DAIRS Specialist Respiratory Nurse

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Bournemouth seeks a Specialist Respiratory Nurse to join the UHD DAIRS team. The role requires experience in managing respiratory conditions and an enthusiasm for improving patients' health. You will provide care as part of a multi-disciplinary team covering chronic lung conditions. This position also involves conducting patient assessments and providing education, with a requirement for a valid UK driving license. This is a full-time, critical role aimed at enhancing the quality of care at home.

Qualifications

• Current registration with the NMC as a nurse.
• Demonstrable experience in managing chronic respiratory conditions.
• Experience in teaching and staff development is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to patients with chronic lung conditions including COPD and asthma.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Conduct assessments and reviews for home oxygen patients.
• Educate patients and facilitate referrals.

Skills

Experience in chronic respiratory conditions

Teaching and developing staff

Ability to work autonomously

Participation in research and audit

Willingness to undertake CPD

Physical examination skills

Valid UK driving license

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Asthma/COPD course

Physical examination course

NMP

Job description

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

DAIRS Specialist Respiratory Nurse

The closing date is 02 February 2026

We are looking for a Respiratory Specialist Nurse with respiratory experience to join our UHD DAIRS team.

For this post you will need experience of caring for patients with respiratory conditions and an enthusiasm for providing care to improve the health related quality of life to these patients. You will have an understanding of the management of long-term respiratory conditions, as well as acute presentations, and have experience of planning, delivering and evaluating care. This role will provide the opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team where you can develop your skills as a respiratory specialist nurse.

Interview Date: 10th February 2026

Main duties of the job

You will be part of our multi-disciplinary team comprising specialist nurses, physiotherapists and health care support workers. Providing care to patients with chronic lung conditions including COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis and ILD. DAIRS also provides the local home oxygen service and the role includes carrying out assessments and reviews for these patients.

You will provide care to patients as part of the Respiratory Hospital at Home service, avoiding hospital admissions and facilitating earlier discharge from inpatient beds to enable patients to receive specialist respiratory care at home.

The role is varied and also includes reviewing inpatients and providing specialist advice, patient education and onward referral.

There is also the opportunity to develop skills in clinic based setting with DAIRS running specialist nurse and physiotherapist led clinics.

DAIRS is a 7 day service with core hours of 8:00am to 16:00pm.

This is a cross-site role covering Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals. It is essential that you hold a valid UK driving license as there is a requirement to drive Trust cars to complete community home visits.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (NMC)
• Evidence of relevant CPD/willingness to undertake
• Physical examination course
• NMP
• Asthma/COPD course

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in chronic respiratory conditions
• Teaching and developing staff
• Ability to work as autonomously
• Participation in research and audit
• Holds a valid UK driving licence
• Extended role skills e.g. ABGs, CBGs and venepuncture

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust