Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Respiratory

Job summary
Are you an experienced children's nurse with a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people with asthma? We are seeking an enthusiastic, innovative, and highly motivated Paediatric Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist to lead and develop high-quality asthma care across both local and regional services.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic multidisciplinary respiratory team, providing expert clinical leadership and specialist nursing care for children and young people with asthma. You will play a pivotal role in delivering evidence-based care, reducing health inequalities, improving patient outcomes, and supporting the development of integrated asthma services across primary, secondary, and tertiary care.

As the Paediatric Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will: Provide expert assessment, management, and follow-up for children and young people with asthma across inpatient and outpatient settings; Deliver education to children, young people, families, schools, and healthcare professionals; work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, primary care, community services, schools, and regional respiratory networks to ensure seamless, patient-centred care; Support service development through audit, research, innovation, and evidence-based practice.

Main duties of the job
The post holder is a recognised expert in the specialty, responsible for assessing, developing and implementing specialist nursing care programmes and undertaking specialist nursing procedures

Responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff. This includes the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students

Responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence based care

Required to undertake research and lead clinical audits in own specialist area

You will also be a registered Children's Nurse with: significant post-registration experience in respiratory nursing care; Have advanced knowledge of asthma management and current national guidelines; Be experienced in multidisciplinary working; Committed to your own professional development and delivering compassionate, family centred care.

About us
Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Details
Date posted: 22 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 180-E-267197-RE
Job locations: Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E, Hill's Road, Cambridge, CB20QQ, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities

• Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination), you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 29th Jul 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 10th Aug 2026

Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• RSCN/ RN Child
• First Degree (or equivalent level) in nursing or health-related subject
• High Dependency/ PICU Course
• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Evidence of on-going CPD

Desirable

• Post-graduate Diploma/ Degree/Masters
• Counselling qualification
• Non-medical prescriber
• Advanced communication skills

Experience
Essential

• Working with acute and chronically ill children and young people
• PICU/ NICU experience or
• Evidence of having worked collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrate a commitment to teaching colleagues / students and involvement in mentorship
• Community experience

Desirable

• Experience in caring for children with ophthalmologic conditions, and their families
• Evidence of publications in nursing journals
• NHS Experience

Skills
Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Skills of diplomacy and negotiation
• Well-developed organisational and planning ability, able to prioritise and delegate
• Maintain a flexible attitude to change
• Demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team and build good relationships
• Computer literate
• Ability to manage performance of staff, change management and conflict

Desirable

• Experience of managing a caseload
• Experience of managing conflict

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E, Hill's Road, Cambridge, CB20QQ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Lead Nurse Paediatric Respiratory
Jenny Pool
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