Children’s Respiratory Nurse Specialist
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JLView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
26 October 2026
7 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Children's Respiratory Nurse Specialist to join our Respiratory Speciali...
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
- Specialist knowledge of Respiratory medicine
- Research awareness
- IT skills
- Knowledge and understanding of child protection policies and procedures
- Understanding of audit and research
Desirable: - Counselling skills; - Experience of management of case loads and running nurse led clinics
Qualifications - Academic/Craft/Professional
Essential
- 1st level Registered Nurse
- RSCN/RN(child) - degree level or above
- With experience within paediatric respiratory disease
- Teaching qualification in asthma and allergy. Accredited at least 20 credits at first degree level. Or equivalent
- Evidence of post -basic respiratory education
Desirable: - Non-medical prescribing qualification; - Masters - working towards
Further Training
Essential: - Mandatory updates
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with respiratory patients
- Relevant post registration experience
- Experience of supporting children, young people and their families with respiratory illness
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable: - Experience of delivering training to a wide range of professionals and families with respiratory illness
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Continued professional development at level three
- Car Driver
- Ability to work with families, children and young people in their home environment
- Flexibility to cover the service, if clinics running late working outside office hours
- Working at KMH and Newark Hospital with clinics
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
13 October 2026
Last checked
14 October 2026
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