Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Paediatric Nurse to join our well-established Paediatric Respiratory and Asthma Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team at the Evelina London Children's Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital sites.

The successful candidate will work as a highly specialised nurse working with children and young people with Asthma and other respiratory chronic conditions. The post holder will be expected to deliver care both in the community and in the hospital setting.

The post involves working autonomously with children and families on the ward, in clinics on the Royal Brompton Hospital site and in the community carrying out home and school visits when required. You would also support nursing colleagues in other trusts and in the community as well as supporting the child to access school.

We are looking for a proactive, self-motivated experienced paediatric registered nurse with a passion for their career to take on the role of Clinical Nurse Specialist. Ideally, you will have experience of looking after children with Asthma or other chronic respiratory conditions. You will be sharing our Trust values and are enthusiastic, professional, caring, and compassionate with clinical competence caring for our children.

Main duties of the job
As a member of the Paediatric Respiratory and Asthma team you will utilise your developed specialist knowledge and skills from the ward environment to support specialist advice, counselling and supportive care to patients and their families.

You will support the link between the Asthma service and the ward areas, leading biologic clinics, providing education to both children, families and staff, supporting seamless admission and complex discharges. You will also work to support the wider multi-disciplinary team to optimise condition management in the community; communicating with schools, local hospitals and safeguarding.

The role will develop your skills as an autonomous practitioner whilst developing your specialist knowledge and skills to be able to contribute to service improvements though audit, service reviews, projects, and teaching.

The successful candidate will work in collaboration with an existing CNS team to act as a resource of expert advice for other healthcare professionals and must be competent to deliver health promotion and education to parents, their families, and others.

Educate and empower children and families to learn the skills to self-manage their condition and care.

Job responsibilities

• Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering specialised individualised and personalised direct patient care
• Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication.
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the specialty. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
• Ensure that patients receive high-quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs, and doctrines.
• Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
• To provide leadership, support, and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning delivery and evaluation of individualised specialist care.
• Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
• Ensure safe and effective care for complex patients requiring advanced specialist clinical skills and responsible for carrying out specialist nursing procedures to area.
• To be responsible, for maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors, and other staff within the clinical environment.
• Ensure that sensitive patient records are stored appropriately.
• Ensures the cultural and spiritual needs of patients are recognised and accommodated within resources available.
• Support and enable patients and Carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management.
• Participate in case conferences in relation to the management of patients, ensuring the coordination of ongoing care.
• Ensure staff take precautions to minimise the risk of cross infection in relation to the safe disposal of body fluids (including blood).
• A key member of the multidisciplinary team in supporting patients and their carers during the delivery of bad news such as caring for the terminally ill patients and the event of death.
• Assess educational and information needs for patients and families, and devise plans to ensure need are met.
• To be an effective communicator with patients/carers/families regarding disease treatment and management.
• Promote high-quality clinical care, and assist in the development of the specialist service, using evidence-based practice and clinical standards.
• Provide a seamless, high-quality service from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and review.

Person Specification
Essential

• Evidence of understanding and demonstrating the Trust's Values and behaviour
• Experience of delivering patient advocacy
• Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in specialty.
• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
• Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
• Mentorship course
• Registered Children's Nurse
• Nursing Degree
• Leadership Course
• Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
• Experience in managing a caseload / autonomous working
• Proven evidence of management and leadership skills
• Experience of audit, research and evidence based care

Desirable

• Post Graduate Training in Respiratory conditions
• Experience caring for children with Respiratory conditions
• Masters level qualification
• Service Improvement Experience

Salary
£58,133 to £65,261 a year p.a. inclusive of HCA

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 196-NM14277-W
Closing date: 19 November 2026

Location: Evelina Children's Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH

For questions about the job, contact: Lauren McCann, Matron, lauren.mccann10@nhs.net, 07971301455

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. 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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.