Overview
We're seeking an experienced and compassionate Paediatric Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our expanding Community Diagnostic Hub service. This role plays a pivotal part in improving early identification and management of asthma in children and young people. You will lead on delivering accurate, timely asthma assessments and diagnoses, ensuring families receive clear, evidence-based guidance and rapid access to the right support. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you'll help shape a high-quality, community-based diagnostic pathway that reduces delays, enhances patient experience, and supports better long-term outcomes.
Responsibilities
* Conduct specialist asthma assessments, including history-taking, spirometry, FeNO testing, and symptom evaluation.
* Provide timely and accurate diagnosis of asthma within Community Diagnostic Hubs.
* Develop personalised care plans and ensure families understand management strategies.
* Offer expert clinical advice and education to children, families, and healthcare colleagues.
* Support service development to strengthen community-based respiratory pathways.
* Mentor junior staff and contribute to training across the wider paediatric workforce.
* Participate in audit, research, and quality improvement initiatives.
Role details
Closing date of applications: 8 March 2026
Interview date: 20 March 2026
Band 7
Organisational context
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
Diversity, inclusion and recruitment information
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity. The Trust actively encourages applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit. The Trust supports a Disability Confident stance and an Armed Forces and Diversity-related guaranteed interview scheme.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme: The Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meet the essential criteria to help them transition to civilian life. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment. The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
If you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format, please contact the recruitment team. For accessibility or adjustments, join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
For more about the role and what we’re looking for, Working for our organisation: As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer: Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development; On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond; Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.
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