# Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialist/113c14fe-25e7-4ec5-9567-c55290f8665b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialist/113c14fe-25e7-4ec5-9567-c55290f8665b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Arrowe Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (fixed term or secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (We are an 8-8 service 7 days a week including weekends and bank holidays and the role will comprise of a mixture of shift patterns. Initially 9-5pm shifts with the possibility of changing times to meet the demands of the service within the hours of 8am-8pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-22T13:50:30.431Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Bebington_Wirral/Wirral_University_Teaching_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Respiratory/Respiratory-v8381074 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8381074?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wuth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you passionate about providing specialist respiratory care to patients within the acute hospital and community setting working in an integrated service? Are you looking for an opportunity to join an integrated, forward thinking and developing service working with system partners to deliver the best possible respiratory care? Are you looking for the opportunity to shape and develop the future of the respiratory services to include the new virtual wards? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the well-established Wirral Integrated Respiratory Service on a 12 months fixed term contract or secondment. The Wirral Integrated Respiratory Service is a team made up of Specialist Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Clinical Support Workers, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapist assistants and administration staff who all strive to work collaboratively to deliver the best respiratory care for patients on the Wirral. The service delivers early supported discharge and admission avoidance for Respiratory patients, chronic disease management, pulmonary rehabilitation and a home oxygen service for all oxygen patients on the Wirral. The shifts will be 9-5pm over 7 days a week, however may require flexibility to change to meet the needs of the service in the future ### Main duties of the job Perform appropriate holistic assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs. Management of patients discharged from hospital with acute exacerbation of their chronic respiratory condition in their own homes. Use clinical skills and knowledge to identify changes in patients’ condition that require intervention and take appropriate action including referral to other professionals/services. Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to on-going care needs. Identify opportunities to promote and provide health education for patients and carers Advise on self-management strategies including medicines management, exercise, smoking cessation, dietary issues, benefits and travel in a variety of settings. Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records. Assess, review and follow up patients respiratory patients in clinics and homes when virtual ward capacity allows ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Respiratory Support Nurse position available at WUTH ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Demonstrable Experience within respiratory speciality - Evidence of continued professional development - IT Literate **Desirable** - Previous CNS Experience ### Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training **Essential** - Registered General Nurse - First level degree or willing to undertake - Demonstrate clinical skills in management of patients with chronic and acute respiratory disease **Desirable** - Post Basic Qualification/experience in respiratory care - Recognised Teaching qualification - Clinical examination and diagnostics - Nurse Prescribing - Community experience ## Documents - [oh risk id form (pdf, 144.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10709917) - [vision values behaviours (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2088) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 734.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1841) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 212.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10709916) - [wuth gdpr privacy notice for applicants (pdf, 255.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2506) ## 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.