Children'S Respiratory Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Children's Respiratory Nurse Specialist to join our Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, specialist care to children, young people and their families.

The role covers three specialist areas: asthma, allergy and cystic fibrosis, with the post holder working across Kings Mill Hospital and Newark. You will manage a caseload of asthma patients, support nurse-led and consultant-led clinics, perform spirometry and FeNO testing, and develop and monitor personalised asthma management plans.

You will also contribute to clinical audit and research, support the leadership of a small team, participate in network meetings, and provide education to medical and nursing colleagues to promote best practice and improve patient care.

Working collaboratively with the wider MDT, including safeguarding teams and colleagues at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, you will provide specialist assessment, advice, support and education to help children and young people manage their conditions effectively.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Details

Date posted

13 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-W&C-8322851

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Specialist knowledge of Respiratory medicine
• Research awareness
• IT skills
• Knowledge and understanding of child protection policies and procedures
• Understanding of audit and research

Desirable

• Counselling skills
• Experience of management of case loads and running nurse led clinics

Qualifications - Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• RSCN/RN(child) - degree level or above
• With experience within paediatric respiratory disease
• Teaching qualification in asthma and allergy. Accredited at least 20 credits at first degree level. Or equivalent
• Evidence of post -basic respiratory education

Desirable

• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Masters - working towards

Further Training

Essential

• Mandatory updates

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with respiratory patients
• Relevant post registration experience
• Experience of supporting children, young people and their families with respiratory illness
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience of delivering training to a wide range of professionals and families with respiratory illness

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Continued professional development at level three
• Car Driver
• Ability to work with families, children and young people in their home environment
• Flexibility to cover the service, if clinics running late working outside office hours
• Working at KMH and Newark Hospital with clinics

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Specialist knowledge of Respiratory medicine
• Research awareness
• IT skills
• Knowledge and understanding of child protection policies and procedures
• Understanding of audit and research

Desirable

• Counselling skills
• Experience of management of case loads and running nurse led clinics

Qualifications - Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• RSCN/RN(child) - degree level or above
• With experience within paediatric respiratory disease
• Teaching qualification in asthma and allergy. Accredited at least 20 credits at first degree level. Or equivalent
• Evidence of post -basic respiratory education

Desirable

• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Masters - working towards

Further Training

Essential

• Mandatory updates

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with respiratory patients
• Relevant post registration experience
• Experience of supporting children, young people and their families with respiratory illness
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience of delivering training to a wide range of professionals and families with respiratory illness

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Continued professional development at level three
• Car Driver
• Ability to work with families, children and young people in their home environment
• Flexibility to cover the service, if clinics running late working outside office hours
• Working at KMH and Newark Hospital with clinics

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Specialist knowledge of Respiratory medicine
• Research awareness
• IT skills
• Knowledge and understanding of child protection policies and procedures
• Understanding of audit and research

Desirable

• Counselling skills
• Experience of management of case loads and running nurse led clinics

Qualifications - Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• RSCN/RN(child) - degree level or above
• With experience within paediatric respiratory disease
• Teaching qualification in asthma and allergy. Accredited at least 20 credits at first degree level. Or equivalent
• Evidence of post -basic respiratory education

Desirable

• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Masters - working towards

Further Training

Essential

• Mandatory updates

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with respiratory patients
• Relevant post registration experience
• Experience of supporting children, young people and their families with respiratory illness
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience of delivering training to a wide range of professionals and families with respiratory illness

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Continued professional development at level three
• Car Driver
• Ability to work with families, children and young people in their home environment
• Flexibility to cover the service, if clinics running late working outside office hours
• Working at KMH and Newark Hospital with clinics