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Job summary

Main area
Adult Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation (ARCARE)
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-8182519SBH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal London Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£47,951 - £56,863 per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/08/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Clinical Nurse Specialist / Specialist Physiotherapist Respiratory

Band 6

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. 

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

Applications are invited for a Clinical Nurse Specialist Respiratory or Specialist Physiotherapist  - Band 6 to join our multi-disciplinary, integrated and award-winning team of respiratory nurses and physiotherapist called Adult Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation (ARCARE).  Working fulltime in our different services at Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Mile End Hospital.    This is an excellent development opportunity for an existing Band 6 to specialist in respiratory or a Band 5 with respiratory nursing experience to develop into a Band 6 role.

 The post holder will work closely with respiratory teams, across sites (occasional cross site cover may be required). This is an exciting role that supports an integrated approach in supporting respiratory patients across the various patient pathways including in-patient and domicillary (home visits) reviews, diagnostic (spirometry) and follow-up asthma /COPD clinics, respiratory virtual ward (admission avoidance and supported discharge), home oxygen assessment and review, primary care education, respiratory case management and pulmonary rehabilitation.  We support an internal rotation program within the department.    We are looking for a patient focused nurse or physiotherapist to join our team and help the service deliver responsive and compassionate care.

Main duties of the job

The aim of this role is to provide, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, comprehensive assessment and management of patients with chronic respiratory disease in a community virtual ward environment, providing excellent standards of care through improving and facilitating multi-professional working. 

The post holder will join a flexible multi-professional team of nurses, physiotherapists, rehabilitation assistant and clinical administrator to provide, Community Virtual Ward/Admission Avoidance, Supported Hospital Discharge, Respiratory complex patient Case Management, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Oxygen Assessment and general respiratory primary care education in line with national guidelines and best practice, to patients in their own homes, virtually or in clinic settings.  

The post holder will be required to work flexibly to provide a 8am – 6 pm service,  7 days a week and there will be an expectation to work weekend on rotational basis. 

The post holder will be working in various community health care settings in Tower Hamlets, and across the Trust.

There will be an expectation to cover colleague absence as necessary.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HPC/NMC Registered Nurse
  • Post registration qualification appropriate to the specialty or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Physical examination qualification or working towards.
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification or working towards

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant clinical experience specific to respiratory care for at least 3 years
  • Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
  • Experience of dealing with challenging/complex patients
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of carrying out research and audit

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates good understanding of various National Guidelines for COPD, Oxygen, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Asthma, NIV

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work within MDT
  • Evidence of teaching skills
  • Time management, IT, presentation and organizational skills
  • Excellent communication skills with patients and MDT including verbal and written, individual or group

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Marc Rodriguera
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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