Children's Asthma

2 weeks ago

Ipswich Suffolk, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Band 7 fixed term / secondment contracts until 01.11.2025 to deliver the health inequalities children and young people asthma management project.

We are looking for skilled and motivated professionals who can be flexible practitioners within the community setting, a good team player and be able to develop collaborative working relationships with other healthcare professionals, services and agencies.

You will also liaise closely with a broad range of disciplines and agencies, including Education, social services, voluntary agencies and primary and secondary care.

Clinical supervision and a supported induction is provided.

We have two posts one in Colchester and one in Ipswich, please be aware some cross sites work is required.

Main duties of the job

You will sit within children's services with responsibility for the delivery of the Asthma in C& YP project as part of the Trust's Inequalities Programme.

They will have direct clinical involvement and knowledge of paediatric asthma.

Youwill be responsible for ensuring schools, GP Surgeries and potentially pharmacies in these areas are supported with achieving the asthma kite mark standards.

You will be expected to assist primary and secondary care with referrals of children with poor asthma control, to improve asthma morbidity and non-elective attendances to primary and secondary care. You will be based at either acute site setting, or potentially work from community settings accordingly.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and responsibilities of this role, please see attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential


  • Nursing including acute paediatric settings
  • General Paediatric experience

Desirable


  • Community Experience
  • Has run nurse-led asthma clinics
  • School Liaison experience

Qualifications

Essential


  • Registration/RSCN/RN Child
  • Diploma in Asthma Care and/or Paediatric Respiratory Care
  • Independent non-medical prescriber training
  • Degree

Desirable


  • Evidence of further professional development
  • School nursing qualification
  • Paediatric Asthma short course
  • Advanced assessment skills

Knowledge

Essential


  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Models excellent clinical skills and knowledge i.e.
  • Leadership skills
  • Awareness of professional nursing issues/quality
  • Commitment to research based practice and evidence based care
  • Clear understanding of child protection issues

Desirable


  • Participated in audits
  • Be aware of research and willing to participate in same
  • Knowledge/evidence of participation in service development or change management

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich/Colchester Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

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