Job summary
Are you passionate about delivering exceptional, patient-centred care? Join our dynamic respiratory team and make a real difference to patients living with Interstitial Lung Disease.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will:

• Lead specialist nursing care for patients with Interstitial lung disease which may cross over with other respiratory conditions, ensuring expert clinical management and continuity of care.
• Provide holistic support to patients and their carers, offering clear information, guidance, and reassurance throughout their treatment journey.
• Champion patient-focused care by creating an environment that nurtures both patient wellbeing and the professional growth of nursing staff.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to design, implement, and evaluate care pathways, protocols, and policies that reflect best practice.
• Drive innovation by supporting new initiatives and procedures within respiratory nursing, helping shape the future of specialist care.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to combine clinical expertise with leadership, education, and service development--ensuring our patients receive the highest standard of care.

Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details
Date posted: 03 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 214-MED-7897287-A
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton In Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Job description
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Specialist knowledge and expertise
• Good computer skills
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Team player
• Demonstrable teaching skills

Desirable

• Research awareness.
• Audit methodologies

Qualifications
Essential

• NMC Level One Registered Nurse
• BSc in Nursing
• ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course.
• Evidence of post-basic specialist education.
• Educated to Masters level (or working towards) or equivalent demonstrable experience and learning within a specialist area
• Non-medical prescribing (or willingness to undertake)

Further Training
Desirable

• Motivational interviewing / counselling course / training

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience post registration at band 6 with experience in working with patients in specialist area
• Membership of special interest and professional group
• Working within a leadership role

Desirable

• Multidisciplinary team working
• Caseload management
• Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professionals

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Flexible approach to working
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Ability to travel between sites

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton In Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Matron Lauren Brown
Lauren.brown5@nhs.net
01623622515