Airways/Interstitial Lung Disease Clinical Nurse Specialist

at  Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Airways/Interstitial lung disease CNS
Location: 1 WTE in Basingstoke and 1 WTE in Winchester
We are looking for a motivated band 6 nurse to join our established Airways respiratory specialist team.
Do you have respiratory experience? If yes, then this is an ideal opportunity for someone who is seeking to broaden their range of skills and knowledge in specialist respiratory care focusing on Interstitial Lung disease (ILD), Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
You will be acting as an autonomous practitioner with the support of the Airways/ILD Lead. As an Airways/ILD specialist you will support both in patients and outpatients through their patient journey offering information, education, and psychological support. You will play a key role in promoting tobacco dependency services across the trust alongside our dedicated tobacco dependency advisors.
You will be their main point of contact, signposting to other services and liaising with other HCP’s as necessary. You will need to display excellent communication skills and offer care in a kind and compassionate manner. This post will offer you the support of a patient focused friendly team who will encourage and support you to develop your knowledge and skills in this role.
This position is full time, but part hours will be considered for the right candidate. If you are interested in joining the team, we would be keen to hear from you.
You would be most welcome for an informal visit. Please contact Kelly Younger (RHCH) on 01962 825574, kelly.younger@hhft.nhs.uk or Linda Chu (BNHH) on 01256 314781, linda.chu@hhft.nhs.uk to arrange this.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached

Please refer the Job description for details