Job summary
To provide specialist respiratory assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care to a range of patients with acute and chronic respiratory conditions. The post links closely with SGH acute assessment areas, emergency department, respiratory nurses and chest clinics based at SGH and QMH. As well as linking with SWLCCG, GPs, community MDT teams and other partners such as Oxygen providers.

Job responsibilities
The post-holder should provide a high-quality service to all respiratory patients within St Georges Hospital. The respiratory clinical nurse specialist will work as part of the multi-professional team in the:

• Provision of out-patient nurse led clinics for respiratory conditions, including asthma, COPD, oxygen assessment
• Provision of inpatient review of asthma/COPD in-patients
• Support development of seamless patients pathways, eg Inpatient to outpatients
• Assessment for long term and ambulatory oxygen
• Provide on-going support for patients requiring domiciliary Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)*
• Support asthma service and work alongside the severe Asthma MDT to provide care for patients with severe asthma including those requiring biologic therapy*

*There will be an opportunity to undertake these roles within this JD but it would be to deliver care to patients requiring NIV OR Severe Asthma provision rather than staff undertaking both in the same role. In addition, the post holder will be expected to participate in the strategic development of the respiratory service by:

• Being recognised as an expert in their field holding additional specialist knowledge and experience
• Providing leadership in clinical practice for the professional team and peers and ensuring effective learning experience for students through provision of an educational environment
• Working as a competent, autonomous advanced clinical nurse specialist
• Actively disseminating best practice through teaching, publication and conference presentations and participating in nursing research and national working parties

Key components for the advanced specialist nurse role

• Expert Clinical Practice
• Education
• Research and Audit
• Leadership and Management

Essential qualifications and training

• NMC Level 1 or Registered Nurse
• Degree (BSc) or equivalent in a health-related subject
• Advanced Clinical assessment skills accredited module or willing to undertake

Desirable qualifications and training

• Leadership Training
• Degree (MSc) or willing to undertake
• Relevant Post registration course (e.g. respiratory/critical care/NIV)
• Non-Medical Prescriber
• Training in spirometry and FeNo testing
• CBG Training with blood gas analysis
• Smoking Cessation level 1/2

Essential experience

• Minimum of 3 years' NHS experience relating to acute care or within respiratory setting
• Evidence of NIV competence
• Broad range of experience at B5 and B6 level
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of respiratory patients demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning
• Experience of managing junior staff members
• Experience of teaching in a clinical setting
• Experience of student supervision/clinical education

Desirable experience

• HDU or critical care experience
• Experience in caring for patients requiring acute NIV
• Experience in initiating and caring for patients requiring domiciliary NIV
• Experience of looking after patients with severe/difficult Asthma
• Experience of running research and audit programmes
• Experience of service development/quality improvement

Essential skills

• Ability to lead and motivate others
• Remains updated with professional practice and new research
• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
• Willingness to lead staff training
• Show evidence of being self-motivated
• Ability to cope with working in a stressful and unpredictable environment

Desirable skills

• Excellent IT skills
• Presentation skills
• Ability to run courses - internal/external

Essential knowledge

• Awareness of skill mix and service needs
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
• Remains updated on professional practice and new research
• Clear understanding of safeguarding procedures
• Computer literacy

Working pattern
Full-time
Salary
£58,133 to £65,261 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
Band
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Closing date
30 October 2026
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.

Contact
Lead Respiratory Nurse: Neil Burns, neil.burns@stgeorges.nhs.uk, 02087251329

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