The closing date is 28 September 2025
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum
Job summary
Previous applicants need not apply
COMMUNITY ASTHMA NURSE SPECIALIST FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
BAND 7
Full time and part time hours available (1 WTE and 0.6 WTE)
We are delighted to announce exciting new opportunities to join the Community Asthma Service for Children and Young People within Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative (MSECC)
The Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative (MSECC) brings together the three main providers for community services: Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT), North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and Provide Community Interest Company CIC in a Community Health Services Provider Collaborative.
In order to drive this transformation we now requireasthma nurses to provide expert advice and education to support diagnosis and management of children and young people with Asthma within the community setting.
If you would like to make a difference in transforming the asthma care in the community, then please contact us to discuss this opportunity.
Main duties of the job
The CCAN will work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients, working across a various Mid and South Essex clinic sites, in collaboration with the Community Collaborative whilst working as part of the Multi-disciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
The CCAN are responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision and will be required to teach other registered and non-registered nursing staff, educational professionals, parents/families/carers.
In partnership with members of the multidisciplinary nursing team the CCAN will develop, implement and evaluate a seamless specialist service for children and young people with Asthma, ensuring that service users receive the highest standard of clinical care implementing evidence-based nursing care.
Person Specification
Essential
- Children’s community experience
- Non medical prescribing
- Asthma experience in paediatrics
- Asthma module
- Communication skills
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).