Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7356264
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet & Chase Farm Hospital
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 7 Community Paediatric Asthma Nurse
Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated paediatric nurse with an interest in Asthma to work with Children and families in the community. We are looking to recruit an Asthma Specialist Nurse to manage nurse-led clinics across the community within Enfield GP practices.
The Asthma nurse service is intended to provide more specialist skill in the community, supporting primary care and decreasing need for referral into secondary care for management. This will include nurse led clinics in GP surgeries, community centres, school and home visits. As well as delivering improvements in consistency and quality of care in the community it will decrease both outpatient activity, ED activity and primary care activity through better control and access to more specialist input in the community. The post holder will work collaboratively with all members of the Multidisciplinary team including GP’s, practice nurses, community children’s nurses and school nurses to deliver effective, high quality, safe patient centred care in the community and on the main Hospital site.
Main duties of the job
This established service further provides expert specialist skill in the community, support primary care, and decrease the need for referral into secondary care for management. As well as delivering improvements in consistency and quality of care in the community it will decrease outpatient activity, emergency department activity and primary care activity through better control and access to more specialist input in the community.
The post holder will work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team including General Practitioners, Paediatricians, and school nurses to deliver effective, high quality. We look forward to this exciting opportunity and welcome applicants.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values.
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Child/ RSCN.
- ENB 998 or equivalent Teaching qualification.
- Evidence of further training relevant to asthma and atopy.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Degree.
- Degree level Asthma course.
- Community nursing experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience with paediatric asthma.
- Significant post registration experience working in acute.
- Chronic disease management.
- Ability to manage own case load and accept and make referrals.
- Evidence of child protection awareness and training.
- Experience of teaching children and families self management of illness.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking audits/database.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Ability to develop care pathways and protocols.
- Have IT skills.
- Ability to audit and use findings in service planning.
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills.
- Works effectively within the MDT.
- Ability to develop and lead team.
- Able to work flexibly as the Trust requires.
- Effective role model.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to negotiate and advocate for children and their families.
- Ability to make clinical decisions and develop others in this area.
- Ability to analysed complex problems and propose realistic solutions.
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Commitment to furthering knowledge and responsibility.
- Dynamic, flexible, capable of inspiring confidence and able to bring people with you in change.
- Motivate confidence and assertive.
- Commitment to patient care.
- Continues to advance their asthma knowledge and understanding.
- Ability to reflect, question, and evaluate own practice.
Desirable criteria
- Committed to staff and personal professional development.
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sammy Ndlovu-Dawika
- Job title
- Paediatric Respiratory Specialist Nurse - Asthma
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0207 830 2571
- Additional information
Alternative Contact : Diane Akuoko
Matron - Community Children's Nursing Service
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0207 830 2571
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