Specialist Respiratory Nurse/Physiotherapist

Work within the Southwest Hampshire locality, and when required provide cross cover to the mid and north Hampshire localities to maintain service delivery across the region.

Build strong working relationships with acute Trust partners, particularly respiratory consultants.

Plan, deliver and support education sessions for patients and professionals.

Assess, plan and deliver evidence based care for respiratory patients, following current best practice guidance.

Provide a range of interventions including self management support, medicines management, chest clearance, breathlessness management, oxygen assessment and prescribing, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and end of life care.

Manage own clinical workload, delivering both individual and group interventions.

Contribute to service development, promoting multidisciplinary and evidence based practice.

Work with external services to provide holistic patient management.

Supervise junior staff and students.

Liaise with primary care, community teams and third sector partners to ensure seamless patient care.

Support the evaluation and procurement of medical equipment used by the service.

Work with respiratory related charities to promote awareness and understanding of respiratory conditions.

Contribute to the development and review of service policies and protocols.

Collect and present data to demonstrate service impact and inform future developments.

Support research, quality improvement and the annual audit programme.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

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