# BANK - Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Asthma > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-paediatric-clinical-nurse-specialist-asthma/864a046e-28b5-4dac-9456-a7e431951f5c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-paediatric-clinical-nurse-specialist-asthma/864a046e-28b5-4dac-9456-a7e431951f5c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Thomas' Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £29.76 - £33.38 per hour - **Contract type:** Bank: 1 year - **Employment type:** Part time - 72 hours across 12 months - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T00:01:13.319Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Guys_St_Thomas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_nurse/Paediatric_nurse-v8346703 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8346703?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview As part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Evelina London is there for children, young people and women from London to South East England and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world. Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in our hospitals and throughout our local community, continues to grow. We support families from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. Right in the heart of vibrant London, we benefit from excellent transport links, we have staff working here from the local areas, spanning across London, and further afield into the home counties. We strive to recruit and retain staff who are motivated to develop and learn with us as we continually strive to ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe, and focused on women, children and their families. Here is a snippet of what our staff say about us, and working here: “I have learnt what it means to be an outstanding nurse and I would like to contribute further alongside passionate and competent nurses.” “The coronavirus pandemic made me realise the sheer dedication of my colleagues and their selflessness to put their patients before themselves, showing the level of integrity they all maintain.” “I see how supportive the team are and how important it is to provide the best quality care for our patients. Knowing there will always be a friendly face supports why I love working at Evelina London.” ### Main duties of the job We are seeking to recruit an asthma clinical nurse specialist (CNS) who will be working within an integrated neighbourhood model supporting the delivery of a pilot to identify and manage children and young people (CYP) at high risk of asthma exacerbations. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will act as a lead specialist within paediatric asthma across community and primary care settings, contributing to an integrated neighbourhood team (INT) approach. This includes working collaboratively with GP practices, paediatricians, pharmacists and wider partners to proactively identify, review and manage CYP through population health management and risk stratification approaches. You will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the service, including development of policies, protocols and guidelines and contribute to service developments in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues. Also ensures the safety and wellbeing of services users and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person-centred care principles. You will benefit from excellent support from the existing CNS team and Asthma consultants & we will offer you a comprehensive range of experience and development opportunities. If you feel you have the skills, enthusiasm and ambition to lead this fantastic team, we would love to hear from you. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the job description and person specification for full details. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Abigail Salmon at abigail.salmon@nhs.net ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Previous experience **Essential** - Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care. - Proven evidence of management / leadership skills and autonomous practice. - Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education at undergraduate level. - Experience of delivering patient advocacy. - Experience of audit, research and evidence-based care. - Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator. ### Qualifications / Education **Essential** - BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience. - Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level will be supplemented by specialist training. Experience and short courses to Masters level equivalent. - Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or equivalent post qualification experience. - Leadership course. - Mentorship course. **Desirable** - Diploma in Asthma Care. - Relevant community nursing qualification. ### Skills / Knowledge / Ability **Essential** - Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills is specialty. - Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise awareness of their condition. - IT Skills ### Professional / Statutory Registration **Essential** - RN1 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality. **Desirable** - To have or working towards a Masters degree ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 184.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10671613) - [person specification (pdf, 72.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10671614) - [functional requirements (pdf, 168.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10671615) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.