Job Description

The Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a cornerstone of excellence in respiratory care. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking department that plays a vital role in the multidisciplinary management of patients with both acute and chronic respiratory conditions.



As a key member of the team, you will be instrumental in shaping and delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across both hospital and community settings. You will contribute to the development of innovative patient pathways within the triage service, offering specialist nursing advice to both patients and colleagues. Your role will be central to ensuring timely access to care, supporting the Trust in meeting national waiting time targets.



You will use your advanced clinical assessment and communication skills to guide patients through diagnostic pathways, ensuring that all relevant clinical information is available to the multidisciplinary team. Your expertise will be essential in interpreting complex investigatory results and determining the most appropriate next steps--whether that be discharge, referral to a GP, or escalation to specialist services.



If you are passionate about respiratory care and ready to take the next step in your nursing career, we would love to hear from you.



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



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.



Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

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



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