DAIRS Lead Nurse / Physiotherapist (Advanced Clinical Practitioner) in Bournemouth

Main area: Respiratory

Grade: Band 8a

Contract: Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity leave cover)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)

Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum

Closing date: 22/09/2026 23:59

Interview date: 30/09/2026

As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m. We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work. We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group. As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview: Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Nurse or Physiotherapist with significant knowledge and skills in Respiratory Medicine, and looking for a new challenge in a leadership position? Are you passionate about Respiratory Care, and could you be an ambassador for the Dorset Adult Integrated Respiratory Service (DAIRS) at University Hospitals Dorset? We are seeking applications for a Band 8a DAIRS Lead Nurse/Physiotherapist/ACP, to work Mon-Fri in this fixed term post. This role requires an active Professional registration with the NMC or the HCPC.

Main duties of the job: This post offers the opportunity to deliver operational management to a multi-disciplinary team, service development, and clinical leadership whilst maintaining a clinical role. This is an exciting time within DAIRS and the wider Respiratory service, with opportunities for service development as part of UHD Transformation and the Respiratory Virtual Ward pathway. You would be responsible for supporting DAIRS activity which includes the Respiratory Hospital at Home service, Nurse and Physiotherapist led outpatient clinics, and the Home Oxygen Assessment and Review Service.

• Primarily be based at Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals, with occasional visits into community settings and patients' own homes.
• Be the operational line manager for members of the DAIRS team including Specialist Nurses, Specialist Physiotherapists and Support Staff.
• Drive service improvement, innovation and staff skill and knowledge acquisition for the benefit of patients within the pathway.
• Seek opportunities to continuously develop the service to always ensure the delivery of patient-centred care.

Working for our organisation: Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: For a more detailed job description and person specification, please refer to the documents attached to this advert.

Person specification:

• Professional registration with the NMC or HCPC
• Recognised teaching or mentoring qualification
• Masters level Advanced Clinical Practice/Equivalent Masters
• Non-medical prescriber

Experience:

• Demonstrable experience of working independently in a Band 7 Clinical role within relevant specialty
• Experience of leading and managing a team and working in partnership with all levels of staff
• Service and practice development and managing change
• Experience of Hospital @ Home
• Experience of cross-site working
• Teaching staff from other professions

Knowledge:

• Demonstrable theoretical and practical knowledge of respiratory specialty common presentations
• An understanding of Trust policies/procedures, particularly in relation to managing a team: Managing attendance, HR procedures, appraisals
• An awareness of Transformation processes within the Trust
• An awareness of Hospital @ Home

Please note: Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands. This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.