Rehabilitation Assistant in Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Sowerby Bridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated individual to support the delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the UK. The role involves implementing rehabilitation plans for patients with chronic respiratory diseases and long covid syndrome. Additionally, it includes administrative support for the service, managing patient interactions, exercise assessments, and documentation. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and organizational skills to enhance patient care and service efficiency. Applications close on 9 Dec 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing delegated rehabilitation plans for chronic respiratory diseases.
• Ability to support both pulmonary rehabilitation and post covid services.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement exercise programs for patients with respiratory diseases.
• Assist with exercise assessments and treatment adjustments.
• Manage patient information and appointments effectively.

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to work in the field of respiratory rehabilitation including patients with long covid syndrome. To provide delegated rehabilitation plans to people with chronic respiratory disease in a variety of environments including groups and home base rehabilitation. To provide administration support to both pulmonary rehabilitation and the post covid service.

Responsibilities

• Implementing exercise programmes to individuals or groups.
• Assisting with exercise assessments of pulmonary and long covid patients
• Assisting with and or completing the exercise assessments at point of discharge
• Making minor adjustments to treatment programmes within pre determined limits
• Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatments.
• Assisting with group exercise and advice sessions.
• To utilise the SystmOne clinical information system to retrieve patient information, register referrals and discharges, deal with tasks, type and send letters.
• prepare responses/letters/acknowledgments and requests for the Pulmonary Rehabilitation clinical lead and therapy staff.
• To ensure written documentation is accurate and disseminated to other professionals within the Trust, external agencies and carers
• To provide a first point of contact for service users, answering the telephone and dealing with enquiries in a sensitive manner to document and convey messages to the team.
• To arrange appointments for clinic consultations, home visits and meetings face to face and/or virtual.
• To check email accounts process referrals and amend waiting lists for both pulmonary rehabilitation and the post covid service
• To attend post covid multi disciplinary team meeting and complete patient templates and any administrative duties post meeting.
• To print patient assessment packs including exercise sheets and information booklets

About the Trust and Service

We employ more than 6,000 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs.

Role Details

The post holder will y support the delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Calderdale. They will undertake highly skilled support work with people who have, respiratory disease, and complex multi pathology conditions including long covid.

The work will involve assisting with the Pulmonary Rehabilitation groups face to face and virtual, contacting patients, and assisting with the office administration for the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service and post covid service. You will also deliver one to one rehabilitation programmes to patients within their own homes

The post holder will (in allocated time) act as a point of contact for all communication for the team, answering phones and organising diaries.

This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025