South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Respiratory Sister/Charge Nurse

The closing date is 30 September 2025

Job summary

The post holder will develop, implement and evaluate a seamless service, ensuring that all Respiratory patients within the caseload receive the highest standard of clinical care.

They will act as a support sister/Charge Nurse, demonstrating a high level of expertise helping develop the service further, providing specialist advice, education to both patients and staff within primary & secondary care.

The post holder will provide support to the patients, their carers/relatives and health care professionals to develop strategies to manage their recovery and early signs of recurrence to avoid readmission. The post holder will actively undertake clinical audits and research within the specialist area enhancing service delivery and change.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will care for patients experiencing complications of their respiratory condition. It is a varied role, which will involve working front of house assessing acutely unwell patients, supporting the staff to safely discharge the patients, manage nurse led clinics and attending patients homes in the community.

The post will have the benefit of training and support resources as well as individual training and competency development plans.

The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the on-going development of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the service, including development of policies, protocols and guidelines and contribute to service developments in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues, to include the undertaking of quality surveillance. The Support Nurse will ensure the safety and well-being of service users, and always work in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust values and behaviours

Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Date posted

16 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

328-UE-7429647

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Adult Nursing
Evidence of respiratory experience
NMC Level 1 Registration
Teaching & mentoring qualification

Knowledge & skills

Essential

A team player able to work well with others & demonstrates commitment to team objectives
Effective communication skills, both written & verbal.
Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC Code of Professional conduct
Commitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach in the work environment/work practices
Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work
Ability to use initiative to make a decision within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required
Commitment to adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures and to contribute to and implement policies in own area and propose changes
Excellent IT skills

Desirable

Physical assessment skills or working towards

Experience

Essential

Experience working within a medical or acute setting.
Commitment to evidence based practice
Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development of self and others - developing clinical practice, including change management
Able to work across professional team and organisational boundaries
Knowledge of trust policies and procedures and ability to translate these into action

Desirable

Experience in a specialist team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Adult Nursing
Evidence of respiratory experience
NMC Level 1 Registration
Teaching & mentoring qualification

Knowledge & skills

Essential

A team player able to work well with others & demonstrates commitment to team objectives
Effective communication skills, both written & verbal.
Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC Code of Professional conduct
Commitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach in the work environment/work practices
Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work
Ability to use initiative to make a decision within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required
Commitment to adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures and to contribute to and implement policies in own area and propose changes
Excellent IT skills

Desirable

Physical assessment skills or working towards

Experience

Essential

Experience working within a medical or acute setting.
Commitment to evidence based practice
Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development of self and others - developing clinical practice, including change management
Able to work across professional team and organisational boundaries
Knowledge of trust policies and procedures and ability to translate these into action

Desirable

Experience in a specialist team

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.

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

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

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

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