The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Respiratory Nurse Specialist (Sleep Service & Generic Respiratory)
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Job Description
Role Overview
To provide specialist nursing care and advice for patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) and generic respiratory conditions. To provide education and support to both patients and their carers. To liaise regularly with the multi-disciplinary team, maintaining good communication throughout the patient’s journey. Maintaining accurate patient records, auditing data that is collated.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert care for patients with complex respiratory needs.
- Provide evidence-based/patient-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist interventions.
- Regularly liaise with the multi-disciplinary team in the management and care of respiratory patients.
- Act as a role model and advocate for the specialist service, through effective leadership and as an advisory expert in respiratory care.
- Support patients and carers by giving verbal & written information, education & advice, as well as relevant contact numbers for ongoing support.
- Attend appropriate professional updates both for self-development & ultimately to enhance the respiratory service provided.
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Clinical Responsibilities
- Shared clinical responsibility for managing a case load of patients with OSA.
- This responsibility will be shared with the appointed Respiratory Physiologist and the post holder will be clinically accountable to the Respiratory Consultants.
- Review respiratory patients both in clinics and in the acute ward setting.
- These will be both new patients and repeated contacts diagnosed with a variety of respiratory conditions.
Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
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- We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
- Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
- By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Claire Newby
- Job title: Matron
- Email address: claire.newby1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01743 261294
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