Spirometry Service Nurse

3 months ago

South Shields, United Kingdom South Tyneside Health Collaboration Full time

Main Responsibilities To be responsible and accountable for the safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care for all patients. To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code. Directly responsible for ensuring that clinical, professional and cleanliness standards are maintained To ensure effective communication internally and externally, regarding patient care and resources To ensure that agreed quality standards are set and continually monitored. Lead, educate and encourage patients in required test techniques, explaining the need for full co-operation and maximum effort in performing Lung Function tests by demonstrating the same physical effort and enthusiasm.

Obtain reproducible and clinically meaningful results, acknowledging when to reject poor measurements and technical errors to gain the best and most accurate results. To put patients at ease and minimise their distress by adapting language/behaviour/procedures to suit the patient, particular needs regarding ethnicity, mental or physical disabilities. Communications and Relationships Greet and receive patients, carers, and other visitors to the department in a courteous and compassionate manner, acting as a contact point for patients and carers so that they are informed and provided with help appropriate to their needs. Ensure professional, effective, and honest communication with staff, patients, relatives and carers of all cultures and backgrounds taking into consideration level of understanding to ensure individualised patient focused care.

Address any issues regarding care/concerns raised by patients and families as they occur and escalate concerns you are unable to resolve to the most appropriate person. Encourage relatives/carers to take an active interest in the welfare and care of the patient, promoting self-care where possible. Ensure all documentation and record keeping is accurate, legible, and completed in a timely manner, in accordance with NMC Code and local policy. Raise concerns regarding quality and patient safety to appropriate members of the organisation.

Demonstrate a proactive attitude to developing own and others practice, providing both formal and informal teaching. Communicate with and manage staff where their performance is detrimental to patient experience and safety. Have courage to raise concerns regarding quality and patient safety. Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience Essential Experience in the performing and interpretation of spirometry.

Experience and evidence of working with spirometry results. Experience of working towards ARTP standards. Current NMC Registration (Level 1 adult nurse). Must be willing to train and work towards ARTP accreditation.

Must be authorised to work in the UK. Level 3 safeguarding of adults and children. Special interest in respiratory disease. Evidence of innovation in practice.

Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive, or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassurance skills are required. Able to work without supervision. Competent in the use of IT packages. Proven interpersonal skills.

Evidence of competency in relation to nursing practices appropriate to the post. Desirable Trained and accredited to ARTP standards. Experience of EMIS clinical IT system. Evidence of any short course in interpretation of spirometry Experience and evidence of a special interest in respiratory disease within primary care.

Post-graduation certificates relating to asthma or COPD. Experience or evidence of working with FeNO testing. Experience of working as a Practice Nurse in Primary Care Clinical teaching experience. The post may involve regular travel locally and may require some evening or weekend working.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be asked to carry out other duties which are appropriate to the grade and skills of the post due to a change in priorities of the organisation. Confidentiality In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to a member practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of member practices may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Company's policies and procedures, and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health & Safety The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in STHC's Health & Safety Policy to include: Identifying the risk involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks. Using appropriate infection control procedures maintaining work ar

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