# Staff Nurse - Acute Respiratory Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-acute-respiratory-medicine/eadee757-a283-4fcb-b1f8-235c5adac49c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-acute-respiratory-medicine/eadee757-a283-4fcb-b1f8-235c5adac49c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-30T15:21:30.430Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Acute_Respiratory_Medicine/Acute_Respiratory_Medicine-v8122109 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8122109?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview St Mary’s Hospital London is part of Imperial NHS trust and is situated centrally next to Paddington station, which has excellent transport links to London and its surrounding areas. Manvers ward is a 33- bedded ward specialising in respiratory medicine, and the care of patients with both acute and chronic conditions. The ward area includes an 8- bedded Acute Respiratory Unit (ARU), a dedicated area for patients requiring acute interventions such as Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV), tracheostomy care and the use monitoring and blood gas analysis to ensure our patients have the support they need at the earliest opportunity. In this area we have a nurse to patient ratio of 1:2, making this a great place to work if you are looking to develop your acute respiratory skills. The clinical area are supported by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists, working to help our patients receive the highest standard of care.  The Manvers/ARU team is passionate about getting it right for patients and their families. We offer you specialist training, support, courses and competencies in respiratory nursing to allow you to grow and develop within the specialty. We welcome all nurses who are committed and enthusiastic to delivering high standards of care in the exciting field of respiratory medicine. Please come for an informal visit, we are proud of our ward and want to share it with you. ### Main duties of the job - Carry out planned care for a group of patients without direct supervision - Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based - Individualised patient care - Assist and advise staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care - Maintain accurate clinical observations of the patient and act accordingly - Undertake nursing procedures - Have responsibility for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to Trust policy - Monitor patients’ progress, work towards safe and timely discharge plans and ensure barriers to discharge are identified and acted on appropriately - Act as the patient’s advocate - Continued in Job description ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ## Job Details St Mary’s Hospital London is part of Imperial NHS trust and is situated centrally next to Paddington station, which has excellent transport links to London and its surrounding areas. Manvers ward is a 33- bedded ward specialising in respiratory medicine, and the care of patients with both acute and chronic conditions. The ward area includes an 8- bedded Acute Respiratory Unit (ARU), a dedicated area for patients requiring acute interventions such as Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV), tracheostomy care and the use monitoring and blood gas analysis to ensure our patients have the support they need at the earliest opportunity. In this area we have a nurse to patient ratio of 1:2, making this a great place to work if you are looking to develop your acute respiratory skills. The clinical area are supported by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists, working to help our patients receive the highest standard of care. The Manvers/ARU team is passionate about getting it right for patients and their families. We offer you specialist training, support, courses and competencies in respiratory nursing to allow you to grow and develop within the specialty. We welcome all nurses who are committed and enthusiastic to delivering high standards of care in the exciting field of respiratory medicine. Please come for an informal visit, we are proud of our ward and want to share it with you. ## Job Description Carry out planned care for a group of patients without direct supervision Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based Individualised patient care Assist and advise staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care Maintain accurate clinical observations of the patient and act accordingly Undertake nursing procedures Have responsibility for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to Trust policy Monitor patients’ progress, work towards safe and timely discharge plans and ensure barriers to discharge are identified and acted on appropriately Act as the patient’s advocate Continued in Job description ## Responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good written communication skills - Teaching - Basic IT skills ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of speciality ### Education/ qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse **Desirable** - 6 months experience in healthcare ## Documents - [frf form (pdf, 136.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10418453) - [job description (pdf, 490.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10418452) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) ## 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.