Respiratory Nurse

East Shore Partnership

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Job summary

Is your passion to deliver the best patient care?

Do you want to work in a Practice which strives to achieve this?

Our ethos at East Shore Partnership is to provide the highest quality patient care and excellent support for all our staff.

We are seeking to appoint a Respiratory Nurse on a permanent contract for 25 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

The Respiratory Nurse will undertake the assessment, care planning and delivery and management of care required for patients with complex, long term, high risk respiratory conditions, including asthma and COPD and oxygen therapy, and help maintain effective call and recall systems.

About us

East Shore Partnership based in Portsmouth, consists of two surgery sites; Baffins Surgery and Milton Park Surgery. We serve over 14, 000 patients within the local area.

We nurture an informal, friendly and open working environment and believe our strength lies in team working. We have a loyal and cohesive team whose roles have developed to fit the needs of the Partnership. We are proud of a good working atmosphere and are very conscious of the central role our staff plays in maintaining excellent patient care.

We have excellent QOF achievement and a Good CQC rating. We are a member of Brunel Primary Care Network.

Date posted

20 October 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£20.98 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1493-23-0006

Job locations

St Cuthbert’s Church

Hayling Avenue

Portsmouth

Hants

PO3 6BH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties

To undertake the assessment, care planning, delivery and management of care required for patients with complex, long term, high risk respiratory conditions, including asthma, COPD and oxygen therapy and help maintain effective call and recall systems.

Analyse signs and symptoms, laboratory tests and other measures of function to formulate a diagnosis and to identify subtle changes in a patients condition.

To undertake specialist assessments including spirometry and interpretation of blood gas measurements.

Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.

Involve patients and careers/relatives in the planning and delivery of respiratory care in order to prevent admission/re-admission to hospital.

Support patients, relative and carers to develop the necessary knowledge and skills required to manage respiratory conditions.

Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.

Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs.

Provide nursing treatment to patients independently or in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners with reference to agreed protocols and guidelines.

To hold accountability for the caseload and case manage care in all settings in the patients care pathways this includes patients in acute exacerbation and stable case management.

To work collectively with Community Pharmacists to provide medicines management support and advice.

Facilitate effective communication between patients, members of the primary care health team, secondary care and other associated health agencies.

Provide general assistance to the Practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone.

Using appropriate infection control procedures to minimise the likelihood of health-care-associated infections occurring to patients, visitors and staff (including you) as a consequence of actions and/or omissions at work.