Job summary
An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for the next 12 months to work with the home mechanical ventilation outreach team at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
Due to maternity leave we have two 12 month fixed term contracts for:
- Band 7 1.0 WTE
- Band 7 0.6 WTE
Both fixed term contracts are offered to nurses or physiotherapists as a secondment or for someone who would like to gain valuable experience working with a specialist home ventilation team in the community within a world renown tertiary referral centre at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
Main duties of the job
To provide advanced assessment and appropriate prescription domiciliary ventilation for patients in other hospitals and in the community. To support development of this service along with other members of the multidisciplinary team and senior physiotherapists.
To support the work and collaboration between hospital and the community in providing integrated holistic respiratory care. This may include providing community patient education and training.
Our philosophy is to enable patient to live a life of quality withing the community.
The successful candidates will have:
- Experience working within critical care OR a respiratory ward which delivers non invasive ventilation
- Currently a Band 6 or above
- Has a degree relevant to their profession or similar
- Has a full UK driving licence
About us
Royal Brompton & Harefield hospital have recently become a clinical group of Guys and St Thomas's NHS Trust and form the largest post-graduate specialist heart and lung centre in the UK. We are two specialist hospitals which are known throughout the world for our expertise, standard of care and research success.
We are now working in partnership with Lane Fox Respiratory Unit at St Thomas's hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibility for daily management of complex Respiratory Ventilation Service. This will include:
- Domiciliary NIV Setup
- Community based OP clinics
- Weaning support from long term invasive ventilation in external hospitals, community and long term care facilities
- Support/ advice for discharge of complex patients back into community
- Rapid response and troubleshooting for complex patients at home and in the community
- Managing Outreach referrals and database
- Support of the MDT
- To contribute to the strategic direction of the home Ventilation service
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibility for daily management of complex Respiratory Ventilation Service. This will include:
- Domiciliary NIV Setup
- Community based OP clinics
- Weaning support from long term invasive ventilation in external hospitals, community and long term care facilities
- Support/ advice for discharge of complex patients back into community
- Rapid response and troubleshooting for complex patients at home and in the community
- Managing Outreach referrals and database
- Support of the MDT
- To contribute to the strategic direction of the home Ventilation service
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and practical experience of respiratory physiological tests and ventilatory support (invasive and non invasive) procedures and techniques
- A minimum of three years experience as a Senior Clinician in critical care or respiratory department managing NIV CPAP, tracheosotmies and weaning patients.
- Knowledge of current national, professional and NHS guidelines
Desirable
- Good understanding and experience of respiratory physiology and anatomy.
- Reliable professional history
skills
Essential
- Familiarity with respiratory equipment and can troubleshoot
- Strong communication skills
- Work as part of a team and or alone unsupervised
- Good computer literacy ( especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint )
- Good teaching and training practices.
Knowledge
Essential
- BSc. in clinical specialty Registration with The Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC) Or other Profesional Body Critical Care course OR Respiratory Care course
- Knowledge of current national, professional and NHS guidelines
Desirable
- MA/ MSc. e.g critical care, respiratory care, medical humanities
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and practical experience of respiratory physiological tests and ventilatory support (invasive and non invasive) procedures and techniques
- A minimum of three years experience as a Senior Clinician in critical care or respiratory department managing NIV CPAP, tracheosotmies and weaning patients.
- Knowledge of current national, professional and NHS guidelines
Desirable
- Good understanding and experience of respiratory physiology and anatomy.
- Reliable professional history
skills
Essential
- Familiarity with respiratory equipment and can troubleshoot
- Strong communication skills
- Work as part of a team and or alone unsupervised
- Good computer literacy ( especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint )
- Good teaching and training practices.
Knowledge
Essential
- BSc. in clinical specialty Registration with The Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC) Or other Profesional Body Critical Care course OR Respiratory Care course
- Knowledge of current national, professional and NHS guidelines
Desirable
- MA/ MSc. e.g critical care, respiratory care, medical humanities
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
