Job Description

This is an exciting CNS role leading the COPD CNS team to manage admission avoidance and home oxygen within our community as a lead nurse role, you will be instrumental in the effective running of the COPD service to improve patient outcomes keeping patients in their own homes positively impact patient outcomes and impact to the in patient beds, both across the trust and primary care.



This lead role is highly impactful and is a key role in ensuring service stakeholders, the post holder will co-ordinate the COPD team to ensure safe management of our Respiratory patients , ensuring the flow of patient care effective between all providers.



This role is suited to an individual who can deliver specialist care, knowledge, advice, information and education to patients, carers, healthcare professionals and relevant others; ensuring individual clinical, psychosocial, and emotional needs are met.



Highly skilled in sensitive and empathic communications, daily interactions across multi disciplinary forums and driving and leading the COPD team with the Respiratory consultant.



To lead the COPD team and service to ensure positive patient outcomes and high numbers of admission avoidance outcomes across the trust and the primary care setting to provide high-quality, cost-effective service using research, audit, and evidence-based practice. To provide specialist care, knowledge, advice, information and education to patients, carers, healthcare professionals and relevant others ensuring individual clinical, psychosocial, and emotional needs are met To participate in service delivery across the trust/primary care ensuring that it meets national recommendations and directives for respiratory patients. Manage the day-to-day delivery of the COPD service and to be a link worker between all stakeholders and provide leadership and management for the COPD service. The post holder will work with the Lead Clinician ensuring Protocols and Quality Standards are maintained

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community



We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.



The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.



Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.



We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.



With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.



We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.



Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?



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