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Airways/Interstitial Lung Disease CNS Band 6
The closing date is 22 July 2025
Airways/Interstitial Lung Disease CNS (Band 6, 0.8WTE)
We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Band 6 nurse to join our Airways Respiratory Specialist Team.
If you have respiratory experience and are looking to broaden your skills and expertise in specialist respiratory care, this is an excellent opportunity to develop within a supportive and experienced team. The role focuses on the management and care of patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and asthma.
As a specialist CNS, you will act as an autonomous practitioner, supported by the Airways/ILD Lead, delivering expert care to both inpatients and outpatients throughout their treatment journey. Your role will involve providing clinical support, education, and psychological guidance, ensuring patients receive holistic and patient-centred care.
Additionally, you will play a key role in promoting tobacco dependency services across the Trust, working closely with our dedicated Tobacco Dependency Advisors to support patients in reducing and overcoming tobacco addiction.
Join us in making a meaningful difference in respiratory care and patient wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
As the main point of contact for patients, you will provide expert guidance, signposting to appropriate services, and liaise effectively with other healthcare professionals (HCPs) as necessary to ensure seamless, high-quality care.
This role requires excellent communication skills, along with a kind and compassionate approach to patient support. You will work closely with individuals and their families, offering education, reassurance, and tailored interventions to help them navigate their condition.
You will be part of a patient-focused, friendly, and supportive team, where professional growth and development are actively encouraged. The team will provide mentorship and opportunities for you to expand your skills and knowledge in specialist respiratory care.
This is a part-time position (30 hours per week). If you are passionate about respiratory care and interested in joining our team, we would love to hear from you.
You would be most welcome for an informal visit. Please contact Kelly Younger (RHCH) on 01962 825574,kelly.younger@hhft.nhs.uk or Linda Chu (BNHH) on 01256 314781, linda.chu@hhft.nhs.uk to arrange this.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Job responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse/ current NMC registration
* Mentorship/ teaching qualification
* Diploma or degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
* Additional post graduate learning in specialist field
* Advanced communication skills training
Experience
* Post registration experience of caring for patients with respiratory, Asthma/ILD/COPD conditions
* Knowledge of audit, research and quality improvement
Skills
* Excellent communication skills including; to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner; to liaise and negotiate effectively; to understand and disseminate multifaceted information to manage any barriers to information
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Specialised clinical skills across the relevant speciality - respiratory
Other specific requirements
* Keen to learn and take on opportunities for personal and departmental development
* Professionally presented and calm approach
* Ability to manage conflicting and constantly changing priorities
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.
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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