About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and highly dynamic Paediatric nurse to join our respiratory specialist nursing team. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and the successful applicant will be expected to provide high levels of care to the child/adolescent and family. Experience in nursing children with medical conditions is preferable. Experience at band 6 is required.
This role encompasses three specialities: asthma, allergy, and cystic fibrosis. The post holder will be required to work between Kings Mill Hospital and Newark. You will manage a cohort of asthma patients in both nurse-led and consultant clinics, performing spirometry and FENO testing, as well as developing and monitoring asthma plans.
You will also be involved in audit and research, assist in leading a small team, participate in network meetings, and provide education to medical and nursing staff within the unit to improve quality and enhance care delivery.
Care delivered will include patient assessment, planning and implementing specialist care, and providing advice, support, and education in collaboration with the wider MDT, including child protection/safeguarding teams.
You will support colleagues at Nottingham University Hospital to ensure we offer support and guidance for children local to Sherwood Forest Hospitals in managing their needs around cystic fibrosis.
Apply now to join our team and make a difference in health care!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Excellent communication & interpersonal skills Specialist knowledge of Respiratory medicine Research awareness IT skills Knowledge and understanding of child protection policies and procedures Understanding of audit and research
Desirable
Counselling skills Experience of management of case loads and running nurse led clinics
Qualifications - Academic/Craft/Professional Essential
1st level Registered Nurse RSCN/RN(child) - degree level or above With experience within paediatric respiratory disease Teaching qualification in asthma and allergy. Accredited at least 20 credits at first degree level. Or equivalent Evidence of post -basic respiratory education
Desirable
Non-medical prescribing qualification Masters - working towards
Further Training Essential
Mandatory updates
Experience Essential
Experience of working with respiratory patients Relevant post registration experience Experience of supporting children, young people and their families with respiratory illness Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
Experience of delivering training to a wide range of professionals and families with respiratory illness
Contractual Requirements Essential
Continued professional development at level three Car Driver Ability to work with families, children and young people in their home environment Flexibility to cover the service, if clinics running late working outside office hours Working at KMH and Newark Hospital with clinics
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.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)