Senior Nurse inColchester inColchester PUBLISHED MON 23 DEC 2024

Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata PERMANENT GOOD SALARY

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust rtJAvqDD

The role of Senior Nurse with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Colchester involves working within the Community Respiratory Service, focusing on providing care for patients with chronic respiratory conditions through pulmonary rehabilitation classes, home visits, and liaising with other healthcare professionals. Candidates should have community or respiratory experience, a background as a band 5 or 6 nurse, and possess strong engagement and motivational skills to support patients in overcoming barriers to treatment. A driving license and access to a car are essential due to the community-based nature of the role.

The position requires the ability to work autonomously during home visits, particularly on weekends, while also being part of a passionate team committed to delivering high-quality community care. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, care planning, and education for respiratory management, following the guidelines from the British Thoracic Society. The service currently operates from 9 am to 5 pm, with the potential for evening shifts to accommodate the growing needs of the local population, ensuring proactive planning for staffing requirements.

Are you a band 6 Physiotherapist/Nurse or band 5 looking for the next step in your career? Do you have community or respiratory experience? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our service in North East Essex.The Community Respiratory Service is an integrated team of physiotherapists, nurses & support staff who deliver pulmonary rehabilitation, COPD optimisation, respiratory virtual ward, home oxygen & respiratory physiotherapy for people out of hospital. That may be in clinics, community venues or people's homes.You would be working with a team who are passionate about delivering community care to patients living with chronic respiratory conditions. The team work closely to support each other, problem solve with our complex patients, work closely with our colleagues in Consultant lead palliative care.Due to the nature of community work & the community locations for our clinics, a driving licence & access to a car are essential.This is an exciting time for the service as we review & improve it to meet the standards for pulmonary rehab accreditation & increase uptake on our virtual wards.For more information contact Anbu Jayakumaran or

This post will primarily focus on pulmonary rehabilitation classes which are provided in a range of venues across North East Essex, however due to the overall aims of the team & to support effective team working, you may be asked to carry out home visits to patients for assessment/review within your scope of skills. You should have skills in engaging with people & putting them at ease & motivational skills. At times this requires a problem solving/asset based approach to help people overcome barriers to pulmonary rehabilitation. You should have a good grasp of the principles of pulmonary rehabilitation be familiar with & able to discuss how to apply, the British Thoracic society guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation.

You will complete assessment, care planning, education, interventions to support respiratory management & liaison with other healthcare professionals. You need to be able to work as an autonomous practitioner as on home visits & at weekends you will be a lone worker. However, there is support available from team & division colleagues when needed.

Currently the service runs 9am-5pm but due to expanding our pulmonary rehabilitation offer to meet the needs of the local population, please be aware that there may be requirement to work evenings (anticipated to finish before 8pm) during the length of this contract. We roster ahead so this will be planned.

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Senior Nurse inColchester inColchester PUBLISHED MON 23 DEC 2024

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About us For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

About us
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.