Respiratory Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

To work as an advanced practitioner and lead the King’s element of the KHP/Lambeth and Southwark Home Oxygen Assessment and Review service alongside counterparts at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital.

To prioritise, assess, treat and manage own caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including the maintenance of comprehensive records.

To work across both acute and primary care providing seamless care to a group of identified patients.

To support the COPD and asthma services as well as other relevant services as appropriate (including cardiology, palliative care, neurology, gerontology and others)

To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed about oxygen therapy and supported to be active partners in the care, by providing holistic care.

To establish clear lines of communication within the specialty team and GPs to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary care for patients.

To undertake an evidence-based projects to further the clinical practice of self and the team, and to enhance patient care.

Main duties of the job

To work as an advanced practitioner and lead the King’s element of the KHP/Lambeth and Southwark Home Oxygen Assessment and Review service alongside counterparts at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital.

To prioritise, assess, treat and manage own caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including the maintenance of comprehensive records.

To work across both acute and primary care providing seamless care to a group of identified patients.

To support the COPD and asthma services as well as other relevant services as appropriate (including cardiology, palliative care, neurology, gerontology and others)

To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed about oxygen therapy and supported to be active partners in the care, by providing holistic care.

To establish clear lines of communication within the specialty team and GPs to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary care for patients.

To undertake an evidence-based projects to further the clinical practice of self and the team, and to enhance patient care.

Person Specification

Education, Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist Respiratory Course or equivalent level of skill
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Educated to Degree level
  • Ability to impart complex information to patients, relatives and carers, with different levels of understanding.
  • Working towards or interest in nurse/non medical prescribing course
  • Experiences of educating different size groups and competencies of health professionals

Desirable

  • Database management skills
  • Previous home oxygen services assessment and reviews

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).

Closing Date: 13 August 2026

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