Lead Nurse for the Asthma and Allergy Service

Job overview

A new position has arisen within the Respiratory department at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital for a full time AA & ILD Lead Nurse. This post combines the delivery of clinical care within the Allergy service and the Severe Ashma service -both NHSE nationally commissioned services, with leadership of the CNS Team. The postholder should be highly specialised in either Allergy, or Asthma and dual specialisation is not required. The clinical aspect of the role will be tailored to their needs.

Barts Allergy Centre provides regional tertiary–care services including: day case food and drug allergen challenge testing service and out-patient allergen desensitisation treatments including sub-cutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) and sub-lingual immunotherapy (SLIT). A joint nasal allergy clinic with ENT is also held monthly at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital for the most complex patients. Specialist dietitian lists with participation in food challenges; dedicated specialised Pharmacist clinics leading the SLIT pathway; and close working with Immunology, Paediatric Allergy & Dermatology are all features of our service. A multi-disciplinary team meeting occurs weekly.

Main duties of the job

The Barts Severe Asthma Service is one of three regional units (Hubs) within London . In north central and north east London, severe asthma care is provided through a Hub-and-Spoke network (North Central and East London Severe Asthma Service) of which Bart’s Hospital as the commissioned centre is the Hub. We provide expert coordinated care for patients in the region with difficult to control asthma, with detailed patient assessments leading to targeted specialist therapies to improve asthma control for our patients. We have a large MDT also including: speech & language therapist, ENT surgeon, dietitian, physiotherapist and psychologist.

The post-holder would provide leadership and vision to develop the current nurse-led services, with the aim of future expansion in nurse-led clinics for specific groups of patients within Allergy and Severe Asthma ,allowing CNS-led care s autonomously within the relevant multidisciplinary team(s).

They would work in partnership with the Consultants and multi-disciplinary team to build evidence- based pathways. Within this their role will include extending scope of nursing practice and developing an expert level of professional autonomy and accountability in the provision of such care.

They would also provide governance in monitoring the quality of nurse-led care, provide mentorship for the nursing team, as well as leadership in quality improvement projects.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.