Respiratory Specialist Nurse – RCAS - COPD - Virtual WardNHS

Job summary

The Respiratory Clinical Assessment Service (RCAS) and Virtual Ward (COPD) Specialist Nurse will deliver high-quality, patient-centred respiratory care across acute, community and virtual care settings. The post holder will support the operational and clinical delivery of the service and, in the absence of the Senior Respiratory Nurse Specialist, assist in ensuring safe, effective and responsive service provision

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for delivering specialist respiratory nursing care across the Respiratory Clinical Assessment Service (RCAS), Respiratory Virtual Ward and wider respiratory services. Responsibilities include clinical assessment, treatment planning, patient monitoring, care coordination, admission avoidance, early supported discharge, patient education, multidisciplinary working, service development, quality improvement, audit and professional leadership. The role requires autonomous practice, effective use of digital health technologies and contribution to workforce development. A full description of the duties, responsibilities and accountabilities associated with this role is provided in the attached document and should be read in conjunction with this Job Description.

Job description

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

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About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.