Respiratory Nurse

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Respiratory Nurse to join the BREATHE service in Barnsley. The role involves managing a clinical caseload and providing specialist care for patients with respiratory conditions in both community settings and clinics. Candidates should have a strong background in respiratory care and the ability to work autonomously while collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team. The position supports personal development and training opportunities, with a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Training and personal development

Opportunities for collaboration

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Educated to Graduate level and/or working towards Masters level.
• Recent up to date knowledge of COPD, Oxygen and Respiratory care.
• Ability to effectively network and form professional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support the Team Leader in delivering the Breathe Service in the community.
• Manage a defined clinical caseload providing specialist support.
• Communicate effectively with all members of the Breathe Service.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Excellent team working skills

Ability to work autonomously

Sound IT skills

Education

Diploma/Degree in Respiratory Disease

Professional teaching qualification

Job description

Respiratory Nurse

The closing date is 16 December 2025

Do you have an interest in improving Respiratory Care? Are you interested in continuous learning and development? Can you think on your feet and make effective clinical decisions? A career as a Respiratory Specialist Nurse in BREATHE in the Community could be for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated, enthusiastic Respiratory nurse to work for South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust within the BREATHE service.

This community-based team provides specialist assessment and review of patients with a confirmed respiratory diagnosis.

The service is responsible for delivering specialist care to patients in their own home as well as in our community clinics and venues around Barnsley. The successful candidate will be expected to assess and treat patients with a wide variety of respiratory conditions.

The team is committed to personal development, training & wellbeing.

We welcome anyone to apply who has a passion for Respiratory Care.

While this role meets the eligibility requirements for Skilled Worker sponsorship, due to the short‑term nature of the contract, the Trust will not be offering sponsorship for this post.

We welcome applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK or are on a visa route that permits employment without sponsorship. Such applications will be considered alongside all others.

Main duties of the job

Work as an expert practitioner, demonstrating evidence‑based knowledge, analytical skills, and specialist assessment to triage, assess and manage a range of complex presentations.

Work autonomously assessing and managing your own clinical caseload supporting patients with a range of respiratory conditions in a community setting. This includes those requiring End‑of‑Life care and home‑oxygen assessment and therapy.

You will be expected to fully integrate yourself within the aligned neighbourhood, playing an integral role within the Respiratory pathway. This includes participating in MDTs, working alongside primary‑care colleagues, collaborating with respiratory and medical teams within secondary care and virtual ward to help facilitate early discharge and care at home, to support the provision of seamless care.

You will work as part of a team and as a lone worker and be allocated to a specific neighbourhood; however, travel and work across all neighbourhoods will be required.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID‑19 to protect patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

About us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities; we do this by providing high‑quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we’re run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

• The post‑holder will support the Team Leader in the delivery of the Breathe Service in community
• To manage a defined clinical caseload, providing specialist support, education and complex case management to people with respiratory conditions and their families and carers.
• Work as part of a wider Neighbourhood Multi‑disciplinary team of nursing, therapy, mental health, social care and primary care staff.
• Liaise with primary and secondary care colleagues, providing education and support, thus developing and maintaining high quality evidence‑based respiratory care across Barnsley

KEY RESULT AREAS:

• Work autonomously assessing and managing own clinical caseload for all clients/patients within a designated neighbourhood (both clinic and home visits). Supporting patients with a range of respiratory conditions or on a respiratory rehabilitation pathway (including, but not limited to coronavirus rehabilitation, patients requiring End‑of‑Life support or those requiring Long‑Term Oxygen or nebuliser assessment and therapy)
• Use and apply specialised skills underpinned by advanced theoretical knowledge of professional practice in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a Respiratory Nurse Specialist
• To work as an expert practitioner within the Breathe Service demonstrating evidence based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialised assessment techniques to triage, assess and manage a range of complex presentations, taking into account physical, psychological and social care needs.
• Formulate and implement treatment plans based on current evidence and expert clinical reasoning demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of treatments including the integration of the principles of self‑management, enabling individuals to function independently by increasing their choice to remain in their own home/community, thereby reducing inappropriate hospital admissions
• Enable people to receive an early and accurate diagnosis and receive the relevant information and support to manage their respiratory disease.
• Participate in multi‑disciplinary team meetings, contributing to decisions with regards to patient care.
• Work alongside Primary Care GPs and Practice Nurses and in managing patients within the respective Primary Care Network. Providing targeted support to practices, where rates of respiratory disease per practice population are highest.
• Work in collaboration with the respiratory and medical teams within secondary care to help facilitate the early supported discharge of patients following an emergency admission for an acute or chronic respiratory condition, to support the provision of seamless care.
• Manage referrals to the service from medical, nursing staff and other sources and ensure patients are seen within the required timescales based upon clinical need. This will include patients in crisis requiring urgent assessment and support, those at risk of hospital admission and End‑of‑Life patients.
• Play an active role to initiate, plan and implement induction, training and education of junior team members, the broader community nursing teams and students
• Ensure appropriate supervision and caseload support of junior members of the team
• Understand the requirements and implications for service delivery of National Standards eg NICE guidelines, National Service Frameworks, British Thoracic Society guidelines where applicable
• Lead on the development and delivery of specialised education programmes to own and other professionals to enable best practice in the care and treatment of individuals with respiratory conditions
• Adhere to and as appropriate contribute to the development and review of policies, procedures and standards relating to the service; using an evidence based approach.
• Work within and as appropriate contribute to the clinical governance framework to maintain consistently high standards of care, working from an evidence base or current best practice.
• Undertake Nurse Prescribing in response to assessed need and in accordance with trust policy.
• Ensure complete, accurate and up to date records are maintained in accordance with NMC guidelines and trust policy. Record all client contacts and activities, and input data into appropriate IT system in a timely manner in accordance with PCT protocols.
• Adhere to the NMC scope of professional practice and trust policies and procedures; ensuring professional competency and development by updating skills and knowledge; attending all mandatory training.

Communication with others:

Communicate effectively, empathically and in a culturally sensitive manner with patients, representatives, carers and their families, interpreters will be used effectively where the need is identified.

Communicate effectively with all members of the Breathe Service; providing information as necessary to provide a cohesive and effective service.

Communicate effectively with other health professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure a team approach to patient care; providing explanations of any relevant cultural issues as required.

Communicate effectively with SWYPFT GP practices and health professionals in other areas.

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g. service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respect at all time. The post holder must at all time act in accordance with the Trust's Values:

• Honest, open, transparent
• Respectful
• Person first and in the centre
• Improve and be outstanding
• Relevant today, ready for tomorrow
• Families and carers matter

Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Graduate level and/or working towards Masters level.
• Diploma/Degree in Respiratory Disease or working towards it.
• Professional teaching qualification.

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Recent up to date knowledge of COPD, Oxygen and Respiratory care including management of acute exacerbations and acutely unwell patients.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent team working skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise and organise workload ensuring effective management skills.
• Sound understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit. Ability to apply principles to workplace.
• Ability to effectively network and form professional relationships with other healthcare/multi‑agency professionals.
• Sound IT skills including use of Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Outlook and accessing the internet.

Physical Attributes

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Training

• ARTP accredited (or willingness to undergo accreditation upon commencement in post).

Personal Attributes

• Able to work evenings and weekends.
• Flexibility to meet the needs of the service.
• Reliable, motivated and enthusiastic.
• Ability to communicate on all levels.
• Able to be mobile on a daily basis to meet the requirements of the post.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).

Experience

• Recent experience of Respiratory care and clinical examination.
• Substantial experience of working as part of a nursing team and/or multi‑disciplinary/multi‑agency team.
• Recent experience of working in the community setting.

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.

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust