Respiratory Nurse / Lung Health Check Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a great opportunity for someone with experience in Respiratory Nursing. The Clinics are open 7 days a week from 8am-8pm, our Nurses work 3 12 hours shifts per week on a rota basis. The role is a mobile role travelling across multiple sites within the Tees valley paying between £34,000 - £47,000!

At InHealth intelligence (IHI), 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.

There has never been a better time to join the team, with a unique opportunity to build your own work pattern in a way that suits you best.

If you are a Registered Nurse with a background inRespiratory Careand want to provide specialist knowledge & expertise to our patients and their carers, wed love to hear from you.

What we can we offer you

• Competitive salary from £34,000 - £47,000 depending on experience/qualifications
• A company car or car allowance worth up to £4,200
• Benefits that include company pension, staff discounts, cycle to work, 27 days annual leave, welcome bonus & more
• Room to progress within the organisation and the wider InHealth Group, made up of 2,500 members of staff

Who we are looking for

• Registered Nurses (NMC) who have some experience in Respiratory Nursing, with appropriate levels of training and experience and relevant accreditations
• A team player who is supportive, reliable and trustworthy, who gets stuck in and creates a positive atmosphere
• Confident decision makers, with the ability to work on their own initiative
• People who are dedicated to excellent patient care
• ARTP qualification (spirometry) and IRMER referrers certification are both desirable, but not essential

What you will do

• Deliver TLHC appointments to patients and generate onward referrals to low-dose CT for high-risk patients
• Be a patient-facing ambassador for the TLHC programmes, providing high quality services and excellent patient-centred care
• Provide nurse-led TLHC clinics, assessing patients against set risk criteria
• Maintain IRMER accreditation (to refer to low-dose CT)
• Ensure awareness of health and safety and infection control (training will be provided)
• Ensure internal and external quality assurances for the TLHC programmes are complied with and reported on, as required

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - Be a Registered Nurse (NMC)
• - Be a specialist in Respiratory Nursing, with appropriate levels of training and experience and hold relevant accreditations
• - Have evidence of relevant continual professional development
• - Have an understanding of the workings of a National Screening programme, including an awareness of the TLHC programme
• - Provide high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical
• practice and patient care
• - Have excellent communication skills written, verbal and listening
• - Have good IT skills; comfortable on a number of different software packages
• - Be uncompromising on high quality standards
• - Be able to sensitively share data with key stakeholders and offer advice and support
• - Value diversity and difference, operate with integrity and openness
• - Work across boundaries, looking for collective success; listen, involve, respect and learn from the contribution of others
• - Strive to make the services the best in the country and InHealth the number one TLHC service provider

Desirable

• - Working to and interpreting Policies and Guidance, sharing relevant changes as they arise
• - Worling as a Respiratory Nurse
• - Working independently
• - Participating in audit/reporting processes and patient surveys
• - Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

InHealth Intelligence (Health Intelligence)

Address

Asda Stores Ltd

Portrack Lane

Stockton-on-tees

Cleveland

TS18 2PB

Employer's website

https://www.inhealth-intelligence.com/ (Opens in a new tab)