Full-Time Respiratory Nurse
Job Description
Respiratory Nurse (Band 6)
Xyla Elective Care (part of Acacium Group)
Permanent, Full Time (Monday – Friday, Between the hours of 8am and 6pm)
Homebased with occasional travel when required
Salary – £38,000-40,000pa
Unlock your potential
We have an exciting opportunity for a brand new role in our service to join our team as a Respiratory Nurse, where you will have the opportunity to contribute to delivering high quality clinical care to patients within the service by leading on defined aspects of care.
As a Respiratory Nurse in our service, you will work closely with the Clinical Services Manager to ensure that the service is safe, effective, and well-led to
ensure the delivery of a seamless service to our patients. This is a truly exciting opportunity where you will liaise with other hospital and community teams along a pathway to support the delivery of patient and family centered seamless care, as well as providing advice and education to patients, their carers, and other health care professionals. This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate, forward thinking nurse looking to take the next step in their career!
The Lung Health Nursing team are committed to comprehensively completing the Lung Health Check programme as per the standards of the National Protocol. Depending on the programme location and the individual contract requirements, this could include face to face patient reviews, which may include spirometry and other respiratory testing.
Part of Acacium Group, Xyla Elective Care are delivery partners to the NHS. We provide outpatient, diagnostic and surgical services in acute hospitals as well as a full suite of virtual services 7-days per week. Our virtual hospital service is growing and consists of outpatient, wards, diagnostics, and therapy services and builds on our 20 years of experience in delivering technology-enabled managed services. Robust governance, large workforce and technology create a suite of services that positively impact healthcare experiences and patient outcomes.
Everyday you will…
- Be a defined point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care, provide clinical care and specialist nursing advice
- Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making
- Complete the LHC via telephone in line with the LHC(Lung Health Checks) Telephone Standard Operating Procedure undertaking LHC risk scores, and reviewing the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the programme with the patient.
- Deliver expert nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working with nursing/multidisciplinary teams.
- Lead and facilitate the planning, implementation and evaluation of appropriate patient focused care and treatment, in line with local and national respiratory protocols and ensuring evidence-based practice.
- Work closely with clinical and management teams in the delivery of key objectives
What’s in it for you?
- Dedication to developing you and your career- we can give you the tools, guidance and support you need to be successful in your career
- Unrivalled career opportunities that come from being part of a global group made up of over 20 healthcare, staffing and life sciences businesses
- Opportunities to enhance your experience and skillset by moving across the global organisation
- Workplace pension scheme
- Gym flex
- Reward Portal, offering discounts on shops, restaurants, bars and cinemas
- Free flu vaccinations
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Health Assessments and Dental Insurance
- Life Assurance, Critical Illness Cover and Private Medical Insurance
- Annual parties and an annual company holiday for top performers
Join us and make a difference!
If you want to join a global, marketing-leading organisation who are committed to the human side of business, then look no further. Acacium Group is a global healthcare solutions partner offering staffing, managed services and innovative delivery models to health and social care systems and the life sciences industry. We are a business with scale, leading digital capabilities and a strong financial profile, with a vision to be the leading global healthcare solutions partner.
We are powered by the best people and have an unrivalled and diverse range of capabilities, all while incorporating our company values into everything we do – Putting People First, Always by your Side, Driven by Excellence.
Join us and play a key part of shaping the future of society and improving people’s lives!
To thrive in this role, you must ideally have…
- A valid NMC registration
- Experience working in Spirometry or Respiratory Physiology
- Evidence of being able to work across organisational boundaries and experienced in dealing with Lung Function Sleep/CPAP & Sleep Reporting
- Sound understanding of respiratory nursing standards and key performance indicator
- Strong planning, communication and organisational skills
Our Inclusion Commitment:
We are passionately committed to being a truly inclusive and diverse company- it is at the heart of our core value of Putting People First. We continue to enhance our culture of inclusion and diversity across all of our roles and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.
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