West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Lead nurse COPD team

The closing date is 23 August 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting CNS role leading the COPD CNS team to manage admission avoidance and home oxygen within our community as a lead nurse role, you will be instrumental in the effective running of the COPD service to improve patient outcomes keeping patients in their own homes positively impact patient outcomes and impact to the in patient beds, both across the trust and primary care.

This lead role is highly impactful and is a key role in ensuring service stakeholders, the post holder will co-ordinate the COPD team to ensure safe management of our Respiratory patients , ensuring the flow of patient care effective between all providers.

This role is suited to an individual who can deliver specialist care, knowledge, advice, information and education to patients, carers, healthcare professionals and relevant others; ensuring individual clinical, psychosocial, and emotional needs are met.

Highly skilled in sensitive and empathic communications, daily interactions across multi disciplinary forums and driving and leading the COPD team with the Respiratory consultant.

Main duties of the job

o To lead the COPD team and service to ensure positive patient outcomes and high numbers of admission avoidance outcomes across the trust and the primary care setting to provide high-quality, cost-effective service using research, audit, and evidence-based practice.

o To provide specialist care, knowledge, advice, information and education to patients, carers, healthcare professionals and relevant others ensuring individual clinical, psychosocial, and emotional needs are met

oTo participate in service delivery across the trust/primary care ensuring that it meets national recommendations and directives for respiratory patients.

oManage the day-to-day delivery of the COPD service and to be a link worker between all stakeholders and provide leadership and management for the COPD service.

oThe post holder will work with the Lead Clinician ensuring Protocols and Quality Standards are maintained

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Details

Date posted

10 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

179-7308413-M

Job locations

West Suffolk Hospital

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

IP332QZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description for full details and person specification.

The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description for full details and person specification.

The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse registration with NMC
  • Possess a Degree or equivalent Respiratory experience
  • Post basic qualification in Respiratory / COPD care or equivalent experience
  • Management Course

Desirable

  • Working towards Level 7 Post graduation qualification
  • LEO course
  • Qualification in Independent nurse prescribing or willing to undertake training

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Receptive to feedback and the willingness to learn and develop
  • Committed to respiratory care

Experience and knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of working with respiratory patients at B6 role
  • Demonstrates ability to develop new initiatives
  • Demonstrates ability to managing change
  • Advanced Respiratory management

Desirable

  • Experience working in the community

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
  • Ability to motivate self and others
  • Ability to make decisions and prioritise actions
  • Ability to be proactive and resourceful
  • A working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence based practice
  • Ability to develop and maintain team working
  • Ability to demonstrate specialist/Advanced clinical expertise
  • Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Advanced working knowledge of guidelines in the field of respiratory care excellent documentation skills
  • Knowledge awareness of recent NHS policies/DoH agenda
  • Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the holistic needs of the client group
  • Computer skills i.e. Word, data- bases email, internet
  • An eagerness to contribute to quality assurance and audit

Desirable

  • Leadership at point of care course
  • Experience in community setting, working as an autonomous practitioner

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Able to prioritise work
  • Able to work within a multi-professional team
  • Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate initiative
  • Professional attitude to work
  • Able to work under pressure.
  • Willingness to learn new skills
Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse registration with NMC
  • Possess a Degree or equivalent Respiratory experience
  • Post basic qualification in Respiratory / COPD care or equivalent experience
  • Management Course

Desirable

  • Working towards Level 7 Post graduation qualification
  • LEO course
  • Qualification in Independent nurse prescribing or willing to undertake training

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Receptive to feedback and the willingness to learn and develop
  • Committed to respiratory care

Experience and knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of working with respiratory patients at B6 role
  • Demonstrates ability to develop new initiatives
  • Demonstrates ability to managing change
  • Advanced Respiratory management

Desirable

  • Experience working in the community

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
  • Ability to motivate self and others
  • Ability to make decisions and prioritise actions
  • Ability to be proactive and resourceful
  • A working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence based practice
  • Ability to develop and maintain team working
  • Ability to demonstrate specialist/Advanced clinical expertise
  • Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Advanced working knowledge of guidelines in the field of respiratory care excellent documentation skills
  • Knowledge awareness of recent NHS policies/DoH agenda
  • Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the holistic needs of the client group
  • Computer skills i.e. Word, data- bases email, internet
  • An eagerness to contribute to quality assurance and audit

Desirable

  • Leadership at point of care course
  • Experience in community setting, working as an autonomous practitioner

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Able to prioritise work
  • Able to work within a multi-professional team
  • Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate initiative
  • Professional attitude to work
  • Able to work under pressure.
  • Willingness to learn new skills

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).

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Suffolk Hospital

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

IP332QZ


Employer's website

https://www.wsh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Suffolk Hospital

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

IP332QZ


Employer's website

https://www.wsh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron - Respiratory

Louise Harper

Louise.Harper@wsh.nhs.uk

01284713000

Details

Date posted

10 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

179-7308413-M

Job locations

West Suffolk Hospital

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

IP332QZ


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