Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Respiratory/Asthma
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/24/2025
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Description
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in South East London is a large teaching hospital and is at the forefront of academic and nursing excellence. We are looking for a highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic individual to recruit into a band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist role for Paediatric Respiratory/Asthma.
At Kings College Hospital we are a specialist paediatric respiratory service and have helped pioneer the development of the specialty in the UK. We diagnose and treat infants and children with all types of respiratory problems and specialise in complex illnesses. Within our Paediatric Asthma Service, we see children referred by local GPs as well as by hospitals in south London and south east England. Our outpatients’ clinics include general respiratory, asthma and difficult asthma and can be consultant led, or nurse led.
To manage with supervision (depending on experience) a caseload of children and young people with asthma.
To be a key part of the MDT involved in the care and management of children and young people with severe asthma
To ensure children and young people with any severity of asthma receive the highest standard of care
To act as a key resource and source of specialist support to colleagues across primary/secondary/tertiary care settings.
For more information about Child Health please watch our video - https://vimeo.com/795290612/ae443fa495
To work as an autonomous clinical nurse specialist to co-ordinate and deliver expert nursing care effectively to a defined caseload of children, young people with respiratory conditions/asthma and their families across both the acute and community setting.
To lead in the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.
To maintain clear lines of communication with primary healthcare teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of children, young people and families in the community.
To act as a key resource and source of specialist support to colleagues across primary/secondary/tertiary care settings.
Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognize their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Aldred Job title: Lead Nurse for Children and Young People Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 02032996431
Dr Atul Gupta.
Paediatric Respiratory Consultant
[email protected]
At Kings College Hospital we are a specialist paediatric respiratory service and have helped pioneer the development of the specialty in the UK. We diagnose and treat infants and children with all types of respiratory problems and specialise in complex illnesses. Within our Paediatric Asthma Service, we see children referred by local GPs as well as by hospitals in south London and south east England. Our outpatients’ clinics include general respiratory, asthma and difficult asthma and can be consultant led, or nurse led.
To manage with supervision (depending on experience) a caseload of children and young people with asthma.
To be a key part of the MDT involved in the care and management of children and young people with severe asthma
To ensure children and young people with any severity of asthma receive the highest standard of care
To act as a key resource and source of specialist support to colleagues across primary/secondary/tertiary care settings.
For more information about Child Health please watch our video - https://vimeo.com/795290612/ae443fa495
To work as an autonomous clinical nurse specialist to co-ordinate and deliver expert nursing care effectively to a defined caseload of children, young people with respiratory conditions/asthma and their families across both the acute and community setting.
To lead in the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.
To maintain clear lines of communication with primary healthcare teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of children, young people and families in the community.
To act as a key resource and source of specialist support to colleagues across primary/secondary/tertiary care settings.
Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognize their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner maintaining patient confidentiality at all times.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Aldred Job title: Lead Nurse for Children and Young People Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 02032996431
Dr Atul Gupta.
Paediatric Respiratory Consultant
[email protected]
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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