Job overview
We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and compassionate registered nurse to join our dynamic Interstitial Lung Disease team. As a Band 6 deputy CNS, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals living with complex diseases. You will supporting acute and long-term disease management, and providing education, and holistic support to patients and their families. We work closely with colleagues at Kings Hospital with a tertiary referral service known as Kings Health Partners (KHP-ILD service). All clinic and work will be based on both the Guy’s and St Thomas’s sites and the merger between Guy’s & St Thomas’s and The Royal Brompton Hospital brings the possibility of the two ILD teams working closely together in the future.
You will work collaboratively with consultants, multidisciplinary teams, and wider specialist services to optimise patient pathways and improve health outcomes. In addition to direct clinical care, you will contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, audit, and the education of nursing staff.
This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse seeking to develop advanced specialist skills within a supportive and progressive team. You will help shape the future of Interstitial Lung Disease Care, ensuring services remain responsive, innovative, and aligned with Trust values and national standards.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist nursing care to patients with Interstitial Lung Disease across inpatient, outpatient, and virtual settings. Contribute to nurse-led clinics, carrying out patient assessment, clinical decision-making, interpreting investigations, and developing individualised care plans. Contribute to the management of complex patients, ensuring coordinated care, timely escalation, and effective communication.
Deliver specialist education and self-management support to empower patients and carers. Support immunosuppressive pathways, including administrating infusions, counselling, and adherence to protocols with support from the Band 7 CNSs. Provide advice to colleagues, acting as a resource for nursing staff, junior doctors, and AHPs.
Contribute to service improvement through audit, research, patient support groups, quality improvement initiatives and data collection for NHS England supporting the service in conforming to registry standards by the British Thoracic Society and NICE.
Deliver teaching to upskill staff across respiratory, and wider directorates. Work collaboratively with consultants and MDTs to ensure efficient, evidence-based pathways.
Promote holistic, personalised care and advocate for patients’ needs. Liaising closely with palliative care, long term and ambulatory oxygen therapy teams, pulmonary rehabilitation and community respiratory teams. Contribute to nursing leadership through mentorship, supervision, and supporting junior staff development.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
1. Provide specialist nursing assessment, care, and advice for patients with Interstitial Lung Disease across inpatient, outpatient, and virtual platforms.
2. Undertaking nurse-led clinics, comprehensive assessment, the ILD helpline, interpreting diagnostic tests, and implementing evidence-based management plans.
3. Support the initiation, monitoring, and evaluation of immunosuppressive therapies, and other advanced treatments, ensuring adherence to local and national guidelines.
4. Participate in multidisciplinary case discussions, and ward reviews
5. Provide holistic care, addressing physical, psychosocial, and social factors affecting chronic disease management.
6. Facilitate great collaboration between services, including referrals to specialist teams, community services, and other hospital departments.
Education and Support
7. Deliver specialist education to patients, families, and carers regarding disease processes, medications, exacerbation management, lifestyle strategies, and self-management skills.
8. Develop and update patient information materials and contribute to educational programs across the Trust.
Leadership & Service Development
9. Contribute proactively to the development of protocols, guidelines, and clinical standards for Interstitial Lung Diseases.
10. Provide mentorship and professional support to junior staff, contributing to workforce development and succession planning.
Research, Audit, and Innovation
11. Participate in and support clinical audits, research studies, and data collection to inform improvements in clinical practice.
12. Use evidence-based practice and emerging research to guide clinical decision-making and enhance patient outcomes.
13. Contribute to the dissemination of learning through presentations, publications, and professional networks where appropriate.
Professional Responsibilities
14. Ensure documentation is accurate, timely, and compliant with Trust policies and NMC standards.
15. Maintain up-to-date specialist knowledge through continuous professional development, study days, and advanced training.
16. Uphold the Trust’s values, champion patient safety, and promote equality, diversity, and inclusion within the service.
17. Adhere to infection prevention and control measures and contribute to the maintenance of a safe clinical environment.
Person specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential criteria
18. RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
Desirable criteria
19. Advance assessment
Experience
Essential criteria
20. Post-registration experience within a relevant specialty ( respiratory).
21. Experience working within an MDT and across different clinical settings
Desirable criteria
22. Experience of contributing to nurse-led clinics in outpatient/ community settings
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential criteria
23. Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care
24. Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information
25. Ability to prioritise care and demonstrate good time management
Desirable criteria
26. Previous experience in ILD
27. Previous experience of palliative care
28. Previous experience in long-term and ambulatory oxygen therapy
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.