Specialist Paediatric Respiratory Nurse - Respiratory Neurodisability London

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 0.75 WTE (28 hours a week) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our paediatric respiratory multidisciplinary team, working across the Children's Hospital, including the general and respiratory wards and the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).

The post holder will play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality, expert care for children and young people with respiratory neurodisability and their families. They will manage a specialist caseload of children who require respiratory support as part of their neurodisability and who meet the service's referral criteria. The role involves close collaboration with multidisciplinary and multi‑agency teams to coordinate care, optimise resources, and ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and patient‑centred care.

Working both autonomously and collaboratively, the successful candidate will provide expert clinical leadership, specialist advice, and practical support to children, young people, and their families throughout their care journey.

The Children's Hospital at The Royal London Hospital is a tertiary referral centre providing specialist paediatric services in general and neonatal surgery, orthopaedics, trauma, ENT, maxillofacial surgery, and plastic surgery. We care for patients admitted via our busy Paediatric Emergency Department and inpatient wards, as well as referrals from Whipps Cross Hospital, Newham Hospital, and other district general hospitals.

Main duties of the job

This role is specifically focused on supporting the respiratory management of children with neurodisability who meet the following criteria:

• Two or more Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU) admissions within a 12-month period with a primary respiratory diagnosis (as determined by a respiratory consultant); or
• Three or more inpatient admissions within a 12-month period with a primary respiratory diagnosis (as determined by a respiratory consultant).

The successful candidate will work autonomously, leading and managing a defined caseload of patients. They will be responsible for undertaking comprehensive clinical assessments, accurately documenting and communicating findings, identifying patients whose condition is deteriorating, and taking appropriate action in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team.

The post holder will coordinate the Respiratory Neurodisability Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) clinic, ensuring effective planning, communication, and continuity of care. They will develop, implement, and regularly review personalised respiratory care and escalation plans to support children, young people, and their families across hospital and community settings.

The role also includes prescribing and coordinating oxygen therapy, working closely with community teams to ensure the safe provision, ongoing management, and review of home oxygen and other respiratory support.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRSCN / RN (Child)
• oDegree in Nursing BSc
• oSpecialist course in respiratory nursing.
• oEvidence of professional development and leadership training.
• oMentorship/Teaching qualification
• oLevel 3 safeguarding training

Desirable

• oWorking towards relevant degree or masters

Experience

Essential

• oSignificant post registration experience of working with children with a respiratory illness
• oExperience of caseload management.
• oExperience of caring for children with neurodisability and an understanding of their respiratory and complex needs.
• oExperience of working with students and facilitating their learning needs.
• oKnowledge and understanding of safeguarding processes

Desirable

• oExperience of change management
• oResearch and audit
• oWorking in the community setting

Skills

Essential

• oAbility to work as part of a multi-disciplinary.
• oAbility to work within nursing teams to ensure good clinical/non‑clinical outcomes.
• oAbility to communicate with patients and their families in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures.
• oDemonstrate the ability to work independently as well as work within a wider MDT/multi-agency team in a complex and changing environment.
• oCompetent IT skills use of Excel Word PowerPoint
• oAble to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• oAble to use own initiative.
• oProven oral and written communication skills demonstrate the ability to compile complex written information.

Desirable

• oAbility to audit and survey to improve clinical/non‑clinical outcomes.
• oExperience in group teaching or public speaking

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).