Clinical Specialist Respiratory Nurse/Physiotherapist

Job summary

This is an exciting position for a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Physiotherapist to join our team in Respiratory Out-patients . The job has great development opportunities, allowing the successful candidate to expand the Pulmonary Rehabilitation service that we already have in place.

The Respiratory Outpatients has 7 Consultants , 8 Clinical Nurse Specialist , 2 Physiologist , TTD service and 2 Lung cancer CNS. We see patients for Oxygen and NIV review, COPD/Asthma, TB, ILD, Cancer, we run two sleep services Dorset and Wiltshire, AGP and BPD clinics. The department also has a Respiratory Physiology Service.

Main duties of the job

To be the lead clinician for the Lung Exercise and Education Programme (LEEP) and support the respiratory outpatient team in the delivery of Oxygen, NIV, bronchiectasis, AGP and BPD clinics.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk