# Community Respiratory Specialist Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-respiratory-specialist-nurse/d8dc2a8b-32a9-4eba-a770-39a60a766ce9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-respiratory-specialist-nurse/d8dc2a8b-32a9-4eba-a770-39a60a766ce9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Rampton Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday working 7.5 hours per day) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-05T12:27:19.663Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8276380 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8276380?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Care closer to home is becoming integral to the future of the NHS and the Community Health Services Division of Notts HC are at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners in creating collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities and interventions in local communities, which meet the needs of our patients in the places they call home. The Division operates under 3 Units of Management providing an extensive portfolio of children's, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical and non clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care. Being Part of an organisation as diverse as Nottshc provides you with great career development opportunities, to be innovative and gives you permission to grow both professionally and really make a difference. The role includes development of GP practice staff to enable confident respiratory medication optimisation. ### Main duties of the job The successful applicant will: Be pro-active in delivering respiratory specialist nursing care that is anticipatory and responsive to patient's needs in their own home and in a clinic environment. By promoting independence, health lifestyle, reduction in health inequalities to improve the overall quality of life in the local population to reduce avoidable hospital admissions. this role will require working closely with General Practice staff and respiratory consultants. Offer a comprehensive nursing / therapy service to the resident population of Mid Notts providing a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach to maximise patient function, well-being and self-care planning. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Are you looking for a new challenge? We have one full time Band 7 Respiratory Specialist Nurses post available to work within our existing service alongside our general practice, and acute secondary care trust, voluntary sector and primary care. The role will include identifying patients who have and who have not yet been diagnosed with a respiratory condition to be assessed, discussed and diagnosed with a respiratory diagnosis. possible/immediately. Are you a registered Nurse Passionate about providing care for patients with chronic Respiratory conditions Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of a very supportive, dynamic and forward thinking team? Are you looking for the opportunity to contribute to the future service development of a specialist Community Cardio Respiratory Team? If so we'd love to hear from you! An exciting opportunity has arisen for 1 full time Respiratory Nurse Specialist to join our excellent Community Cardio Respiratory Team in Mid Notts, helping to support caseload management of patients with Chronic Respiratory Conditions. The team are based at Ashfield Health Village, Rainworth Primary Care Centre, Newark Health Centre and will cover the Mansfield and Sherwood localities. The role will include team working within the Integrated Neighbourhood Team working towards identifying patients not yet diagnosed with a respiratory condition to ensure they receive care and treatment for their long term lung conditions. The Cardiorespiratory team is made up of specialist Nurse and AHPs within the Community Respiratory Service, Community Home Oxygen Service, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Heart Failure Services. You will be expected to identify, manage and discuss a cohort of patients with undiagnosed and diagnosed long term lung conditions, providing care plans as appropriate, working closely with members of the Cardio Respiratory Team and the wider MDT- including our acute colleagues, GPs, voluntary sector and other health professionals in order to maximise patients quality of life and encouraging self management. This care takes place within community clinic settings and patients own homes /usual place of residence. a Non medical prescribing qualification (V300) is essential for the role. We are looking for a passionate, dynamic and flexible individual who are able to adapt to the changing demands and workload. The service is a 5 day service operating from 8.00-5.00pm, due to the nature of this role, it is essential that you are able to travel independently across the county. A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Teaching and assessing experience - Ability to undertake research and audit - Ability to organise and prioritise effectively - Good time management - Ability to work unsupervised - Basic IT skills - Evidence of development of clinical skills - Able to network effectively - Good communication skills, written, verbal and presentation **Desirable** - Leadership skills - Participation in audit and research - Understanding of primary care information ### Training **Essential** - Evidence of ongoing continued professional development. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Risk Management awareness - Specialist knowledge of COPD/Respiratory management ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience and extensive knowledge in management of complex Respiratory patients. - Understanding of current national / local initiatives and guidelines, including long term conditions, NICE. - Management of Respiratory Patients working in collaboration / partnership across primary. - Understanding of current national / local understanding of current research and evidence initiatives and guidelines including evidence based practice, long term conditions, NICE - Competent in holistic assessment including physical examination, diagnosis and treatment planning. - Developing / implementing / evaluation Respiratory services to promote high quality health outcomes case management skills. - Evidence of teaching in clinical practice. - Management skills. **Desirable** - Working in collaboration / partnership, with secondary care, social care and the voluntary sector. - Understanding of current research and evidence based practice. - Supervision of more junior team members ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse (General) plus significant further specialist knowledge/post registration experience to diploma level or equivalent underpinned by theory - Experience of working with Respiratory patients eg COPD, ILD and Bronchiectasis - Independent nurse prescriber. (V300) **Desirable** - Relevant health related honours degree - A recognised Respiratory qualification e.g. COPD at minimum of diploma level. - Evidence of continued professional development - Competence in Spirometry ### Physical Requirements **Essential** - Has the ability to perform the full range of duties. ### Values and Behaviours **Essential** - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation ### Contractual requirements **Essential** - Able to travel between locations. - Flexible to meet the service needs - A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. ## Documents - [about the trust (pdf, 6.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2983) - [colleague benefits (pdf, 16.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2913) - [about nottinghamshire healthcare (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2079) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 368.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10592320) ## 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.