Children's Asthma and Atopy Nurse

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1. Clinical
▪ Contribute to the overall aim of reducing emergency department attendances, 
hospital admissions and readmissions and shorten length of stay where appropriate.
▪ With support receive/make referrals from other disciplines 
▪ To support specialist nurse led asthma clinics
▪ Assist nursing colleagues in establishing individualised plans of care for patients’ with 
respiratory and allergic conditions
▪ Ensure up to date asthma care plans are available for school staff to enable them to 
manage children in the school setting.
▪ With support undertake aeroallergen skin prick allergy testing
▪ Collaboratively identify areas of nursing practice developments in specialist area
▪ To carry out home visits and with support plan, implement and evaluate nursing care 
for all patients for whom he/she has continuing responsibility. 
▪ Act in partnership with the child and family when assessing a child’s needs and 
planning care. 
▪ To provide advice contributing to the well-being of the patient and participate in 
health promotion. 
▪ Provide advice, education and training to service users, carers and professionals 
regarding the management and care/support of service users. 
▪ With support empower the child and family to be confident and competent to 
implement their care. Advise on individualised coping strategies and make 
appropriate referrals for other support if needed.
▪ Promote long term concordance with drug regimes. 
▪ Act in a professional manner when dealing with patients and relatives
▪ Ensure medical needs and instructions are carried out in accordance with nursing 
and midwifery council guidelines and ensure accurate record keeping (RIO system 
used for client records). 
▪ Undertake individual risk assessments to support children and families within their 
own homes
▪ Recognise and respond to safeguarding issues as they arise
2. Management and Leadership
High quality care for every patient, every day
• Raise the profile of the Paediatric Atopy service within other locations and with 
other professionals
• Support, enables and develops other staff
• Critically reflect on own performance through clinical supervision and personal 
development programmes
• To be aware of the National Guidelines in relation to the management of asthma 
in school
• With senior staff, participate in strategic planning for the future service provision 
of the service. Attend meetings as necessary.
• Ensure that all key targets and key performance indicators are met by working 
within local and national policies and procedures
• Support with the management of client caseload 
• Establish and maintain effective communication, formal and informal with primary 
and secondary care
• Act as a preceptor/mentor to students and other staff as required
• Work as part of an integrated children’s community nursing team, providing
clinical support when necessary
3. Research
• Facilitate a high quality, cost effective service through undertaking research, 
surveys, audits in connection with own work. With support implement findings to 
improve patient care and ensure compliance with agreed standards.
• Utilise research findings to develop new ways of working and disseminate
relevant information to staff.
• Promote the use of research in practice and research-mindedness
• Assist the Community Children’s Specialist nurses with updating or writing new 
care plans, policies, guidelines and competencies.
• Contribute to service development
• Encourage innovation and develop new approaches to patient care
• Ensure that nursing care relating to patients in the speciality is evidence based
High quality care for every patient, every day
4. Training
• Willing to study for a paediatric asthma /allergy qualification or have relevant 
experience
• Provide opportunities for others to learn by being an education role model
• Undertake mandatory training as outlined by Lewisham and Greenwich 
Healthcare Trust
• Supervise/assess nurse learners and post basic students
• With support plan, design, initiate, monitor & evaluate teaching & learning 
programmes for a variety of professional and voluntary workers including, clients, 
carers, junior staff members, nurse learners and other professional staff when 
required.
• Be pro-active in promoting the health and welfare of clients and families through 
providing individual care plans, advice and resources that empower families 
towards a healthier/safer lifestyle.
• Complete professional portfolio and Revalidation requirements
5. Financial
• Demonstrate accountability in the use and management of all resources including 
financial.
6. Partnerships
Communications and Relationships
• Actively work together with other professionals by communicating with the extended 
multi-disciplinary teams within the primary, secondary and community settings. To 
work alongside professionals from other government & non-government agencies 
including the voluntary sector.
• Communicate to all relevant staff within the Trust on the atopy service ensuring 
clarity on care following discharge, expected outcomes and follow-up criteria
• Actively participate and communicate with Senior Members of the Multi-disciplinary 
team to promote seamless high quality care for clients and involvement of the 
appropriate team around the child, coordinating activities and meetings as required.
• Initiate and negotiate communications with families & carers frequently around 
complex, emotive and contentious issues regarding management of a child’s care in 
the community. Use appropriate resources as required such as use of interpreters.
• Communicate effectively with the child and family to gain trust and to support them 
through the management of both the chronic and acute stage of their condition.
High quality care for every patient, every day
General
• Knowledge in paediatric atopy either through having undertaken relevant
qualifications or have relevant experience. 
• Must have clinical assessment skills and competencies and practice must be
underpinned by theoretical knowledge. 
• Act as a resource and role model to junior staff members & other professional staff.
• There is a requirement for the post-holder to be IT literate as there is a regular 
requirement to use computer software to create reports. The team use RIO for all of 
their client notes.
• To provide a high standard of professional conduct and nursing care at all times in 
accordance with the NMC.
• Attend relevant meetings, courses, seminars and keep professionally up-to-date.
• Any other duties considered relevant to the post.