Respiratory Physiotherapist

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare trust in London is seeking a B6 Respiratory Physiotherapist to deliver high-quality respiratory therapy services. In this role, you will assess and treat patients with respiratory conditions, working in a dynamic environment with opportunities for professional development. Applicants should have a relevant degree and a minimum of 15 months experience as a band 5 physiotherapist. The role requires flexibility to work weekends and on-call duties.

Benefits

Educational funding

Great transport links

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 months previous experience as a band 5/junior physiotherapist.
• Practical experience in specialist areas such as neurology, respiratory, and musculoskeletal.
• Attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the clinical rotations.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced respiratory assessments and formulate treatment plans.
• Work closely with MDT for seamless patient care transitions.
• Involve in training and development of therapy team and students.

Skills

Managing patients with respiratory illness

Educating about physiotherapy techniques

Treating patients with care and compassion

Education

Relevant Degree with Professional Registration

Job description

Go back London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Respiratory Physiotherapist

The closing date is 01 October 2025

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 Respiratory Wards
• Paediatrics/Medical
• Vascular, Amputee & General Surgery wards, including Amputee outpatients
• Regional Hyperacute Rehabilitation Unit (RHRU)
• Complex Colorectal surgery including prehabilitation - at Central Middlesex Hospital

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.

The main responsibilities of this B6 Specialist Physiotherapist post include:

• 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

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Experience

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

Essential and desirable

• Engaged in service development
• Mentions role and has read the JD clearly
• 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.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

£44,485 to £52,521 a yearPer annum inclusive HCAS