Paediatric Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist

To hold regular nurse-delivered clinics where patient assessments, treatment plans are completed and using their clinical judgement request investigations or make onward referrals.

To develop, implement monitor and review the service against national, network and local asthma audit recommendations and outcomes

To facilitate appropriate education resources with provision at varying levels to meet the needs of different teams (nurses, doctors, health care assistants) and teach and act as a facilitator to other staff.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary teams in hospital and community to ensure continuity of care.

The post holder will utilise skills of clinical expertise, leadership and management to promote a quality service for Children, Young People and their Carers.

The post holder will facilitate and support healthcare teams to implement evidence into practice and will promote/participate in research, audit and education relevant to the speciality.

To act as a key resource and source of specialist support to colleagues across Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Care settings.

To support the Paediatric consultant leads and the cross-site nursing lead supporting safe early discharge of asthma patients by providing, education and supervision and provide domiciliary follow up clinics post discharge (within 4 weeks of discharge) to avoid readmission.

To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients with unstable asthma, changing treatment plan as necessary, including assessment of patients when on an inpatient ward and at post discharge through clinics.

To be skilled in the assessment and basic management of patients with asthma, developing autonomous clinical decision making and prescribing via Patient Group Directions and/or Non-Medical Prescribing.

To support the clinical leads to establish a nursing service within secondary care for newly diagnosed and unstable asthma by receiving direct referrals from A&E, Inpatient wards and GPs/Practice nurses.

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Desirable: - Experience as Band 6/7 Nurse within Respiratory Medicine