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Job overview
Join the CUH team at the Ely and Wisbech Community Diagnostic Centres!
An exciting opportunity has been created to play a key role in transforming children’s respiratory services, delivering high-quality care closer to home.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Specialist Paediatric Respiratory Nurse to lead nurse-led clinics within Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs). The post holder will support early diagnosis and management of Asthma in children and young people, working within a community-based service on both Ely and Wisbech CDC sites.
Be part of an innovative, dynamic team transforming diagnostic care, whilst working within a supportive leadership team with opportunities to contribute to service development and change.
Make a real difference to patient access and experience in local communities, whilst accessing CUH’s extensive staff benefits, development opportunities, and NHS pension scheme.
If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, we’d love to hear from you.
Informal discussions are strongly encouraged.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
Lead and deliver specialist paediatric asthma clinics within CDCs
Undertake advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management of respiratory conditions including asthma, chronic cough, and wheeze
Provide expert clinical advice and support to children, young people, families, and multidisciplinary teams
Work collaboratively across primary, community, and secondary care services
Contribute to the development and implementation of community respiratory pathways
Support education, training, and supervision of staff and students
Participate in clinical leadership, audit, and quality improvement initiatives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 12th August 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on 25th August 2026.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Advanced communication skills
- Proven leadership and team leading skills
- Proven ability to manage and progress own professional development
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Child with a degree
- Post registration module in Specialist field of work
- Advanced clinical assessment skills (if nurse led services part of role)
- Evidence of professional continuous development and portfolio of learning
Desirable
- Non-medical prescriber or the willingness to obtain a prescribing qualification
- Advanced communication skills or Counselling qualification
- Masters degree
Knowledge/ Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience as nurse specialist in the speciality
- Recognised as an expert in the field of practice with the ability to clinically assess and diagnose
- Experience in project management
- Evidence of leading service change
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Managing and or leading a team
Desirable
- Practical experience of policy development
- Audit or research experience
- Presentation skills
- Experience in community or ambulatory care settings
- Experience in service development or quality improvement
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
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This advert is for Specialist Paediatric Respiratory Nurse with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 p.a. pro rata. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term/Secondment). The application deadline is 12 Aug 2026.
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