Respiratory Nurse Specialist

Overview

Permanent - Hours negotiable from 22 to 25 hours. We are currently seeking to recruit an experienced respiratory nurse/s to join our highly motivated team of Respiratory Nurse Specialists.

The core function of the respiratory nurse specialist team is to facilitate early supported discharge, follow-up patients at home thus reducing length of stay. The team also manages the home oxygen service for all respiratory patients across Fife.

• The Respiratory Nurse Specialist team delivers a wide range of services including:
  General respiratory clinic reviews; ILD support clinic/service;
  Difficult to treat asthma clinic/biologic treatment clinics;
  Long-term oxygen assessments - both inpatient and outpatient;
  Trial nebulised antibiotic dosing for patients with complex respiratory infection;
  Adhoc reviews for admission avoidance (at patients homes and in ward attender clinics);
  Support for acute NIV/CPAP;
  Outpatient/inpatient sleep studies;
  Initiation and management of domiciliary NIV/CPAP via Airview home monitoring programme; IPC drain management;
  Empyema drain management;
  Staff education.

The service is currently undergoing some further development and redesign. Due to the breadth of service provision the team delivers the ideal candidate/s will need to have extensive respiratory experience including recent acute experience and be motivated with a passion for delivering high quality respiratory care and keen to develop. Full driving license and access to a car is also essential.

Weekend working is also required as part of the role.

• Extensive respiratory experience including recent acute experience.
• Motivated with a passion for delivering high quality respiratory care and keen to develop.
• Full driving license and access to a car (essential).
• Weekend working is required as part of the role.

Any informal enquiries please contact Respiratory Lead Nurse Specialist Lindsay Simmons on ext 24237. Email: lindsay.simmonst

As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the  website.

It is essential that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored before submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.