CNS Within The Sleep Service

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Sleep Service for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our specialist multidisciplinary team.

In this role, you will play a key part in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care for individuals with a range of sleep and respiratory disorders. You will be responsible for undertaking new patient assessments, facilitating and conducting sleep studies, and interpreting diagnostic results. A core component of the role involves initiating appropriate treatment and providing ongoing follow-up and long-term management for patients with sleep disordered breathing, ensuring continuity of care and optimal patient outcomes.

The post also includes a significant responsibility for the management of Home Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) patients. This will involve initiating ventilation, providing comprehensive patient education, monitoring treatment effectiveness, and delivering regular long-term follow-up to support adherence and optimise therapy.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills within a dynamic and supportive service, while making a meaningful difference to the lives of patients living with chronic sleep and respiratory conditions.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake comprehensive new patient assessments for individuals referred to the Sleep Service with suspected sleep and respiratory disorders.
• Facilitate, perform, and support sleep studies, ensuring patients are appropriately prepared and informed.
• Interpret sleep study diagnostic results in line with agreed protocols and contribute to clinical decision-making within the multidisciplinary team.
• Initiate and implement treatment plans for patients with sleep disordered breathing, in accordance with evidence-based guidelines.
• Provide ongoing follow-up and long-term management of patients, monitoring treatment effectiveness and adjusting care plans as required.
• Play a key role in the management of Home Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) patients, including initiation of ventilation and therapy set-up.
• Deliver patient education and support to promote understanding, adherence, and self-management of sleep and ventilation therapies.
• Monitor and review the effectiveness of NIV therapy, identifying and addressing issues related to compliance or clinical deterioration.
• Ensure continuity of care through regular review and long-term follow-up, liaising with the wider MDT and external services as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation and contribute to service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective, and patient-centred care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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