# Lead Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist - Respiratory > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-senior-clinical-nurse-specialist-respiratory/9f05117c-4911-401f-adac-ed45be4acc83 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-senior-clinical-nurse-specialist-respiratory/9f05117c-4911-401f-adac-ed45be4acc83.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Countess of Chester Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 36 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T15:00:48.191Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Chester/Countess_Chester_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Respiratory/Respiratory-v8378279 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8378279?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.coch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working Part time: 36 hours per week Lead, Inspire and Transform Respiratory Care Are you a passionate and experienced Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist ready to take the next step in your career? Join our Trust and lead our respiratory nursing service, making a meaningful difference to patients through expert clinical practice, compassionate leadership and innovation. We’re looking for a knowledgeable, enthusiastic professional with experience across the wider respiratory service, who can inspire colleagues, champion evidence-based practice and deliver safe, effective, patient-centred care. Working closely with the Lead Clinician and a skilled team of consultants and nurse specialists, you’ll help drive service improvement, enhance operational performance and shape the future of respiratory care. Bring your expertise, empower your team and help us deliver better outcomes for every patient. e. ### Main duties of the job The Clinical Nurse Specialist for Respiratory will work in partnership with the named Lead Consultant to deliver clinical objectives for the Respiratory services. You will act as an autonomous practitioner in undertaking diagnostic and therapeutic clinic sessions, taking responsibility and accountability for appropriate clinical management and care programmes. The post holder is responsible for the standards and evaluation of training and supervision of nursing staff within the team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - RN/RSCN Diploma or Degree - NMC Registered - Management Qualification (ISM) or relevant management experience - Extensive experience at senior level/ leadership role - MSc in Health, Quality or leadership related or working towards within 2 academic years of appointment - or equivalent - Non-medical prescribing or working towards within 2 academic years of appointment - Recognised teaching/assessing qualification 998/997 /mentorship **Desirable** - Trained in Advanced Life Support - Continuous Professional Development portfolio - Postgraduate Certificate in Education ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Development of analytical and judgmental skills - Capability in computer skills - Ability to communicate at all levels - Research /audit skills - Self-reliant, self-motivated proactive personality - Flexible to meet the needs of the service - Acknowledgment of limitations in practice - Commitment to own professional development ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Knowledge of advanced clinical, psychological, and social needs of patients respiratory services - Good understanding of strategic health economy targets for the delivery of respiratory services - Good knowledge of national and local targets, NICE Guidelines and policies for respiratory - Evidence of prior senior clinical decision making - Evidence of recent research and audit Evidence of change management and/or innovative practice **Desirable** - Advanced communication training - Experience of leading patient involvement/patient feedback ## Documents - [risk id (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706821) - [how to travel to work (pdf, 186.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2810) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2608) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 1016.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706820) ## 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.