Oxygen nurse or therapist

Overview

JP Medicals Recruitment a leading NHS healthcare recruitment agency is currently recruiting a dedicated Oxygen nurse or therapist HCPC registration to work in regular and flexible shifts at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Enjoy working with a leading recruitment agency with exclusive benefits competitive pay and topclass customer service.

Job Description

• To ensure provision of holistic and rapid assessment of patients referred in line with the
  
  department s targets.
  
• To perform capillary blood gas analysis in clinic and in the patients home needs to be able
  
  to undertake the task and interpret the results to initiate titrate or remove home oxygen
  
  therapy.
  
• To understand the rationale for home oxygen therapy and be able to communicate
  
  this to patients carers and other health care professionals.
  
• To provide supervision delegation and support to the home oxygen service Technical
  
  officer and admin staff.
  
• To offer support advice and liaise with other health care professionals regarding patients
  
  care.
  
• To refer patients into other tertiary services and to consultants as appropriate
  
• Ensure that clinical assessments planning and evaluation of care comply with the alliance
  
  and departmental clinical standards.
  
• Provide education to patients families and carers about their illness and appropriate
  
  oxygen use to improve their quality of life and assist them in the selfmanagement of their
  
  condition.
  

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Benefits