Respiratory Nurse Specialist

Main area Respiratory Medicine Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent:
Annexe 21 would be considered Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9-5 currently. Half day weekend cover roughly every 1:8 weekends.) Job
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Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Chest Centre, Aintree Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum, Annex 21 will be considered Salary period Yearly Closing 11/03/2026 23:59

The team is based at Aintree hospital though do provide inpatient cover for home oxygen assessments at Southport DGH too.

Inpatient assessments and outpatient clinics for patients with Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis – including optimisation of treatment, and promoting self-management.

Home oxygen assessments for both inpatients and patients in the community too – including domiciliary visits.

The role provides 7-day cover, with weekend working on (roughly) a 1:8 basis.

We work closely with the medical teams and therapy teams in the hospitals and have close links with other community respiratory services too.

We support team members to learn and develop knowledge and skills – with regular teaching and opportunity to apply for university modules and stand-alone study days as our rota allows.

We are looking for an additional CNS with excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and a keenness to provide gold standard care to join our team. A high level of clinical decision‑making is required, therefore sound theoretical and practical knowledge relating to this specialty is required. The candidate should have at least 2 years’ experience as a Band 6.

Applicants must also have a valid UK driving license and access to a car.

• Assessment for Home Oxygen in line with British Thoracic Society Guidelines, and local policy.
• Ability to review patients with chronic lung conditions including Asthma, COPD and Bronchiectasis - and provide education, self management advice, appropriate lifestyle advice and advise on optimisation of treatments. This happens in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Education for staff at a variety of levels.
• Ability to give advice via phone - to HCPS, patients and their carers.
• Participate in audit, and a willingness to be open to change and improvement of the services we provide.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year.

The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Clinical.

• To perform comprehensive assessment of a patient’s needs (including clinical examination, and sampling arterial blood gases); then plan, implement and evaluate care delivery accordingly.
• Ensure effective lines of communication within the multidisciplinary team to achieve an optimal level of…