Respiratory Nurse

To make professionally autonomous decisions Perform diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening, and therapeutic communication skills Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate Work with multi-disciplinary team within Primary Care and the integrated care teams within the local health and social care community to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care Contribute to the service achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family-centred strategies to address them Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services Be aware of and contribute to planning and delivery of practice-based commissioning