Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated individual to join our newly established Specialist Ventilatory Community Home Visit Service, part of the Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre (RSSC) at Royal Papworth Hospital. This innovative service delivers expert, patient-centred care to individuals receiving long-term invasive and non-invasive ventilation within their own homes.

Working within a specialist multidisciplinary team, you will help ensure patients receive proactive, flexible and personalised support at the right time, in the right place, from the right professionals.

The Role
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will manage a specialist caseload of patients with respiratory disease and home mechanical ventilation needs. You will provide expert clinical assessment, ongoing management, education and support for patients and carers across their ventilation journey.

Who Are We Looking For?
We are seeking a registered nurse with significant respiratory experience, ideally including care of patients receiving invasive and non-invasive ventilation. You will be a confident communicator who is passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and developing expertise in long-term ventilation management.

Main duties of the job
Key aspects of the role include:

• Specialist Clinical Care – Undertaking comprehensive respiratory and ventilation assessments, developing care plans and optimising treatment in partnership with patients and carers.
• Patient and Carer Support – Providing education, advice and advocacy to promote safety, independence and quality of life.
• Leadership and Education – Supporting staff development, supervising learners and sharing specialist knowledge across multidisciplinary teams.
• Service Development – Contributing to audit, quality improvement and the ongoing development of this innovative community service.
• Collaborative Working – Liaising with consultants, physiotherapists, ACP, community teams, primary care and hospices to deliver coordinated care.

This role offers the opportunity to work autonomously in the community while remaining closely supported by an experienced specialist team.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a Registered Adult Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Have experience caring for patients with complex respiratory disease.
• Be able to work independently and effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Have experience supporting and educating patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Be committed to service improvement, quality care and professional development.
• Have a full UK driving licence, and ability to independently travel and transport equipment throughout the region as community visits form a key part of the role.

About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

Details
Closing date: 30 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 175-2627-2018

Essential Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Post-registration respiratory training or specialist knowledge supported by relevant practical experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable Qualifications

• Qualification in respiratory care or long-term ventilation.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.
• Leadership or management qualification.
• MSc modules relevant to specialist practice.

Essential Experience

• Significant post-registration experience caring for patients with respiratory disease including management of invasive and non-invasive ventilation.
• Experience of managing or supervising staff and ability to mentor/educate junior staff.
• Experience delivering patient and carer education.
• An understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures, particularly those related to vulnerable patients.
• An understanding of clinical governance frameworks including Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), policy and procedure, audit and quality assurance.
• Experience of home visits and lone working.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to problem solve, use own initiative and plan, organise and prioritise own and others workload.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of advance care planning discussions.
• Knowledge of national ventilation guidelines.
• Knowledge of cough augmentation techniques and airway clearance strategies.

Additional Essential Criteria

• Demonstrate examples of working consistently with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration, and a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Full UK driving licence with own vehicle.
• Ability to travel and transport equipment independently throughout the region.

Employer
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY
Website: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here

Contact for questions about the job
Hiring Manager: Rhys Hurst, rhys.hurst@nhs.net, 07901997765

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

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