Respiratory Physiotherapist

London North West University Healthcare Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a highly motivated Band 6 rotational Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our dynamic team. You will deliver high-quality respiratory care across acute areas with nine-monthly rotations and opportunities for professional development.

The role requires working weekends and bank holidays on a rota, including our on-call service for complex respiratory cases.

Qualifications

• Holds a Degree in Physiotherapy with professional registration.
• Experience in respiratory physiotherapy across acute wards.
• Experience educating other professionals, patients and carers in physiotherapy techniques.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced respiratory assessments and formulate treatment plans.
• Work with MDT to ensure seamless discharge planning.
• Involvement in training and development within the team.
• Develop leadership and management skills on the job.

Job description

Job summary

LNWH is seeking a highly motivated B6 rotational Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in the delivery of high-quality respiratory physiotherapy services, contributing to the health and well-being of our patients. As a B6 Respiratory Physiotherapist, you will work in a challenging yet rewarding clinical environment with opportunities for professional development and career progression. Your role is multifaceted and integral to the patient care journey and the successful candidates will undergo nine-monthly rotations across the following areas:

• ITU and Surgical Respiratory Wards
• Medical HDU, Medical and Respiratory Wards, Respiratory out-patients and Paediatrics
• Vascular, Amputee and General Surgery wards, including Amputee outpatients
• Regional Hyperacute Rehabilitation Unit (RHRU)
• Ealing Medical/Surgical/ITU

You will be responsible for the assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients with various respiratory conditions. This includes, but is not limited to, COPD, asthma, trauma, critical care, and post-operative thoracic surgery patients. We provide a 7-day therapy service for our Trust and therefore you need to be able to work weekends and bank holiday, in a rota basis. This includes our acute respiratory out of hours service (On-call), which includes treating both adults and children with complex respiratory conditions.

Main duties of the job

This post will give you experience in a number of acute clinical areas, where you can further develop your knowledge in acute respiratory care. These currently include acute medicine, cardiothoracics, intensive care, OP clinics, surgery as well as vascular. Please note rotations may be removed or added according to service need.

• Working across various clinical areas to perform advanced respiratory assessments; formulate treatment plans and goal setting, with a highly diverse range of patients.
• Working closely with specialised MDT to allow for the seamless care of patients, and successful transitions, from the hyper acute to the home setting, facilitating safe discharge.
• Involvement in training and development, with both the therapy team, members of the MDT, students and patients/carers.
• The development of professional leadership and management skills, through on the job learning, supervision, and in-service training.

What we are looking for

• An individual with broad experience in managing patients with respiratory illness working on acute wards
• An individual with experience educating other professionals, patients, and carers in physiotherapy techniques for chronic respiratory illness.
• Flexibility to work at weekends and be rostered on the Physiotherapy Respiratory On-call working across the acute wards
• The ability to treat patients with care, compassion, and dignity

About us

Northwick Park Hospital is a major acute general hospital, which encompasses a Regional ENT and Max Fax unit, the Vascular Hub for the North West London area, and St Mark's Hospital is a national and international specialist centre for bowel and intestinal disorders. Central Middlesex is home to the Intestinal Rehabilitation Unit, elective GI surgeries and a hub for elective orthopaedic surgery (which is covered by our MSK and Orthopaedic teams). Ealing Hospital is a busy district general hospital serving London's third largest borough, you will encounter a wide range of patients with diverse conditions. Additionally, patients are often repatriated from major trauma centres following acute neurological and spinal cord injuries as well as progressive neurological disorders. The trust offers educational funding with all sites providing great transport links and a wealth of benefits of living and working in a vibrant part of London as well as a friendly and welcoming team.

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254 a year per annum inclusive HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Band

Band 6

Closing date

30 October 2026

Person Specification

Essential

• Relevant Degree with Professional Registration
• Attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical rotations
• Minimum of 15 months previous experience as a band 5/junior physiotherapist
• Practical experience working in a broad range of experience in specialist areas of work such as orthopaedics, in-patient elderly care, neurology, respiratory, and musculoskeletal.
• Engaged in service development
• Mentions role and has read the JD clearly

Desirable

• Evidence of Leadership Courses /Training
• NHS experience
• Supervision of student or physiotherapy assistants.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate.
• Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

For questions about the job, contact

Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist for Medicine, Laura Walters, [e-mail], 02088693008

Applicants are strongly encouraged to refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for comprehensive details of responsibilities, requirements and role expectations.