University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 CNS/Specialist Practitioner (Community Spirometry)
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Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist / Specialist Practitioner to join our Community Respiratory Service as the lead clinician for Community Spirometry.
This is an autonomous advanced practice role for a registered clinician with significant respiratory experience who is passionate about delivering high-quality diagnostic services closer to patients' homes. The successful candidate will provide expert respiratory assessment, undertake and interpret spirometry in line with national standards, and support the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred respiratory diagnostic pathways.
Working across community settings, you will be instrumental in developing and enhancing community spirometry services, supporting earlier diagnosis and management of respiratory disease, and improving patient outcomes across the local population.
This is for 18.75 hours per week.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
- Deliver high-quality respiratory assessment and diagnostic spirometry services across community settings.
- Work autonomously, managing a specialist caseload and providing expert clinical advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
- Perform, interpret and quality assure spirometry testing in accordance with ARTP and national respiratory diagnostic standards.
- Support the diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory conditions including COPD, asthma and other chronic lung diseases.
- Lead on service improvement initiatives, clinical audit and quality assurance programmes.
- Provide specialist education, training and competency assessment for healthcare professionals involved in respiratory diagnostics.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with primary care, secondary care and multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Contribute to the development of clinical guidelines, pathways and standard operating procedures.
- Monitor service activity, outcomes and performance indicators to support continuous service improvement.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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Job Description
Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role) /HCPC registered
- Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
- Recognised mentorship course
Desirable
- To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
- To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role
- Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role
Experience
Essential
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC/HCPC
- Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist/ Specialist Practitioner at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence.
- Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
- Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- Experience of patient service user advocacy role
- Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
Desirable
- Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
- Experience in service development
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and assess junior staff
- Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
- Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
- Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
- Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
- Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
- Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
- Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required
- Ability to act on own initiative
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Gemma Atkins
01214244766
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly
Contract
Fixed Term
Duration
12 Month(s)
Working pattern
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9018526
Job locations
Solihull Hospital
Lode Ln
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 2JL
Attachments
Job Description
[Band 7 JD PS.pdf – 508KB](Opens in a new window)
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