Clinical Lead Respiratory Nurse Specialist in Huddersfield

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to join our Community Respiratory Service as Clinical Lead Respiratory Nurse Specialist based at Fartown Health Centre. Our Community Respiratory Team delivers a community nursing service, Hospital at Home and pulmonary rehabilitation to individuals with chronic lung disease within the Greater Huddersfield area. The team comprises experienced Specialist Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapist, Exercise Physiologist and Health Care Assistants.

The successful candidate will have an extensive respiratory background and be passionate about leading high standards of care and management for patients diagnosed with chronic respiratory conditions. You will provide clinical leadership to the nurses of our Locala Respiratory Specialist team to deliver tailored education for the development of self-management skills for patients and their carers. You will also provide management for the avoidance of unplanned and unnecessary hospital admissions as well as using skills to provide specialist respiratory assessment of patients as part of Hospital at Home supporting hospital discharges. The role will include leading the development of services and delivery of high quality nursing interventions.

Key elements of the role will include:

• Providing clinical leadership to the nursing team, delivering interventions to avoid unplanned and unnecessary hospital admissions for patients with a respiratory condition
• Providing clinical leadership into the delivery of Hospital at Home for patients with chronic respiratory conditions
• Ensuring high quality, evidence based nursing input for the patients with Chronic Lung Conditions in Greater Huddersfield
• Working alongside the Clinical Lead Band 7 Physiotherapist in delivering high quality care within the Community Respiratory service and the Pulmonary Rehabilitation service

This role is not applicable for sponsorship and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. Please note this position is subject to a DBS check.

About us: Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos. Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues' lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups. Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Benefits: Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:

• Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension - We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme - If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.