Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Practitioner - Respiratory
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Job Opportunity at Hazelwood
Are you a motivated practitioner who possesses excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and want to provide Gold Standard care to our patients? Then this exciting opportunity is for you!
Hazelwood are looking for an Assistant Practitioner, who has a passion for providing high quality patient focused care who have a flexible attitude towards work and a desire for new challenges.
About the Role
On Hazelwood you will care for patients with respiratory illnesses and general medical conditions, you will learn to care for patients with long term respiratory conditions such as COPD, Interstitial Lung Disease, type 1 respiratory failure and type 2 respiratory failure.
We are focused on delivering an excellent service and welcome anyone passionate about providing outstanding care and compassion to our patients.
General Duties
- Physiological observations and investigations.
- Developing an in-depth knowledge of:
- Oxygen therapy
- Blood gas interpretation
- Wound management
- Chest drain
- Fluid balance management
- Providing personal care to patients.
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As a Band 4 you will receive direct support from senior nursing colleagues to develop and enhance your skills. This will enable you to nurse a cohort of patients and be responsible for their care.
About Us
You will be warmly welcomed and well supported by a fantastic team who are passionate and aspire to provide excellent care.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fantastic people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
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Our Values
- Caring and compassionate: We treat everyone with dignity and respect, doing everything we can to show we care.
- Recognising individuality: We respect, value and respond to every person’s individual needs.
- Seeking to involve: We will always involve patients in making decisions about their care and treatment & are always open and honest.
- Team working: We work together as one team, and involve patients, families, and other services, to provide the best care possible.
- Taking personal responsibility: We each take personal responsibility to give the highest standards of care and deliver a service we can always be proud of.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Amanda Young
- Job Title: Ward Manager
- Email Address: Amanda.Young2@LTHTR.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 01257 245174
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