Long Term Ventilation - Physiotherapist or Nurse Specialist

This post will provide a comprehensive specialist service to clients on non-invasive ventilation across the Trust and including the West Midlands and the Welsh border for adult home Ventilation patients. The post holder will have responsibility for the management and assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards. They will act as an expert and resource for members of the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will provide clinical leadership within this area of care and develop specialist education.The post holder will act as the key worker and liaise with other healthcare professionals to provide the best possible specialist care for patients. They will act as a resource for members of the multi-disciplinary team and liaise with other healthcare professionals to provide the best possible specialist care. The post holder will undertake advanced assessment of the on-going care needs of patients with chronic
ventilator failure; formulate and facilitate individual plans of care in collaboration with the medical team. The post holder will provide independent home visits to complex patients unable to attend clinic appointments with physicians and attend other hospital Trusts to support patients with chronic respiratory requiring ventilatory support.

Main duties of the job

Provide advanced clinical skills and expert advice to patients and colleagues in a variety of settings including hospital, clinic, patients home, nursing home, hospice.

Receive referrals and facilitate on-going treatment plans that include the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of respiratory patients receiving NIV, with the formulation and management of treatment plans, monitoring of care of patients

Facilitate the development of clinical practice through research and education of the multi-disciplinary team

Act as an expert resource for other healthcare practitioners in the Trust and partnership Trusts

The post holder will provide specialist clinical leadership within this area of care and will lead and develop specialist education

Develop appropriate advanced clinical and technological skills in response to the changing needs of care and the dynamic state of healthcare services

Hold a full car driving licence and be physically capable of sitting for long periods

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.