Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated Pleural Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our existing respiratory pleural nursing team on a fixed term contract at Arrowe Park Hospital.
Our specialist nurses are highly valued members of the multidisciplinary team and are integral to the specialist care of Respiratory patients referred to the service.
We are looking for an individual to join the team who is passionate about delivering excellence in patient care and someone with the ability to help develop a service fit for the 21st century. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate extended clinical skills within the speciality of respiratory medicine.
Main duties of the job
Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist position available with WUTH.
About us
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the Northwest of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high-quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider Northwest footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide, and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you ready for a new challenge within a well-established respiratory team dedicated to providing excellence in respiratory clinical care?
Are you an enthusiastic nurse with evidence of prior respiratory experience? Could you work collaboratively within the wider multidisciplinary respiratory team, across both hospital and community settings?
Do you have excellent communication and IT skills and can you demonstrate a desire to develop the skills and knowledge required to manage and educate patients with a spectrum of complex respiratory disease?
If the answer is yes, we would really welcome your application.
Kate Jones - Respiratory Nurse Consultant kate.jones1@nhs.net
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Pleural Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist position available at WUTH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you ready for a new challenge within a well-established respiratory team dedicated to providing excellence in respiratory clinical care?
Are you an enthusiastic nurse with evidence of prior respiratory experience? Could you work collaboratively within the wider multidisciplinary respiratory team, across both hospital and community settings?
Do you have excellent communication and IT skills and can you demonstrate a desire to develop the skills and knowledge required to manage and educate patients with a spectrum of complex respiratory disease?
If the answer is yes, we would really welcome your application.
Kate Jones - Respiratory Nurse Consultant kate.jones1@nhs.net
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Pleural Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist position available at WUTH.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Experience in clinically managing pleural related conditions
Desirable
- Independent non-medical prescriber
- Hospital and community experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Degree level education relevant to field or study.
- Post graduate qualification of study in speciality.
- National and local audit skills.
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Qualification in clinical examination and diagnostics.
- Master's level education.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Committed to multidisciplinary working and service development.
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- Significant experience at Senior Level.
- Politically aware of National Guidance and other local and National issues relating to speciality.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable experience and expertise with chronic respiratory disease across disease trajectory.
Desirable
- Writing protocols, guidelines and patient information leaflets.
- Research skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to facilitate and implement change.
- Effective time management skills.
- Skilled to work across professional boundaries.
Desirable
- Record of achievement in care service delivery and change management process.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Experience in clinically managing pleural related conditions
Desirable
- Independent non-medical prescriber
- Hospital and community experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Degree level education relevant to field or study.
- Post graduate qualification of study in speciality.
- National and local audit skills.
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Qualification in clinical examination and diagnostics.
- Master's level education.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Committed to multidisciplinary working and service development.
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- Significant experience at Senior Level.
- Politically aware of National Guidance and other local and National issues relating to speciality.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable experience and expertise with chronic respiratory disease across disease trajectory.
Desirable
- Writing protocols, guidelines and patient information leaflets.
- Research skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to facilitate and implement change.
- Effective time management skills.
- Skilled to work across professional boundaries.
Desirable
- Record of achievement in care service delivery and change management process.
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).
