Clinical Nurse Specialist - Adult Integrated Respiratory Team (AIR)

What's special about this opportunity? Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing. We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having a 'Outstanding' rating overall, having being an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'There was a clear vision, underpinned by a set of values that were well understood by staff across the trust.' Working in a passionate team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel. We are pioneers in compassionate leadership and Quality Improvement, which is about creating a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most. Join an exceptional, award winning Adult Integrated Respiratory (AIR) Team in East Berkshire. Finalist in Nursing Times Award 2018, Innovative Team Award (Frimley Park Foundation Trust) and headed up by a Consultant Nurse (awarded Respiratory Nurse Leader by ARNS, 2018). The specialist respiratory service is delivered at home, community and in hospital settings for patients with various long term respiratory conditions. The emphasis of our work is to provide intelligent compassionate care to patients and their family through pulmonary rehabilitation, admission avoidance, supported discharge from hospital, oxygen service, psychological therapies, and palliative care. We work closely with Primary and voluntary care providers. In response to our proven success the AIR Service is expanding significantly. With us you can be assured of an excellent learning environment with great opportunities for personal, professional and respiratory specialist development. Supernumerary induction, support in achieving specialist respiratory competencies, weekly teaching sessions and multi-disciplinary group clinical supervision are key features experienced by members of the AIR team. About you: Are you passionate about the care you provide patients and their family? Are you highly motivated to make a difference for people with long term respiratory disease? Are you committed to your ongoing professional development? Do you have the tenacity to be influential and responsive to change, to meet future service development? Do you want to join a team who are dedicated to providing a seamless, multidisciplinary patient-centred service? What's next? If your interest has been awakened, we welcome you to make contact with us to find out more. For an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Consultant Nurse Joanne King, at King Edward V11 Hospital, Windsor. Telephone 01753 636796 / 07917093468 In addition to a competitive salary, as a valued member of our team, you will receive generous annual leave, have access to a car salary sacrifice scheme (available to all permanent staff over the age of 21), as a respected member of the NHS, discounts from high street retailers and restaurants. We'd love to welcome you to our warm, friendly team, who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions. Employment Type: FULL_TIME