Respiratory Nurse Manager

Active Care Group’s Care in the Home division continues to go from strength to strength ensuring we provide a safe, reliable and outcome-based care to all clients by our exceptional support workers, clinicians, and management team. Calling all clinicians, are you tired of working 12‑hour days/nights and in need of a better work‑life balance? Due to the continued growth of the business we are looking for a Respiratory Nurse Manager to join Care in The Home division, where we are proud to employ Nurses as our Clinical Managers. This hybrid role has both clinical manager and respiratory specialist responsibilities, with ownership of care packages in a region. The role is responsible for the delivery of high‑quality, person‑centred care for clients with complex health needs in their home ensuring with regulatory standards and all relevant legislation. The Respiratory Nurse Specialist aspect has the additional responsibility for providing expert clinical management for clients with respiratory needs.

Please note we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore will not be able to progress any candidates who require a certificate of sponsorship to work in the UK.

What you’ll be working:

• Monday - Friday
• 09.00am - 17.30pm (Flexibility required)
• Home based – with travel (Oxford, Bedford, Cambridge and Hertfordshire)

What you’ll be doing:

Key Aspects of Respiratory Specialist Role will include:

• Contribute to the development of the respiratory service offered by Care in the Home
• Have oversight of complex respiratory packages, delivering an overarching review to support the client, support team and care and clinical manager colleagues
• Ensure respiratory support plans and associated documentation are personalised, evidence based and adjusted according to need, meeting with CQC requirements
• Participate in multidisciplinary collaboration alongside the Clinical Manager
• Participate in audits, service evaluation, and quality improvement initiatives
• Working alongside the Clinical Training and Development Team, provide education and support to Clinical and Care Manager colleagues
• Act as a clinical resource within the Clinical and Care Manager Team and advise on escalation to manage respiratory incidents
• Assessment of complex respiratory client packages and oversight of onboarding respiratory packages of care, working alongside clinical and care manager teams

What you’ll have:

• A legal right to work in the U.K.
• Registered Nurse (RN) or equivalent healthcare professional with current NMC registration – essential.
• Significant post‑registration experience in respiratory care, ideally in the community setting or care at home setting
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD) in respiratory nursing
• Deep understanding of complex care services and clinical needs, including ventilators, tracheostomies, and PEG feeding and strong knowledge of respiratory treatment pathways
• Advanced clinical assessment and decision‑making skills
• Excellent communication and patient education skills
• Ability to work autonomously and manage caseloads independently
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations, UK healthcare standards, and clinical best practices.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to influence and drive change.
• Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual and able to provide direction to all colleagues in the team.
• Self‑confident and the ability to manage challenging situations and conversations.
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills to address clinical challenges and drive improvement.
• Strong organisational, time management and planning skills, with a commitment to self‑management and continuous personal development.
• Experience in a clinical leadership role, preferably within complex care, domiciliary care, or community healthcare settings.
• Proven track record of driving clinical excellence and achieving outstanding regulatory outcomes (e.g., CQC ratings).

Desirable:

• Qualification in respiratory or advanced clinical practice

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

What to look forward to:

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 for Nurses, Therapists & Doctors, £500 all other roles, by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group