Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours to be worked across 7 days)
- Job ref
- 249-7031666
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Western Hospital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Respiratory Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.Ìý
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
As a Respiratory Physiotherapist you will provide a comprehensive physiotherapy service to patients with a wide range of respiratory conditions. This will include complex, multi-pathologies from paediatrics, medical, surgical wards, critical care and the Emergency Department. You will also be responsible for the training of band 5 staff to work oncall.Ìý You will build on existing physiotherapy skills and consolidate specialist skills in respiratory physiotherapy required to manage these patient groups.
Main duties of the job
- Ìý Ìý ÌýTo hold responsibility for own caseload and oversee team caseload, working without direct supervision.Ìý Supervision will take the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions and one to one sessions with supervisor.Ìý Access to advice and support from senior respiratory physiotherapists is available when required, but clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
- Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý To chair team meetings, planning staffing and workloads.
- To liaise with other senior inpatient staff to ensure adequate staffing across teams and offer cover if required/ableÌý
- To ÌýÌýrepresent respiratory physiotherapy at appropriate multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences,Ìý
clinics and working groups as required
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Working for our organisation
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To promote respiratory physiotherapy within the Trust particularly promoting our role within critical careÌý
with regards to chest treatment and early rehabilitation - To provide advice and guidance to the ICU MDT regarding tracheostomy weaning, appropriateness forÌý
extubation and rehabilitation - To actively engage with the South West Critical Care Network and attend meetings and training as required
- To provide clinical supervision to nursing/therapy students in partnership with the university, and toÌý
supervise junior staff members and assistants. - To carry out training for new members of staff who will be working on the on call rota and delivering yearlyÌý
training update to all on call staff.
Please see the attached job description for full informationÌýÌý
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- State Registered HCPC
- Educated to Degree level in Physiotherapy or equivalent training and experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in ITU/HDU, surgical / medical inpatients, respiratory, front door and rehab
- Experience of working as part of a MDT and of discharge planning
- Experience of working on a respiratory on-call / weekend rota
- Experience of supervising/managing students on placement
- Supervision and training of other staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience in orthopaedics, community and rapid response/admission avoidance
- Experience of using outcome measures
- Involvement in audits
- Participation in service development and implementation of change
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good verbal communication to enable effective MDT working and communicating with relatives, patients etc
- Highly motivated and committed to personal and service development
- Proactive interest in respiratory specialism
- Sound clinical reasoning skills to allow for appropriate treatment selection and discharge planning
- Able to treat complex cases and assist juniors in their treatment
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sara Slade
- Job title
- Respiratory Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01793605126
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