The post holder will undertake a lead clinical role in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating care for children and young people within the Dudley Group NHS Trust paediatric service and clinical diagnostic services. They will be responsible for delivering diagnostic services of spirometry and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) delivering an individualised patient centred and cost-effective service. They will undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. They will provide a supporting role within the wider respiratory team, enabling
optimum care for patients.
The main duties of this role include promoting a positive image of the Trust while adhering to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. The role involves assisting in the development of asthma services across both community and secondary care, coordinating diagnostic services, and delivering Spirometry and FeNO tests for children and young people. It also requires developing patient involvement strategies, auditing service effectiveness, and utilizing IT skills to manage patient records and data. The position involves assessing respiratory patients, making clinical judgments, and recognizing health deterioration. Management duties include overseeing the daily operation of the asthma service in the Matron’s absence, maintaining patient records, ensuring service integration, applying clinical governance, and evaluating practices. The role also includes managing staff, understanding health and safety legislation, managing resources within financial constraints, participating in audits and research, and handling incidents and complaints as per Trust policies. Maintaining professional development and reflective practice is also essential.
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of “excellent health care, improved health for all”. We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.
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Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.
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Principal Duties & Responsibilities
Professional
1. Portray a positive image of the Trust and act in accordance at all times with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and the Scope of Professional Practice.
2. To assist the Matron in the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of an asthma service in both community and secondary care environments.
3. Contribute to the development of respiratory pathways and policies.
4. Co-ordinate the developing diagnostic service, working in partnership with colleagues in primary and secondary care to provide a high standard service consistent with national guidelines and recommendations for best practice.
5. Using clinical skills deliver the Spirometry and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) for children and young people, including reporting to referrers.
6. Develop patient involvement strategies to facilitate an innovative forward-thinking approach, enabling the service to be flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of the CYP.
7. Using available data, audit the effectiveness of the asthma service on patient outcomes, admissions, readmissions, length of stay and primary care consultations
8. Have excellent IT skills. Demonstrate the ability to use electronic patient care systems, national databases, and be able to effectively record patient consultations. Maintain databases, be proficient in the use of excel spreadsheets, Microsoft word, power-point etc.
9. Demonstrate the ability to safely and effectively assess respiratory patients, including severe asthma patients. As an autonomous practitioner, utilise the ability to analyse and interpret clinical information to make an effective clinical judgement regarding a treatment plan.
10.Have excellent awareness of physical health assessment and recognition of a deterioration or abnormal health assessment within sphere of competence.
11.Have a good awareness of treatment options to ensure optimal care, including an awareness and understanding of pharmacokinetics and prescribing issues.
Management
1. Attend service review meetings as required and in the absence of Matron, be responsible
for the day-to day running of the CYP clinical diagnostic asthma service, ensuring that
activities required by DGHNHSFT are undertaken and completed in a timely framework.
2. Maintain accurate, comprehensive patient records in accordance with the Trust/NMC and
data protection act.
3. Ensure the service remains integrated within clinical care pathways.
4. Must demonstrate an excellent understanding of clinical governance and risk management
and can apply to work / clinical situations.
5. Undertake the measurement and evaluation of practice using evidence-based practice,
audit and outcome measures. Make recommendations and implement changes to practice
to improve patient care.
6. Will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills in dealing with patients,
carers and inter-professional colleagues.
7. Demonstrate advanced practice in holistic assessment, planning, implementation and
evaluation of care for children and young people.
8. Participate in managing staff. This will include managing sickness absence, performance
management, annual leave, appraisal, mandatory training, medical device training,
recruitment and selection of new staff.
9. Will have a good awareness of Health and Safety legislation and the implications for
practice.
10.Ensure the resources are managed effectively and be aware of financial constraints.
11.Will have an awareness of audit and research process and be prepared to participate when
required. Possess the ability to evaluate evidence / research relevant to asthma care
12.Manage incidents and complaints as per Trust Policy.
13.Maintain a personal professional profile to demonstrate specialist practice and reflection.
14.Establish and maintain a local and regional network of contacts. Optimise multi-disciplinary
working relationship.
There may also be a requirement to undertake other similar duties as part of this post in order to
provide a quality service. These will be consistent with the level of responsibilities outlined above.
This job description may be reviewed from time to time in light of developments and may be
amended in consultation with the post holder

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