Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist
Job summary
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) provides comprehensive respiratory services across the boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Band 7 Respiratory Clinical Specialist Nurse to join our Respiratory Service.
The successful applicant will join an established multidisciplinary team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality respiratory care across acute settings. The role will involve supporting patients with a range of respiratory conditions, including COPD, bronchiectasis, asthma, home oxygen therapy, and patients receiving care through the Respiratory Virtual Ward.
The successful candidate will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to support service development, promote evidence-based practice, and contribute to the education and development of staff. This is an excellent opportunity to influence the future direction of respiratory services and improve outcomes for patients living with long-term respiratory conditions.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert clinical assessment, management and follow-up for patients with a range of respiratory conditions, including COPD, asthma, and patients requiring home oxygen therapy. Act as an autonomous practitioner, undertaking advanced clinical assessments, formulating management plans and making evidence-based clinical decisions.
Support the delivery and development of Respiratory Virtual Ward services, ensuring safe monitoring and management of patients in the community. Work collaboratively with respiratory consultants, therapists, primary care teams, community services and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide integrated respiratory care.
Lead and coordinate specialist nurse-led respiratory clinics, providing ongoing assessment, treatment, education and support to patients and their families. Contribute to the management of patients with acute exacerbations of respiratory disease, supporting admission avoidance and facilitating timely hospital discharge where appropriate. For further details please refer to the job description document
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at: Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country.
The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job responsibilities
Applicants are strongly encouraged to refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for comprehensive details of responsibilities, requirements and role expectations.
Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
Registered Nurse Respiratory qualifications Educated to degree level
Desirable
Nurse prescriber
Experience · Essential
Minimum 3 years as a band 6 working in an acute setting Previous experiences caring with respiratory conditions/ tracheostomy care
Desirable
Previous respiratory nurse specialist experiences Project management experience, audit and clinical research experiences
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 (Opens in a new tab) . 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 (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
