Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

My Reward Hub discounts

Wages-on-demand access

Mental wellbeing support

Career development / CPD opportunities

Innovation and learning culture

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking a Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our community respiratory service at Chippenham Community Hospital. You will assess, plan and deliver expert care for patients with complex respiratory conditions, including LTOT assessment and pulmonary rehabilitation.

You will work within multidisciplinary teams to drive quality improvement and support education and safety for patients and carers.

Qualifications

• Registration as a Physiotherapist with a degree-level qualification is required.
• Strong knowledge and experience in long-term respiratory conditions.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams delivering patient-centred care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with patients, carers and colleagues.
• Good IT skills and accurate clinical records management.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities and adapt to changing service demands.
• Commitment to CPD, quality improvement and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist respiratory assessments and interventions for COPD, ILD and other long‑term conditions.
• Assess patients for LTOT, perform capillary blood gas sampling, and support safe, cost‑effective oxygen prescribing.
• Develop, implement and regularly review individualised care plans to optimise outcomes and independence.
• Support Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes including exercise prescription and education.
• Empower patients to self‑manage their condition through education and behaviour change strategies.
• Coordinate care with MDTs, GPs, consultants and community services; manage a diverse caseload.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to audits, quality improvement and service development.
• Support training and development of colleagues while ensuring compliance with standards.

Skills

Respiratory assessment

LTOT assessment

Care planning

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Patient education

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical records

CPD / professional development

Independent working

Communication

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

COPD Diploma

Tools

Capillary blood gas sampling

EHR / IT systems

Oxygen prescribing

Job description

Make a Meaningful Difference Every Day Help people breathe easier, regain independence, and improve their quality of life. As a Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist, you'll play a vital role in supporting patients with complex respiratory conditions, delivering expert assessment and treatment that has a direct impact on their health, wellbeing, and recovery. About the Role We are seeking a motivated and skilled Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our experienced and supportive clinical team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist respiratory service, providing high-quality, evidence-based care to patients across a range of respiratory pathways. Using your advanced clinical skills and specialist knowledge, you will assess, monitor, and review patients referred to the service, ensuring they receive personalised interventions that support improved respiratory health and independence. Location: Chippenham Community Hospital Hours: 37.5 hours per week, As a Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist, you'll deliver expert care to patients with complex respiratory conditions, supporting their health, wellbeing, and recovery. This involves specialist assessments, care planning, education, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. You'll work at Chippenham Community Hospital, ensuring patients receive personalized interventions. You will also support Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation programs, empowering patients through education and behavioral change initiatives. Your role includes managing a diverse caseload, enhancing patient self-management, and ensuring the highest clinical standards., Help people breathe easier, regain independence, and improve their quality of life. As a Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist, you'll play a vital role in supporting patients with complex respiratory conditions, delivering expert assessment and treatment that has a direct impact on their health, wellbeing, and recovery. About the Role We are seeking a motivated and skilled Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our experienced and supportive clinical team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist respiratory service, providing high-quality, evidence-based care to patients across a range of respiratory pathways. Using your advanced clinical skills and specialist knowledge, you will assess, monitor, and review patients referred to the service, ensuring they receive personalised interventions that support improved respiratory health and independence. ,

• Deliver specialist respiratory assessments and interventions for patients with COPD, ILD, and other long-term respiratory conditions, ensuring care is evidence-based and patient-centred.
• Assess patients for Long-Term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT), perform capillary blood gas sampling, and support appropriate, safe, and cost-effective oxygen prescribing.
• Develop, implement, and regularly review individualised care plans to optimise patient outcomes, independence, and quality of life.
• Support the delivery of Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes, including exercise prescription, education, and ongoing patient engagement.
• Empower patients to effectively self-manage their condition through education, behavioural change techniques, and health promotion initiatives.
• Manage a diverse caseload, prioritising patient needs and coordinating care in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, GPs, consultants, and community services.
• Communicate complex clinical information clearly and sensitively to patients, families, carers, and healthcare professionals, including those receiving palliative care support.
• Maintain accurate clinical records, contribute to audit, quality improvement, service development activities, and support the training and development of colleagues while ensuring compliance with professional, organisational, and regulatory standards.
  Registration as a Physiotherapist with a degree-level qualification (or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge and experience in the assessment and management of long-term respiratory conditions.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with patients, carers, and colleagues.
• Good IT skills and experience maintaining accurate clinical records.
• The ability to work independently, manage priorities effectively, and adapt to changing service demands.
• A commitment to continuous professional development, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.

Desirable requirements

• A COPD Diploma or equivalent specialist respiratory knowledge and experience.
• A Non-Medical Prescribing qualification, or a willingness to work towards one.
• Experience working within community healthcare services.
• Experience delivering teaching, training, or education to patients and healthcare professionals.
• Involvement in service development, innovation, or quality improvement initiatives. Registration as a Physiotherapist with a degree-level qualification (or equivalent).

HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. They work with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services, focusing on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. They provide a broad range of services, from community health and primary care to adult social care and wellbeing services. The organization is committed to equal opportunities, supporting diverse communities across England, and is a Disability Confident Committed company that prioritizes safeguarding and safer working practices.

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

• £39,959 - £48,117 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission