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Salary £38,000 to £43,500 Full time equivalent (dependent on experience and qualifications)
+ Company Car or £450 per month Car Allowance + Bonus
+ excellent benefits package including lunch allowance, RCN and NMC fees paid, private healthcare, contributory pension and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Are you a Practice Nurse looking to specialise in Chronic Respiratory Disease management?
Respiratory Nurse Advisor
Territories
North Wales
East Lancashire
Bedfordshire
Birmingham
Devon/Somerset Border
Gloucestershire/Bristol
North London ( additional London weighting applies)
Shropshire
Slough, Berks & Bucks
Suffolk
West Midlands including Coventry
Hours - Full time or Part time (minimum 4 days per week) Monday to Friday
Our client has a nationwide team of specialist Nurse Advisors with in depth understanding of national COPD and Asthma treatment guidelines who work closely with CCGs and GP Practices to help improve respiratory care in the community. Their Nurses share a passion for respiratory disease and can make a real difference to the patient.
The Nurses become highly qualified disease management experts within asthma & COPD, sharing their knowledge, confidence and experience with patients, PNs, GPs and CCGs.
Field based with potential for some remote working from home, you will work throughout the area running respiratory review projects at GP Practices and Hospitals that have requested support. You will meet with key clinical stakeholders to agree the audit, screening and patient review processes. You will schedule a series of diary dates to ensure you can meet all review objectives including checking the audit, identifying patients to be included, running patient therapy review clinics including spirometry assessment and result interpretation, inhaler technique training and lifestyle counselling, maintaining all documentation, feeding back to the key clinical stakeholders and providing Practice Nurse training and support as required. Follow up visits are also provided to help maintain improved results.
To be considered for these exciting roles you will be a Registered Adult Nurse (RGN) that meets the following criteria;
Level 1 UK Registered Nurse (Adult)
Extensive experience managing Asthma and COPD patients in a primary care setting including spirometry
Asthma, COPD Diploma or ARTP Spirometry is an advantage (opportunities to take these will be given)
Previous or current experience as a Practice or respiratory Nurse
Confident communicator
Current UK Full Driving Licence and willing to travel daily as part of the role.
To find out more please call Karen Hall on 01189 713879 or send your CV to karen.hall@xcellin.co.uk
