Oxygen Care Coordinator - St Helens, United Kingdom - Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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St Helens, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

This exciting opportunity will include working within a speciality team to manage patient prescribed Domiciliary Oxygen, to be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the service and data management of the St Helens Oxygen Service.

The post holder will be proficient and competent to work across professional disciplines, referring clients for assessment and treatment or to other agencies as required.

To monitor and instigate reviews which will be both carried out virtually in the office and in the patient's homes to ensure all patients receive appointments in a timely fashion as required.

The post holder must have key computer skills including the ability to use excel spreadsheets to interrogate oxygen data, raising invoice queries to generate refunds and to plan nursing colleagues' workload.

It is essential that the post holder exercise initiative commensurate with the role and that confidentiality is always maintained.

The care coordinator will assist in the identification of health needs and participate in the delivery of St Helens Home Oxygen Service (HOS-AR) under the supervision of a Registered Practitioner.

Supervision may be direct/indirect depending upon competency/complexity of work.

The post holder will continue to develop and undertake a range of delegated nursing tasks across primary and secondary care and will report to the Specialist Nurse.

An Enhanced DBS Certificate with the checking of Adults' Barred Lists is required for this post.

Will be the first point of contact for all Domiciliary Oxygen Service queries from patients, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Oxygen providers and staff within Primary and Secondary care

Responsible for supporting the operational and administrative functioning of the Home Oxygen Service under the support of the Oxygen Team Leader

The post holder will be responsible for referral management and will be able to demonstrate their professional skills and competence in leadership, planning and coordination.

Accountable for reviewing whether a referral to the service meets the established referral criteria and is compliant with referral guidelines.

Responsible for ensuring appropriate information is readily available to members within the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and that this information is regularly updated.

Heavily support the discharge process of Oxygen patients by working collaboratively with Respiratory Nurses across primary and secondary care, oxygen providers and the Medicines Management Team.

Responsible for ensuring appropriate information is readily available to members within the multidisciplinary team and that this information is regularly updated.

Please see below and attached Job Description to see additional key duties

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1 st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate

SAFETY that is of the highest standards

COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful

SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable

PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.

Key Duties Continued

Liaise closely with MDT team members involved with the Oxygen Service and related departments and will provide admin support for the Oxygen Service.

Responsible for arranging the maintenance and timely service of oxygen equipment.

Liaise with clinicians, Oxygen Nurse Team Leader, and Respiratory Nurse Specialist regarding coordinating oxygen assessments across primary and secondary care and clinic administration.

Work collaboratively with health professionals and other agencies to ensure patient needs are met and devise an individual plan for discharge planning -from admission to discharge.

This will also involve working with other members of the MDT group i.e. General Practitioners, Community Matrons, Palliative