Joanne King

Joanne qualified in 1991 and has been a senior nurse at Frimley Health (formerly Heatherwood & Wexham Park) NHS Trust for 23 years in a variety of acute roles. She took up the role as respiratory nurse specialist in 2008 before obtaining a Consultant Nurse post in 2016.

Joanne has restructured the respiratory services in Berkshire East to form The Adult Integrated Respiratory Service or AIR team providing respiratory services across primary and secondary care, integrating community and hospital trusts in providing a seamless journey to the patient. The service offers expertise to patients with COPD, Asthma, ILD, and home oxygen needs, Bronchiectasis, specialist physiotherapy and provides pulmonary rehabilitation including maintenance classes and singing for lung health. As clinical lead her current role is to provide support, guidance, management and clinical leadership whilst developing services in respiratory care in both acute and primary care sectors.

Joanne has obtained qualifications in Asthma, COPD and spirometry as well as being a non-medical prescriber. She has also received a BSc (Hons) in Nurse Practitioner Studies from Buckinghamshire University and an MSc in Clinical Health Care from Oxford Brookes University.

Joanne is the ARNS Vice Chair. She is also a member of the National Asthma and COPD Audit programme Board and the COPD / Pulmonary Rehabilitation advisory group. She is a committee member of the Service Development Committee, PCRS UK and chairs the respiratory forum and specialist nursing group.

Joanne was awarded respiratory Nurse Leader at ARNS in 2018.