Respiratory Sister/Charge Nurse

NHS; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Middlesbrough seeks a Respiratory Sister/Charge Nurse to deliver high-quality clinical care to respiratory patients. Responsibilities include patient assessment, staff support, and contributing to service and policy development. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Adult Nursing, respiratory experience, and strong commitment to teamwork and professional standards. Competitive salary and ongoing leadership training are offered.

Benefits

Leadership training

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC Code of Professional conduct.
• Commitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach.
• Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work.

Responsibilities

• Care for patients experiencing complications of their respiratory condition.
• Support staff to manage nurse-led clinics and patient assessments.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of clinical practice and policies.

Skills

Respiratory experience

Team player

Physical assessment skills

Commitment to evidence based practice

Education

Degree in Adult Nursing

Job description

Mynd nôl South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Respiratory Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 30 September 2025

The post holder will develop, implement and evaluate a seamless service, ensuring that all Respiratory patients within the caseload receive the highest standard of clinical care.

They will act as a support sister/Charge Nurse, demonstrating a high level of expertise helping develop the service further, providing specialist advice, education to both patients and staff within primary & secondary care.

The post holder will provide support to the patients, their carers/relatives and health care professionals to develop strategies to manage their recovery and early signs of recurrence to avoid readmission. The post holder will actively undertake clinical audits and research within the specialist area enhancing service delivery and change.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will care for patients experiencing complications of their respiratory condition. It is a varied role, which will involve working front of house assessing acutely unwell patients, supporting the staff to safely discharge the patients, manage nurse led clinics and attending patients homes in the community.

The post will have the benefit of training and support resources as well as individual training and competency development plans.

The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the on-going development of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the service, including development of policies, protocols and guidelines and contribute to service developments in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues, to include the undertaking of quality surveillance. The Support Nurse will ensure the safety and well-being of service users, and always work in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust values and behaviours

Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Adult Nursing
• Evidence of respiratory experience
• A team player able to work well with others & demonstrates commitment to team objectives
• Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC Code of Professional conduct
• Commitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach in the work environment/work practices
• Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work
• Ability to use initiative to make a decision within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required
• Commitment to adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures and to contribute to and implement policies in own area and propose changes
• Physical assessment skills or working towards

Experience

• Experience working within a medical or acute setting.
• Commitment to evidence based practice
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development of self and others - developing clinical practice, including change management
• Able to work across professional team and organisational boundaries
• Knowledge of trust policies and procedures and ability to translate these into action
• Experience in a specialist team

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 Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum (pro rata)