Children's Respiratory Specialist Nurse
Closing date: 18 June 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Children's and Young People's Respiratory services. We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, skilled and confident children's nurse to join our Children and Young People Multi-Disciplinary Respiratory Team as a Band 7 Children's Respiratory Nurse working across Royal Stoke & County Hospitals and Community Diagnostic Centre sites within community settings.
The post holder will work with clinicians and nursing staff and provide a highly developed and effective outpatient and inpatient service for children with respiratory diseases. The role requires excellent communication, analytical and planning expertise, and the ability to work autonomously, effectively and efficiently with children, parents/carers, and a variety of multidisciplinary teams across primary, secondary, tertiary and voluntary care settings. The role will involve travel between multiple sites, leading the development and delivery of the Community Diagnostic Centre pathways, nurse‑led clinical aspects of the service, and contributing to quality, cost‑effective service management, paediatric respiratory education, research and audit programmes.
Qualifications
* Current Children's Nursing Registration: RSCN/Project 2000/RN‑Child
* Degree Level Nursing/Health Related Studies
* Evidence of higher level study at Masters Level; alternatively working knowledge and experience
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
* Minimum of 10 years post registration experience, at least 5 years providing respiratory care
* Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need
* Excellent written and communication skills
* Experience of supporting child and family learning and use of competency‑based assessments
Personal Qualities
* Able to maintain confidentiality
* Ability to work autonomously to manage own workload
* Ability to work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team across all care and organisational settings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
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