Community COPD and Oxygen Nurse Specialist

at  Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Following referral into the service, review patients in the home, community based clinics and other appropriate environments, for example nursing or care homes, hospice. Ensure the appropriate assessment, diagnosis, clinical investigations and initiation of treatment for patients with COPD using protocols and evidence based practice Provide intensive support to patients in the community following discharge from hospital and/or post diagnosis of COPD Provide telephone consultations/triage for patients/carers who have concerns about their treatments and condition. Develop knowledge and skills to initiate and/or carry out specialist investigations/treatment for example capillary blood gas sampling, lung function tests, non-invasive ventilation Work independently across a range of settings (patients homes, nurse led clinics) to deliver patient care. Provide specialist care, working in partnership with patients and their carers/families, to develop intervention plans and to promote self-care, independence and healthy lifestyleswherever possible With the support of the team leader, work innovatively with COPD patients who have frequent ED attendances/hospital admissions.
Compile information and statistics, and work with the COPD MDT to develop innovative and individual strategies to address unmet needs. Work in collaboration with other community services such as Urgent Community response (UCR), Virtual work (VW) and Advanced Clinical Practitioner team (ACP) to support patients in terms of admission avoidance. Assess complex care needs and co-ordinate a team approach to try and address these needs more effectively to support patients remaining in the community environment Provide end of life care for patients as appropriate Liaise with Respiratory Consultants and/or GPwSI for advice as necessary Participate in the delivery of the pulmonary rehabilitation programme if necessary. Ensure all patient records are completed and maintained in line with Trust policy, observing patient confidentiality all the times.
Ensure high quality documentation, maintenance of recordsof care and treatment plans for all patients Uphold the NMC Professional Code of Conduct/HCPC standards at all times to ensure the safety of clients and staff ensuring that NMC/HCPC registration is up to date Act as an Independent Prescriber within the framework identified by the organisation. Optimise medication prescribing eg: bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids combined with long actingbeta agonist, anticholinergics, mucolytics, antibiotics, steroids Deal with complaints in a positive and sensitive way in accordance with Trust policy. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90.
This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13

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