Respiratory Specialist Practitioner

Are you an experienced nurse who has experience of working withing respiratory medicine and who is passionate about providing outstanding care, if so, then we want to hear from you!

Respiratory Hospital at Home is designed to facilitate early/supported discharge of patients from acute medical beds and to prevent hospital admissions of patients with respiratory illnesses in the community, so creating a 'virtual ward'. You provide a high standard of complex, enhanced care for patients, using enhanced levels of clinical judgement, skills and knowledge to avoid admission to hospital or support an early discharge., Respiratory Specialist Practitioners work as part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team across a wide range of settings, including hospitals, individual's homes, care homes and general practices. You will work at an enhanced level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a field of expertise which, for these posts, is respiratory medicine. They manage a discrete aspect of a patient's care within their current level of practice, which will be particular to a specific context.

You will provide a high standard of complex, enhanced care for patients, using enhanced levels of clinical judgement, skills and knowledge. In this instance we are looking for staff who will be able to support patients with respiratory illness in their home environment., We have 4 community bases located at Harrison House, Bridgwater Hospital, West Mendip Hospital and Magnolia House, whilst supporting the two acute sites of Musgrove Park Hospital (MPH)and Yeovil District Hospital (YDH)

This post is being advertised to cover the East side of the county, which includes the Yeovil/ West Mendip area alongside YDH. We do cross cover within the service and you will be expected to support the West side of the county when patient need arises, this could be on a weekly basis.

This post requires daily access to a car and therefore please only apply if you hold a full and valid driving license.

Respiratory Hospital @ Home is a county wide service providing care for patients whom have a Somerset GP.