Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Respiratory
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B15 2TH
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
15 September 2026
10 days left
Job description
Are you an experienced and passionate nurse looking to take the next step in your career? We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Special...
As a Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will provide expert clinical leadership and specialist nursing care for patients with complex respiratory conditions, including COPD, Bronchiectasis, respiratory infections, and those requiring oxygen therapy. You will undertake advanced clinical assessments, formulate management plans, and make autonomous decisions to ensure timely, evidence-based interventions and optimal patient outcomes.
The post holder will act as a key worker and specialist resource for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals, delivering advice, education, and support throughout the patient journey. You will work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team and across organisational boundaries to coordinate care, facilitate safe discharge planning, and improve continuity of care.
You will contribute to the development and delivery of respiratory services through involvement in service improvement initiatives, clinical audit, quality improvement programmes, and evaluation of patient outcomes. The role will support the implementation of national respiratory guidance, best practice standards, and Trust priorities.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
- *Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
- *Recognised mentorship course
Desirable
- *To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
- *To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role
- *Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role
Experience
Essential
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- *Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
- *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence.
- *Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
- *Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
- *Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- *Experience of patient service user advocacy role
- *Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
- *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
- *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
Desirable
- *Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
- *Experience in service development Awareness of current research related to the speciality
- *Awareness of current research related to the speciality
- *Experience in assessing patients in secondary care.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
- *Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
- *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and asses junior staff
- *Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
- *Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
- *Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
- *Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
- *Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
- *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and asses junior staff
- *Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
- *Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
- *Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
- *Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
- *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- *Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
- *Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
- *Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required
- *Ability to act on own initiative
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First seen
1 September 2026
Last checked
2 September 2026
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