# CNS – COPD Early Discharge Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Swansea Bay University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cns-copd-early-discharge-team/08a5751d-24e4-449c-aa7e-28025a0c7681 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cns-copd-early-discharge-team/08a5751d-24e4-449c-aa7e-28025a0c7681.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Swansea Bay University Health Board - **Location:** Morriston Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Salary:** £40559.00 to £48841.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-06T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-21T10:38:31.307Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8246678 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8246678?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://sbuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for dynamic, visionary and hard-working candidates to join our expanding Respiratory Department. We are advertising a full time post for excellent candidates to join the COPD Team. The team consists of Band 6 and 7 Respiratory CNS’s and Respiratory Specialists Physiotherapists. The team will be responsible for identifying and assessing inpatients in hospital. Suitable in-patients with an exacerbation of COPD who are from the Swansea Bay area will be supported at home by this team. The team also works with patients ,GPs and Virtual Wards to prevent avoidable admissions .The successful candidate will also support patients requiring Non Invasive Ventilation ( NIV ) in the Community ### Main duties of the job The successful candidates will be expected to work with colleagues to deliver a unified respiratory service across Swansea Bay UHB. Wards are visited daily to identify and support patients who are suitable for an early discharge and patients are then followed up at home The team manage a caseload of patients to provide education, teach self management skills and monitor recovery from acute exacerbations of COPD in patients homes Education is encouraged in the team by formal education and an in house education programme. The successful applicant will be supported via an agreed bespoke induction plan and at regular MDT meetings. Support patients with COPD requiring NIV when new starts and during exacerbations. Previous experience of COPD and NIV is essential ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome ### 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. Welsh language skills are desirable ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in the relevant specialty - Experience of working in a multiprofessional environment - Experience of Community working **Desirable** - Experience of participating in practice change ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse & current NMC Registration - Specialist post graduate qualification or equivalent experience - Proficient level of knowledge in clinical speciality Knowledge of service improvement **Desirable** - Teaching qualification (or equivalent experience - Advanced clinical skills Non-medical Prescribing ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Able to demonstrate effective leadership and management skills - Evidence of undertaking presentation to groups. - Awareness of professional issues and developments - Ability to use electronic systems - IT skills ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 276.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10558389) - [oh form (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10558387) - [privacy notice (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2372) - [applicant guide (pdf, 624.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1728) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2849) ## 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.