Respiratory Specialist Nurse
Brownlow Group Practice
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Job summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Respiratory Specialist Nurse wanting to work within a supportive GP Practice environment with a diverse patient population including students and homeless.
This is a new and exciting role which you will be able to shape and develop. You will champion Brownlow’s commitment to ‘Greener Respiratory Care, leading and delivering clinics for our patients with Asthma, COPD and other respiratory conditions. The focus will be on the more complex/high risk patients but will also include routine reviews and home visits. The role will include face to face consultations as well as eConsults and telephone consultations.
You will provide development and mentorship to our less experienced nurses whilst also supporting the wider team along with contributing to data gathering as needed to achieve the Practice’s fulfilment of the Asthma and COPD targets within the Quality Outcomes Framework.
This role will work across our Brownlow Central sites, including Brownlow Pemrboke Place, Ropewalks L1 5DL and Student Health L69 7ZL.
Main duties of the job
As a Specialist Practitioner you will work across the four pillars of advanced practice. You will lead and deliver Nurse led respiratory clinics for patients in our Brownlow Central practice. The focus will be Asthma management within our large student population as well as review of patients with other respiratory conditions such as COPD, Bronchiectasis and Pulmonary Fibrosis. This may include telephone and face to face consultations as well as eConsultations.
Whilst working within your own sphere of competence you will work autonomously to proactively target high risk patients to provide an assessment of their needs and provide an appropriate management plan. The post holder will have a high level of expertise and experience in this field and the ability to manage complex cases including first contact assessment, examination and management of patients presenting with acute respiratory problems including potential Covid 19 symptoms.
You will provide support and mentorship to our less experienced Practice nurses whilst also supporting in education to the wider team.
The post holder will also be expected to work with the practice nursing team, contributing to data gathering as needed to achieve the Practice’s fulfilment of the Asthma and COPD targets within the Quality Outcomes Framework.
About us
Brownlow Health is a large training practice committed to supporting our team and developing our services. We have a diverse practice population over 6 sites in the vibrant City of Liverpool and we are very proud to have attained ‘outstanding’ in our last CQC inspection at our Central practice.
We offer a wide variety of specialist services such as homelessness, Care home MDTs, Student health, sexual health, obesity and frailty and have large multi -disciplinary workforce of GPs, pharmacists, care-co-ordinators, 1st contact physio’s, social prescribers, social workers, health coaches, drugs worker etc.
We have a large supportive nursing team of 40, managed by three Nurse Managers and a Nurse Partner. Brownlow prides itself in being an exceptional employer. We have a dedicated ‘staff wellbeing team and offer numerous staff benefits and incentives including paid study leave and generous allowance.
Preference is for this to be a full time position but part time can be considered and after an induction period some remote working can also be considered.
Salary and Annual leave is in line with Agenda for Change.
For more information please contact: Denise Wilson (Nurse Partner) denise.wilson@livgp.nhs.uk
Date posted
28 March 2022
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£40,057 to £53,218 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
A1812-22-8395
Job locations
Brownlow Health @ Pembroke Place
70 Pembroke Place
Liverpool
Merseyside
L69 3GF
Employer details
Employer name
Brownlow Group Practice
Address
Brownlow Health @ Pembroke Place
70 Pembroke Place
Liverpool
Merseyside
L69 3GF
Employer's website
For questions about the job, contact:
Denise Wilson (Nurse Partner)
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