Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist

Overview

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An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for the Community Respiratory Service to expand. The Respiratory Service is a nurse-led team that provides an extensive respiratory service across East Suffolk offering a specialist service to patients and other health care professionals. Respiratory care and oxygen prescribing for adults is brought closer to the patient and an individualised, holisitc approach is developed.

Responsibilities

• Admission Avoidance : Preventing admission to acute settings by assessing the patient with an acute exacerbation at home, initiating a management plan and supporting the patient until they are medically improved.
• Virtual Ward : Enable early discharge from Ipswich Hospital (and other local Acute Trusts) for those admitted with COPD and other respiratory conditions by supporting them at home with multidisciplinary support until their health has stabilised.
• Oxygen Service : Ensure that home oxygen is provided in accordance with national policies and guidelines, assessing for initial oxygen need and maintaining ongoing review.
• You will assess patients in a variety of settings, including at home, and provide follow-up care as part of an intermediate care package to those referred with COPD exacerbations.
• Provide a specialist service offering expert knowledge and advice, assessing, planning and implementing care for respiratory patients. These patients will form part of the respiratory virtual ward.

About ESNEFT

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

What we offer

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment with a partnership with Epic, a leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

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