Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

The Tuberculosis and Respiratory CNS service is committed to delivering safe, effective, and compassionate patient‑centred care, ensuring equitable access for all individuals, including those from vulnerable communities. We focus on early diagnosis, prevention, and timely intervention, supported by clear, sensitive, and culturally informed communication. Our priority is maintaining patient engagement. Our team works collaboratively with multidisciplinary and public health partners to deliver seamless pathways, continually improving our service through evidence‑based practice, data quality, audit, and patient feedback. This philosophy guides the administrative and clinical functions of the service to ensure excellent patient experience and high standards of care.

Main duties of the job

The Administrator will provide high‑level, autonomous administrative and coordination support to the Tuberculosis (TB) and Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team. Working independently and using initiative, the post holder will manage complex patient pathways, oversee clinic scheduling, maintain high‑quality data for monitoring and public health reporting, and act as a primary point of contact for patients, clinical teams, and external partners. The role requires proactive problem‑solving, ownership of administrative processes, and the ability to make informed decisions within defined limits to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the TB and respiratory services. The post holder will contribute to service development, identify administrative improvements, and support the CNS team in delivering a safe and responsive service. The post holder will provide assistance to the respiratory department when required and as requested.

Working for our organisation

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust has four key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:

Compassionate - We treat everyone with kindness, understanding and empathy

Inclusive - We are respectful, fair and open, valuing everyone’s unique contribution

Collaborative - We work together across our teams and with our partners and are helpful, positive and supportive

Inspiring - We strive for the best for patients, communities, staff and partners and are always learning and improving