Job vacancy: Complex Home Ventilation Nurse Specialist (Neurology), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham

Job summary

Main area: Medicine
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Secondment: 10 months
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 164-7794177

Employer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: QMC
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/03/2026 23:59

Complex Home Ventilation Nurse Specialist (Neurology)

NHS AfC: Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Deliver highly specialist, evidence-based care for patients with complex ventilation needs
Act as a key point of contact and advocate for patients and families
Maintain accurate clinical records in line with Trust policy
Identify patients approaching end of life and support appropriate palliative care planning
Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement and service development
Work in line with Trust values, safeguarding, and information governance requirements
Travel independently across a wide geographical area (full UK driving licence required)

Person specification

Commitment to trust values and behaviours

Essential criteria

Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current registration with appropriate professional body
• Degree in health/nursing related studies
Relevant post-reg study relevant to specialist pathway / willingness to undertake at master’s level
Recognised teaching and assessing qualification / have completed teaching and assessing supervisor training. Evidence of leadership course
Completion of all local competency packages or has undertaken WINW packages essential to role and specialty
Research training / experience. Demonstrates and awareness of research principles and their application to clinical practice.

Desirable criteria

Non-Medical Prescriber/willingness to undertake if relevant to the role.
Master’s degree or equivalent or willingness to work towards/equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in band 6 role and/ or working within critical care/ high dependency/ specialist respiratory units
• Good understanding of mechanical ventilation (e.g. CPAP/ NIV/ TIV)
• Significant post registration experience at band 6 or above, in appropriate clinical setting
Demonstrates professional autonomy and effective decision making skills when managing caseload
Experience in supervision of registered, non-registered staff and students
Ability to manage clinical area/ward efficiently and effectively
Experience in using relevant hospital IT systems
Evidence of teaching and assessment skills, including the teaching of patients, families and colleagues

Desirable criteria

• Tracheostomy care , Neurology patient care experience

Communication and relationship Skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrate basic IT skills
Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication, demonstrating evidence of negotiating and influencing skills
Ability to work within a MDT; collaborating with, leading when required, negotiating with and influencing the work of others across a range of disciplines and on own initiative including the sharing of highly complex information and implementation of plans for Service development.
• Ability to deliver presentations and chair meetings
Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives/carers in distressing circumstances
• Experience of initiating and implementing change effectively, engaging stakeholders in the process.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of networking locally, nationally and internationally

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrate confidence in assessing, planning, delivering, prioritising and evaluating patient care
Able to respond to problem situations and ensure that effective interventions are put in place Ability to interpret and analyse highly complex clinical and non-clinical information
Lead on the identifying, successful implementation and management of a nursing change process.
Recognition of own level of competence and limitations. Able to identify own learning needs
Evidence of clinical and non-clinical data collection, evaluation, analysis, interpretation and application to clinical practice
Demonstrate confidence in assessing, planning, delivering, prioritising and evaluating patient care

Desirable criteria

• Experience in writing reports

Planning and Organisational Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload, and that of others. Recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations within an unpredictable working environment.
• Able to lead the development, implementation and monitoring of local protocols and objectives and action plans to lead and introduce change
• Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others in the prioritisation of their patient care
• Awareness of budget constraints and ordering specialist supplies
• Knowledge and understanding of national policy and current issues relating to specialty

Desirable criteria

• Experience in reviewing service, ensuring compliances with National Standards

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

• Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties.
• Demonstrate dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
• Able to undertake manual handling manoeuvres
• Ability to work without supervision within scope of practice and manage own workload; effective time management.

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

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To get this form, please email [email protected] and ask for an easy read application.

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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
Start an Apprenticeship
Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

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Consent:

Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Treesa Joseph
Job title: Complex Home Ventilation Nurse
Email address: [email protected]

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Complex Home Ventilation Nurse Specialist (Neurology)

NHS AfC: Band 7

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