Paediatric Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist

Current vacancies Paediatric Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area: Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 309-UCLH-6172

Site: UCLH

Town: London

Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAS

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 01/05/:59

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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Registered Nurse to join the Children and Young People's (CYP) service at UCLH to deliver transformational patient care for young people with respiratory illnesses including asthma, tracheostomies, and long-term non-invasive ventilatory support. You will be joining a vibrant multidisciplinary team providing supportive care to ensure CYP and their families receive high-quality clinical care from admission through to discharge and when they are at home in the community. Patient safety and a positive patient experience is at the heart of this role.
As one of the top performing trusts in the UK, this post is an excellent opportunity for professional development and growth. We are seeking to employ an individual with strong clinical and communication skills, dynamic leadership attributes, and credibility. The successful candidate will lead on respiratory care for CYP, support the CYP Division to lead change, quality improvement projects, and shape our CYP services for the future.

Do you have excellent interpersonal skills, senior nursing experience, sound clinical skills, and the ability to work sensitively and collaboratively? If so, we can offer you:
• Job satisfaction working within a dynamic multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent career development and learning opportunities.

Main duties of the job

A key focus of this role is delivering exceptional asthma care, including nurse-led asthma assessment and management clinics, supporting consultant-led clinics, and coordinating care with community teams and tertiary centres.

As the Respiratory CNS, you will lead the winter palivizumab vaccination service.

You will also work collaboratively across hospital services, including neonatal, oncology, and general paediatric teams. You will play a vital role in supporting respiratory patients admitted to the ward, managing high-dependency care, tracheostomies, and long-term ventilation (LTV).

This position also involves providing expert training to nursing and medical teams across the division, ensuring the highest standards of care. Key clinical skills for this role include assessment and care planning, performing lung function tests and skin prick testing, teaching, and leading service management and improvement initiatives.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

Person specification Knowledge and Qualifications

• RN (child) / RGN
• 1st level registration with NMC
• Degree level education or equivalent
• Independent nurse prescriber or working towards

Experience

• Substantial experience at Band 6 including working in either: general/respiratory paediatrics or critical care (intensive care, HDU, A&E)
• Knowledge and management of acutely unwell respiratory management and the use of CPAP and Airvo (High flow oxygen)
• Knowledge and experience in the management of common paediatric respiratory conditions such as asthma, wheeze, and chronic lung disease
• Knowledge of the research process
• Research and audit experience
• Experience of health and safety issues pertaining to clinical practice
• Knowledge and experience of the management of children with tracheostomies
• Organisational and managerial skills
• Evidence of professional development
• Able to work independently, prioritise workload and manage own time
• IT skills to include Outlook diary, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, EPR
• Previous Clinical Nurse Specialist experience
• Experience of participation in service improvement initiatives
• Knowledge and experience in the management of children requiring long-term ventilation

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to organise and run Nurse Led clinics or similar clinical services related to paediatric respiratory care.
• Able to manage own caseload
• Ability to lead and coordinate change and service development
• Competent writing skills
• Teaching and assessing skills.
• Ability to work with databases
• Clinical audit skills
• Ability to carry out FeNO, spirometry, skin prick testing (aeroallergens)

Values

• Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork, and improving

Personal and People Development

• Experience in supervising or managing staff
• Ability to deliver training to staff, patients, and families

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork, and improving, are central to the way we work.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

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.

Contact: Joanna Turner, CYP Matron,