Respiratory Nurse Specialist

Band 6 Respiratory Nurse Specialist - Two Full time posts (one based at West Cumberland Hospital and one based at the Cumberland Infirmary The post holder will be highly motivated individual who has excellent care values, and a strong sense of team spirit to join our team to deliver high quality care. The Respiratory Nurse Specialist will work as an autonomous practitioner within a defined clinical area, in partnership with the multidisciplinary team. There will one post based at the West Cumberland Hospital and post holder will focus on general respiratory including non-invasive ventilation. There will also be a post based at CIC where post holder will focus on pleural disease and pulmonary nodule work. There will also be an expectation to be able to work across site to meet the needs of the service etc. The Respiratory Nurse Specialist will be required to work within local and nationally agreed protocols and guidelines and hold advanced physical assessment skills. The successful post holder will be required to use their independent judgment to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate the clinical care and management of respiratory patients within a defined clinical area.Main duties of the job The Acute Respiratory Department is responsible for providing care of those with respiratory illness and lung cancer within secondary care at both outpatient and inpatient delivery. The department acts as a source of expertise to medical inpatients working collaboratively with inpatient wards to ensure safe effective care of acute patients. The department also acts as secondary care providing expertise, assessment, investigation, diagnostics and management to outpatients, referred following either acute admission or community referrals.

• To work independently at a specialist clinical level in the direct delivery of high quality care, making clinical treatment decisions based on advanced assessment.
o To provide clinical leadership and support regarding respiratory care to the nursing teams across the Trust and support colleagues in developing the Trust's respiratory service to improve the patient experience. o To support Consultants with day to day clinical activity (to be determined according to need of specialist area). o To provide in-patient areas with consistent high quality care and support of respiratory issues


• Registered General Nurse
• Evidence of continued professional development
• 1st Level Degree, Experience of caring for patients with respiratory illness.
• Experience of multi-professional working, Experience of teaching
• Experience of audit and research
Skills and Aptitudes,
• Organisation and negotiation skills
• Effective communication
• Leadership and motivational skills
• Flexible attitude to working
• Ability to lead and influence change
• Ability to work autonomously and as a part of a team
Personal Circumstances,
• Willing to be adaptable and flexible to meet service requirement
• Flexible and positive attitude to healthcare and the continued development of the services
• Ability to work cross site
  
  At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work. Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as followsif applicable to the post: Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment. Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment. NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits: 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years Flexible working Scheme NHS Discounts
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Excellent opportunities for development
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• Subject to eligibility