deliver high-quality respiratory assessment and diagnostic spirometry services across community settings, ensuring care is safe, effective and patient-centred. Work autonomously to manage a specialist caseload, providing expert clinical assessment, advice and support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals. Perform, interpret and quality assure spirometry in line with ARTP standards and national respiratory diagnostic guidelines. Support the diagnosis and ongoing management of patients with COPD, asthma and other chronic respiratory conditions through accurate assessment and clinical decision-making. Lead and contribute to service improvement initiatives, clinical audit, quality assurance programmes and the evaluation of patient outcomes. Provide specialist education, training and competency assessment for healthcare professionals involved in respiratory diagnostics and respiratory care. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with primary care, secondary care and multidisciplinary teams to support integrated patient pathways. Contribute to the development and review of clinical guidelines, pathways, standard operating procedures and governance processes. Monitor service activity, performance indicators and outcomes to support continuous quality improvement and service development.

Job description

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About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.