An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist or Specialist Practitioner to join our developing Community Respiratory Diagnostic Service. We are seeking an experienced registered nurse or allied health professional with a passion for respiratory care and diagnostic services to support the delivery of high-quality community-based spirometry and respiratory assessment services.
This role offers the opportunity to work autonomously across community settings, providing specialist respiratory assessment, spirometry testing, patient education, and clinical advice whilst contributing to the ongoing development of an innovative and patient-centred service.
As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in supporting timely diagnosis, improving patient outcomes, and ensuring patients receive high-quality, evidence-based care closer to home
The successful candidate will:
Deliver high-quality respiratory assessments and diagnostic spirometry in community settings.
Provide specialist advice, education and support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
Assess, analyse and interpret clinical information to support patient management and care planning.
Work collaboratively with primary, community and secondary care colleagues to ensure seamless patient pathways.
Contribute to service improvement, clinical audit and quality initiatives.
Maintain accurate clinical records and promote safe, effective, patient-centred care.
About You
You will be an experienced and compassionate practitioner committed to delivering excellent patient care and supporting service development.
Essential Requirements
Registered Nurse (NMC) or Allied Health Professional (HCPC).
Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience.
Post-registration experience with evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience in respiratory, community, diagnostic or specialist clinical services.
Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.
Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently.
Desirable Requirements
Experience performing and interpreting spirometry.
ARTP accreditation, or willingness to work towards this.
Postgraduate qualification in a relevant specialty or willingness to undertake further study.
Knowledge of current respiratory diagnostic pathways
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
*Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Science or equivalent.
*Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
*NMC or HCPC registration.
*Specialist knowledge of respiratory physiology and diagnostic interpretation.
*Evidence of specialist knowledge acquired through post-registration training, continuing professional development and/or equivalent experience in respiratory diagnostics
*Knowledge of ARTP standards for spirometry quality assurance and interpretation.
*ARTP spirometry qualification or evidence of working towards relevant accreditation.
*Postgraduate study or equivalent specialist development in respiratory care, respiratory diagnostics or clinical assessment.
*Evidence of leadership, supervision, coaching or clinical educator training
*Relevant post-registration or equivalent clinical experience in respiratory care, respiratory diagnostics or a related clinical service.
*Experience of undertaking, assessing quality of, interpreting and reporting spirometry or related respiratory diagnostic investigations.
*Understanding of COPD, obstructive and restrictive respiratory disease, and the relevance of diagnostic findings to clinical pathways.
*Experience of working within protocols, recognising clinical risk and escalating concerns appropriately.
*Experience of supporting, supervising or training junior staff, assistants, students or learners.
*Understanding of community service delivery, patient access, clinic flow, data recording and safe practice across multiple settings.
Experience of community respiratory services, primary care clinics or diagnostic pathway development.
*Experience of audit, quality assurance, peer review, service evaluation or quality improvement activity.
*Knowledge of ARTP guidance, NICE COPD guidance, GOLD COPD guidance or relevant British Thoracic Society guidance as applicable to the service.
*Car driver/user for across site and community work
*Valid UK Driving licence
*Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist area.
*Demonstrate a professional attitude.
*An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments.
*An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations.
*Able to contribute to weekend and evening service.
*Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the clinical areas
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had 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 dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Gemma Atkins
gemma.atkins3@uhb.nhs.uk
01214244766
Agenda for Change
Band 6
Permanent
Full-Time, Flexible Working
304-9018518
Solihull Hospital Lode Ln Solihull West Midlands B91 2JL
This vacancy is closed to applications.