Staff Nurse - Respiratory, Ward 3

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs, including providing clinical expertise, advice and guidance in a specialist area of clinical practice to improve the overall care provided by the team

Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met

Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation

Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards

Provide escort and transfer for patients as directed by the multidisciplinary team

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations

Collect, collate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient records/documentation

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, capable, enthusiastic nurse to join our Respiratory team. We are a 30 bedded ward that prides ourselves on the acute services we provide, have implemented and now deliver. Alongside the catering for individuals with chronic chest conditions, we also provide end of life care for palliative patients. Ward 3 is also the cohort ward for patients with tracheostomies that require hospitalisation.

Our respiratory team is now expanding our services with a newly developed Respiratory support unit and future specialist nurse roles.

The Respiratory support unit aims to meet the growing demand for high - acuity patients who require enhanced monitoring and support of patients with complex respiratory illness, or patients at risk of deterioration with acute respiratory disease.

The post holder will have chance to expand their learning further with Non invasive ventilation, (NIV ) Continuous Positive Airways Pressure (CPAP) and Nasal high Flow Oxygen therapy (NHFO) and respiratory failure teaching. Our work is intense and acute with specialist skills needed alongside sound general clinical skills.

We pride ourselves on maintaining extremely high standards of care, therfore the post holder must have passion, drive, flexibility and able to communicate effectively. Respiratory knowledge is desirable for this post, but not essential as full training may be given.

An experienced health care professional competent in all aspects of care planning, who is able to carry out a wide range of clinical skills, including area(s) of specialist clinical expertise and advice within the team e.g. infection control, by working collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families. The post holder will also take an active part in the leadership, education, development and supervision of the team.

MCHFT provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.

With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.