Children’s Respiratory Nurse Specialist

Sfh Tr; Stanton Hill; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Children’s Respiratory Nurse Specialist to join the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team. You will manage asthma, allergy and cystic fibrosis care for children and work across Kings Mill Hospital and Newark, delivering high-quality, specialist care within a multidisciplinary framework.

You will contribute to audits, education, and service development while supporting families, children and young people to optimise outcomes.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Specialist knowledge of Respiratory medicine.
• Research awareness.
• Knowledge of child protection policies and procedures.
• Understanding of audit and research.
• Counselling skills.
• Experience of managing caseloads and nurse-led clinics.

Skills

Communication

Respiratory knowledge

Child protection

Audit & research

Counselling

Nurse-led clinics

Team collaboration

Education

RN (First level)

RSCN/RN(child)

Paediatric respiratory exp

Asthma & allergy teaching

Post-basic respiratory ed

Masters in progress

Job description

Main area Paediatrics Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) Job ref 214-W&C-8322851

Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton in Ashfield Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Children’s Respiratory Nurse Specialist to join our Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, specialist care to children, young people and their families.

The role covers three specialist areas: asthma, allergy and cystic fibrosis, with the post holder working across Kings Mill Hospital and Newark. You will manage a caseload of asthma patients, support nurse-led and consultant-led clinics, perform spirometry and FeNO testing, and develop and monitor personalised asthma management plans.

You will also contribute to clinical audit and research, support the leadership of a small team, participate in network meetings, and provide education to medical and nursing colleagues to promote best practice and improve patient care.

Working collaboratively with the wider MDT, including safeguarding teams and colleagues at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, you will provide specialist assessment, advice, support and education to help children and young people manage their conditions effectively.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people and thrive in a collaborative, specialist environment, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Specialist knowledge of Respiratory medicine
• Research awareness
• Knowledge and understanding of child protection policies and procedures
• Understanding of audit and research
• Counselling skills
• Experience of management of case loads and running nurse led clinics

Qualifications - Academic/Craft/Professional

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• RSCN/RN(child) - degree level or above
• With experience within paediatric respiratory disease
• Teaching qualification in asthma and allergy. Accredited at least 20 credits at first degree level. Or equivalent
• Evidence of post -basic respiratory education
• Masters – working towards

Further Training

• Mandatory updates

Experience

• Experience of working with respiratory patients
• Experience of supporting children, young people and their families with respiratory illness
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of delivering training to a wide range of professionals and families with respiratory illness

Contractual Requirements

• Continued professional development at level three
• Car Driver
• Ability to work with families, children and young people in their home environment
• Flexibility to cover the service, if clinics running late working outside office hours
• Working at KMH and Newark Hospital with clinics

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

We as a Trust support the use of AI and other tools to support your application. However, all personal statements and behavioural examples must be truthful and factually accurate. Your application should reflect your own personal/professional experiences and qualifications to ensure authenticity and credibility.

For the avoidance of doubt, plagiarism includes presenting the ideas or experiences of others or content generated by artificial intelligence as your own. We review all applications carefully to ensure that the information provided in your supporting statement aligns with your qualifications, work history and the duties undertaken within those roles. Your experience will also be explored further during the interview process.

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Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applicationsand that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change. If a high number of applications are received, a longlisting exercise will be conducted prior to shortlisting.

Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

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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.

Name Sarah Jenkins Job title Matron for Neonates, Children and Young People Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01623 622515 Additional information

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