Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory medicine
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (currently week day working ( Monday - Friday))
- Job ref
- 200-N-8290070-JK-Y-A
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Georges Hospital NHS Trust
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Respiratory Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Job overview
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder should provide a high-quality service to all respiratory patients within St George’s 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 patient’s 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
The key components identified for the role of a advanced specialist nurse include:
§ Expert Clinical Practise.
§ Education.
§ Research & Audit.
§ Leadership and Management.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • 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 criteria
- • 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
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Minimum of 3 year’s 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 criteria
- • 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.
Skills
Essential criteria
- • 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 criteria
- • Excellent IT skills
- • Presentation skills
- • Ability to run courses – internal/external
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Neil Burns
- Job title
- Lead Respiratory Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 1329
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
South West London Recruitment Hub
- Telephone
- 07553093660
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