Respiratory Nurse

InHealth Intelligence (Health Intelligence)

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Job summary

This role will be fundamental to the delivery and running of a high quality and effective Targeted Lung Health Check service which will identify asymptomatic people, providing early diagnosis of both lung cancer and other lung diseases.

The overall purpose of the Lung Cancer Screening Programme is to enable the early detection of lung cancer to save lives. The targeted lung health check (TLHC) has been implemented throughout the UK in areas identified with high disease prevalence where significant impact can be made from the recognition of early-stage lung cancer & offering curative treatment.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will help to ensure that the services we provide to our patients are of the highest possible standard. Delivering TLHC appointments to patients both virtually and face to face. You will very much be at the forefront of this exciting, important new programme.

Most of our established current programmes cover a large regional and geographical area so candidates must be prepared and willing to travel to all agreed mobile clinics for their area. More information can be provided on this at interview. Our nursing team provides a 7-day service with bank holiday working included across all programmes. Candidates must be adaptable around mobile working, locations of clinics and willing to work 12-hour shift patterns as our standard working pattern.

About us

nHealth is the UKs largest specialist provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions. Our aim is to make healthcare better for patients by working collaboratively with the NHS to deliver a range of high-quality tests, scans, assessments and procedures. In the last year, we have supported more than 4 million people in their healthcare journeys, the majority of these are NHS patients and service users.

As a people-focused organisation, our teams are integral in how we deliver our services and our values of Trust, Passion, Care and Fresh Thinking underpin everything we do, influencing the way we interact with patients, customers, and colleagues.

Our mission is to be the preferred provider of high-quality diagnostics and healthcare solutions in hospitals and in accessible community settings, serving 5 million patients from 1,000 locations by 2025.

At InHealth intelligence, our whole focus is on supporting patients to receive the earliest possible diagnosis in their healthcare journey. We are proud to be working with the NHS, across the UK, to deliver a brand-new programme of Targeted Lung Health Checks (TLHC), inviting patients to appointments in facilities close to home, carrying out detailed lung screening and generating onward referrals as required.

Date posted

25 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£34,000 to £40,000 a year + £4200 Car Allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0065-2024WestLondon

Job locations

Ikea

Volta Way

Croydon

CR0 4UZ

Boots The Chemists Ltd

1000 Greenford Road

Greenford

UB6 0UW

Boots The Chemists Ltd

Wood Street

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey

KT1 1TP

Asda Stores Ltd

67 High Street

Enfield

Middlesex

EN3 4EF

Trident Point

19 Pinner Rd

Harrow

HA1 4BB

Job description

Job responsibilities

What you will do:

Deliver TLHC lung health clinics to patients both virtually and face to face generating onward referrals to low-dose CT for high-risk patients.

Ensure that that the services we provide to our patients are of the highest possible standard to make healthcare better for our patients.

Assist and support the TLHC Team to deliver an effective and seamless service to participants who are invited for a lung health check and build In Healths reputation in this area.

Be a patient facing ambassador for the TLHC programmes, providing high quality services and excellent patient centred care.

Demonstrate specialist knowledge and assessment skills of respiratory assessment and deliver health promotion and preventative care strategies to patients during the lung health check.

Undertake all mandatory and desired training essential for role and development.

Understand the TLHC pathway from the patients perspective to ensure services are joined up by working collaboratively with the Team Lead to develop the service to provide seamless care.

Be a highly visible clinical role model to junior staff and provide a positive learning environment actively mentoring and working alongside staff in clinical practice.

Assist Team Lead with the advice needed to reduce and report risks.

Work to all policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in place and actively contribute to share insight and ideas for service development to improve the patient pathway and ongoing development and implementation of established and new policies as the service evolves.

What you will be responsible for:

The below indicates the main competencies required of the post which may be reviewed in light of the experience and developments within the service.

Provide virtual and face to face nurse led TLHC clinics; assessing patients against set risk criteria and referring on to Low-Dose CT as required for patients assessed as high risk.

Demonstrate and deliver excellent nursing skills in respiratory assessment and provide smoking cessation nursing advice delivered as part of the lung health check.

Ability to provide health promotion integral to the delivery of lung health checks.

Identify and act accordingly to raise any potential safeguarding concerns.

Identify and act accordingly to manage any patients presenting with red flags or potential medical emergencies.

Maintain IRMER accreditation which will be provided during induction (to refer to Low-Dose CT)

Where your role requires it, to attain and maintain ARTP accreditation level (to provide spirometry).

Work autonomously engaging with the wider TLHC teams as needed in the pathway.

Support the Team Lead with all essential clinical administration duties relevant to support the role and effective running of the programme.

Engage in audit and/or information collection where required. Undertake any other duties which are deemed appropriate to the job role when requested by senior staff and utilise Policies, Procedures and Guidelines; actively supporting the team lead in contributing to their ongoing development and improvement.