Highly Specialist Physiotherapist COPD Team

NHS; Swansea; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

Swansea Bay University Health Board is recruiting a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist to join the COPD Team at Morriston Hospital. This Band 7 post is a permanent, part-time role working 22.5 hours over three days (Monday to Friday).

You will provide leadership within the respiratory service, assess and manage inpatients with COPD, support discharge planning, and collaborate with GP practices and Virtual Wards to prevent admissions.

Qualifications

• Physiotherapy degree or equivalent.
• HCPC registration is essential.
• Advanced clinical skills including Non-medical Prescribing.
• Experience as an established Band 6 or 7.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a unified respiratory service across Swansea Bay UHB.
• Visit wards daily to support early discharge and follow-up at home.
• Coordinate referrals for Admission Avoidance from Primary Care and WAST.
• Provide education and self-management training for COPD patients at home.
• Lead and mentor Band 6/3 staff; contribute to service development.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Leadership

Education

Physiotherapy degree

HCPC registration

Job description

Highly Specialist Physiotherapist COPD Team

Band 7

Main area Respiratory Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days Monday - Friday) Job ref 130-AHP061-0726-A

Employer Swansea Bay University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Morriston Hospital Town Swansea Salary £50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

Welcome toSwansea Bay University Health Board. We welcome applications from people who share our values: caring for each other, working together and always improving.

Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

Job overview

We are looking for dynamic, visionary and hard-working candidates to join our expanding Respiratory Department. The team consists of Band 6 and 7 Respiratory CNS’s and Respiratory Physiotherapists. The team will be responsible for identifying and assessing inpatients in hospital. Suitable in-patients with an exacerbation of COPD who are from the Swansea Bay area will be supported at home by this team. The team also works with patients ,GPs and Virtual Wards to prevent avoidable admissions .

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be expected to work with colleagues to deliver a unified respiratory service across Swansea Bay UHB.

Wards are visited daily to identify and support patients who are suitable for an early discharge and patients are then followed up at home

Referrals for Admission Avoidance are accepted from Primary Care, WAST and patients already known to the team and is very successful in optimising patients quality of life and preventing admissions

The team manage a caseload of patients to provide education, teach self management skills and monitor recovery from acute exacerbations of COPD in patients homes

Education is encouraged in the team by formal education and an in house education programme.

The COPD Team from the COPD arm of the Virtual Wards.

Leadership and mentorship for Band 6 and 3 staff will be an important part of this role and also ongoing service development and evaluation

The successful applicant will be supported via an agreed bespoke induction plan and at regular MDT meetings

Ability to travel between sites and patients homes in a timely manner across Swansea Bay is essential.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Physiotherapy degree or similar
• HCPC registration
• Advanced clinical skills /Non-medical Prescribing
• Previous experience as an established Band 6 or 7

Knowledge

• Relevant managerial and leadership training/experience
• Experience of service development

Experience

• Community and MDT working
• Supervision and delegation
• Caseload management
• Broad range of post graduate experience with significant specialist experience in respiratory Care

Skills

• Communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills in complex situations
• Able to manage time effectively
• Able to demonstrate effective leadership and management skills

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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.