Home Oxygen Assessment Nurse

Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; Sur place; GBP 40 000 - 48 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Respiratory Nurse for a part-time role (28 hours per week) in Chester. You will assess and support patients requiring oxygen therapy across hospital and community settings, working within a dynamic respiratory team to enhance patient care into domiciliary services.

The post involves hospital clinics and home visits, with potential for developing nurse-led clinics and collaboration with MDTs.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with UK registration.
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification.
• Interest or experience in Respiratory Nursing.

Responsabilités

• Work with the Respiratory multi-disciplinary team to manage clinic and home visit care.
• Liaise with internal and external care providers to ensure seamless patient care.
• Deliver hospital outpatient clinics, home assessments, and nurse-led services.

Connaissances

Respiratory nursing

Autonomous working

Formation

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Diploma or respiratory course

Working towards degree

Description du poste

Main area Respiratory Team Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 08:30 to 17:30 and Thursday 4 hours admin onsite Hours Part time - 28 hours per week (4 days - Monday 08:30 to 17:00, Tuesday 08:30 to 17:00, Wednesday 08:30 to 17:00, Thursday 09:00 to 13:00.) Job ref 210-2026-772

Site Countess of Chester Hospital Town Chester Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/11/2026 23:59

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.

Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation

Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.

As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.

Job overview

Working Part time : 28 hours per week (4 days - Monday to Wednesday and Thursday short day )

The Respiratory Team is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated Registered Nurse to the Respiratory Care Team within the Urgent Care Division. This post is to assess and support patients requiring oxygen therapy on a domiciliary basis.
The role offers an opportunity to work with a dynamic respiratory nurse team to improve the care and management of patients requiring oxygen, performing assessments in a complex cohort of patients with changing health care needs.
This service works across the acute hospital and community setting enabling a seamless service for patients who require oxygen therapy on a domiciliary basis. You will work closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary team both in the Trust and the community setting. You should have experience in general respiratory nursing and ideally hold a diploma or recognised respiratory course or be working towards a degree.
The post will consist of hospital-based outpatient clinics and home visit assessments and ongoing care. Client interventions can be planned or on an SOS basis. Relevant training will be provided to promote autonomous working. It is essential that you can drive and have access to a car in order to carry out home visit assessments.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with all members of the Respiratory multi- disciplinary team, contributing to weekly MDT meetings, supporting and independently delivering both new diagnosis, review clinics, home assessments and developing nurse led clinics.

You will be liaising and working alongside other care providers internally and externally including CWP and the Community Home Oxygen team.

Working for our organisation

The Trust’s services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.

The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service.Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification.

Knowledge and Experience

• Interest in Respiratory Nursing
• Previous experience in Respiratory Nursing

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If the role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 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.

Enhanced DBS check applications that are submitted with omitted or incorrect information will be withdrawn. In the event errors are identified on your original application, a new application will need to be submitted and you will be required to pay the DBS application fee again.

The cost of the DBS application will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet these immigration rules

For further details on skilled worker sponsorship, please consult the UK Home Office guidance: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK. Additionally, the New guidance for overseas applicants | NHS Employers provides helpful information on the recruitment process for candidates applying for roles in the UK.

Overseas candidates are responsible for their travel expenses.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependent's (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.