Main area Community Respiratory Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract. This is a permanent post within the Trust.
Hours:
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (Travel across the Baywide area and between bases at Barrow, Kendal and Lancaster will be required). Job ref 331-7958052-UHMB.
Site Community Respiratory Team (Baywide) Town Kendal
Salary £39,959 – £48,117 Dependant on experience Salary period Yearly
Closing 23/07/2026 23:59
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
The Community Respiratory Service in conjunction with the Morecambe Bay Respiratory Network are looking to recruit to permanent a Community Respiratory Nurse (Band 6) post. The post will cover pulmonary rehabilitation assessments and classes, as well as provide Respiratory Specialist Nursing care in the home setting, for those with severe, chronic, respiratory disease.
This role offers you a permanent contract with our Trust (UHMBT) and the Community Respiratory Service.
As a Band 6 Respiratory Nurse, you will have previous experience working in respiratory (in General Practice, community services or hospital) and demonstrable post-graduate CPD relevant to the role.
So, if you are a nurse with a passion for respiratory care and want to help us to improve the lives of people living with respiratory disease across Morecambe Bay – then this role could be for you! Please get in touch to find out more about our team and this role.
Main duties of the job
To provide thorough holistic assessments, clinical examination and co-ordination and delivery of specialist clinical care interventions to patients, to support the management of respiratory symptoms and chronic respiratory disease.
To be actively involved in your own respiratory CPD, engage in role-specific training and competency frameworks, and support students, colleagues , patients and families to learn how to better managed chronic respiratory disease.
To work closely with the CRT/MBRN teams and wider MDT to improve the management and early diagnosis of respiratory disease across Morecambe Bay.
To work closely with the CRT/MBRN team members to measure, audit and evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the pulmonary rehabilitation and domiciliary nursing service, at the patient and service level, engaging in a cycle of continuous service improvement.
To work closely with system partners to embed the delivery of CORE+20 and local population health agendas into our Pulmonary Rehabilitation programme.
Please see the job description for further details.
Working for our organisation
UHMBT Community Services provides care outside of the hospital setting, including community locations and people’s own homes. This role involves working across the Baywide area.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/.
Person specification
E/D
- Professional Nursing Registration (NMC Adult RN1)
- Evidence of relevant post-graduation CPD
- Demonstrates interest in this specific post
- Post-graduate nursing experience relevant to this post
- Car Owner/driver
- Previous experience working within a community setting
- Previous experience working within respiratory care
PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.
We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive.
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance plus a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us at UHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new role including: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you’ll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. For more information about pre‑onboarding please visit https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Caite Guest Job title Advanced Clinical Practitioner Email address caite.guest2@mbht.nhs.uk Telephone number 01539 716670
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