Specialist Respiratory Nurse

To undertake the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care required for patients with complex, long term, high risk respiratory conditions. Provide the necessary health education and advice resulting in fewer hospital admissions.Undertake continuous professional development to enable the provision of pioneering specialist respiratory services to meet the population of the locality in line with multiplenational and local targets. Establish an effective workplace culture across the respiratory service that sustains person-centred, safe and effective care through self-awareness,leadership, active learning, development, improvement and innovation.To contribute and lead on the development of performance indicators relevant to the provision of safe health care within the respiratory service. To assist in strategic work withtertiary, secondary and primary care services, the respiratory network and local authorities to link and plan respiratory services for the future. To act as a source of specialistknowledge on respiratory conditions to primary and secondary care. To autonomously manage a caseload of respiratory patients requiring specialist services.

It is also essential you are a car driver. So, if you can bring fresh ideas and agenuine interest in helping people with respiratory disease to live well for longer, we'd love to hear from you.

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team viakentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

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We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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