Respiratory Nurse Specialist
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tooting, SW17 0QTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£58,133 to £65,261
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
30 October 2026
11 days leftJob description
To provide specialist respiratory assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care to a range of patients with acute and chronic respiratory conditions. The ...
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.
The post-holder should provide a high-quality service to all respiratory patients within St Georges 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 patients 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.
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.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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: - oExcellent IT skills; - oPresentation skills; - oAbility to run courses - internal/external
Knowledge
Essential
- 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
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First seen
16 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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