About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Sleep Service for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our specialist multidisciplinary team.
In this role, you will play a key part in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care for individuals with a range of sleep and respiratory disorders. You will be responsible for undertaking new patient assessments, facilitating and conducting sleep studies, and interpreting diagnostic results. A core component of the role involves initiating appropriate treatment and providing ongoing follow-up and long-term management for patients with sleep disordered breathing, ensuring continuity of care and optimal patient outcomes.
The post also includes a significant responsibility for the management of Home Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) patients. This will involve initiating ventilation, providing comprehensive patient education, monitoring treatment effectiveness, and delivering regular long-term follow-up to support adherence and optimise therapy.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills within a dynamic and supportive service, while making a meaningful difference to the lives of patients living with chronic sleep and respiratory conditions.
If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.
Main duties of the job
Undertake comprehensive new patient assessments for individuals referred to the Sleep Service with suspected sleep and respiratory disorders. Facilitate, perform, and support sleep studies, ensuring patients are appropriately prepared and informed. Interpret sleep study diagnostic results in line with agreed protocols and contribute to clinical decision-making within the multidisciplinary team. Initiate and implement treatment plans for patients with sleep disordered breathing, in accordance with evidence-based guidelines. Provide ongoing follow-up and long-term management of patients, monitoring treatment effectiveness and adjusting care plans as required. Play a key role in the management of Home Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) patients, including initiation of ventilation and therapy set-up. Deliver patient education and support to promote understanding, adherence, and self-management of sleep and ventilation therapies. Monitor and review the effectiveness of NIV therapy, identifying and addressing issues related to compliance or clinical deterioration. Ensure continuity of care through regular review and long-term follow-up, liaising with the wider MDT and external services as appropriate. Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation and contribute to service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives. Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective, and patient-centred care.
About us
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Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Job description Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected].
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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Person Specification
Experiance and Knowledge Essential
Audit & Standard setting Understanding of research based practice Experience at Band 5 or equivalent in Respiratory or ICU Nursing
Desirable
Experience at Band 5 or equivalent within a sleep centre setting Service development and/or change management
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse (Level 1) Diploma level education or equivalent Evidence of continued professional development Willing to undergotraining as necessary
Skills Essential
Excellent interpersonal skills Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address LNER Community stadium
Kathryn Avenue, Huntington
York
YO32 9AF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)