Respiratory Specialist Nurse
Company: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Job ID: C9434-26-0786

Job summary
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 6 practitioner to be uplifted into a Band 7 position within the Buckinghamshire Integrated Respiratory Service (BIRS).

This role offers an excellent opportunity for professional development, leadership experience, and the chance to further develop specialist respiratory skills while contributing to service improvement and patient care across the respiratory pathway.

Candidates should demonstrate strong clinical expertise, effective communication and leadership skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality respiratory care.

This secondment would be ideal for an ambitious Band 6 looking to broaden their experience and prepare for a substantive Band 7 role in the future.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the various service pathways within the Buckinghamshire Integrated Respiratory Service (BIRS). Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, they will contribute to the assessment, treatment, education, and ongoing management of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other respiratory conditions.

The role will involve:

• Delivering specialist respiratory assessments and developing personalised management plans.
• Providing patient education to support self-management and improve health outcomes.
• Visiting patients in their own homes to help prevent and reduce avoidable hospital admissions.
• Assessing respiratory patients to facilitate and support early discharge from hospital.
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues across primary, community, and secondary care settings.
• Supporting the delivery of the Home Oxygen Service, including assessment, review, and monitoring of oxygen therapy.
• Supporting the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service,
• Contributing to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and the delivery of high-quality respiratory care across Buckinghamshire.

This secondment opportunity offers an excellent development pathway for an experienced Band 6 clinician looking to enhance their clinical leadership, specialist respiratory knowledge, and service development skills within a Band 7 role.

About us
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Details
Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum - pro-rata for part-time
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 434-IM8377592
Job locations: Amersham General Hospital, Amersham Hospital Whielden Street, Amersham, HP7 0JD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification
Education, qualifications and training
Essential

• Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC - Physiotherapist / Paramedic or Registered Nurse with RCN
• Degree / Diploma in: Physiotherapy, Nursing, Paramedic Science
• Recognised teaching or mentorship qualification equivalent to level 3
• Advanced history taking module or undertaking
• Post graduate modules: Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Long Term Conditions, Respiratory Disease

Desirable

• Recognised management / leadership qualification
• Non-medical prescribing or the willingness to work towards this

Experience
Essential

• Relevant specialist / clinical experience and competence
• Experience of working as advanced clinical practitioner / case manager
• Management of complex Long-Term Conditions
• Supporting self-care, self-management and enabling independence
• Developing highly specialised programme of care, providing advice concerning treatment of patients
• Professional practice and leadership
• Awareness of managing End of life care
• Experience of interagency and partnership working

Desirable

• Experience of working in a community / in patient setting for a minimum of 6 years post registration

Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential

• Specialist knowledge in managing patients in the community and acute setting with complex medical needs, long-term disease management.
• Highly developed professional knowledge base supported by educational development and different work environment.
• Knowledge of current political drivers, health and social care issues
• Specialist knowledge of governance and risk strategies and their application in a community setting.
• Highly developed general management practice, including organisation performance management, finance, human resources and equality and diversity.
• Highly specialist clinical and technical skills in managing long-term conditions
• Strong analytical and judgment skills, with the ability to interpret complex situations and make appropriate decisions
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with other health and social care professionals, patients, carers and the public.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong IT skills - including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to plan and manage resources within allocated budget effectively
• Ability to work autonomously without direct supervision and under pressure
• Ability to adapt to the demands of a constantly changing environment
• Working Together: Promotes cohesion and team working. Work collaboratively with team within the Trust and across the Local Health Economy. Resolves conflict effectively. Assertive, honest and open.

Desirable

• Good presentation skills / public speaking
• Patient Focused: Responsive and flexible innovative approach to improving patient experience. Promotes service improvement

Special circumstances
Essential

• Valid and current driving licence and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer's website: https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Matron For Community Respiratory Services, Rhiannon Gladwyn, rhiannon.gladwyn@nhs.net, 07766780959

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