Respiratory Practitioner: Physiotherapist/Nurse/Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Main area: Physiotherapy, Nursing / Midwifery, Occupational Therapy. Grade: Band 6. Contract: Fixed term, 12 months. Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week. No weekends or bank holidays. Site: Gloucestershire Respiratory Service, Town Gloucester. Salary: £39,959 – £48,117 per annum (pro rata). Job ref: 327-26-484. Closing date 10/07/2026 23:59.
Job overview
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months covering a maternity leave, offering 37.5 hours of work each week. Working hours will be flexible to meet service needs.
The Gloucestershire Respiratory Service delivers a comprehensive range of treatments to support patients living with COPD, Asthma, Bronchiectasis and Pulmonary Fibrosis. The service works collaboratively with primary and secondary care and offers:
- Royal College of Physicians Accredited Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme
- Home Oxygen Assessment and Review Service
- Specialist Physiotherapy Clinics
- Complex Respiratory Assessment and Review Clinics
We seek a self‑motivated and innovative nurse, physiotherapist or occupational therapist to join our multidisciplinary team. This role offers the opportunity to make a real difference in patients’ lives while contributing to quality improvement and service development across Gloucestershire.
Main duties of the job
This is a highly varied and patient‑focused role, ideal for someone who enjoys working independently and collaboratively. You will travel to different locations across the county, including patients’ homes, clinics, and virtual settings.
Key responsibilities include:
- Delivering respiratory care across a range of settings including home visits, community clinics, and virtual sessions.
- Supporting the delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes, including education and exercise classes.
- Performing assessments and reviews for patients requiring home oxygen therapy, including the use of blood gases to guide treatment.
- Working closely with acute hospital respiratory teams to provide integrated care.
- For physiotherapists: managing patients with complex presentations such as breathing pattern disorders and sputum retention.
You will also have the opportunity to rotate across the four arms of the service, depending on your professional background and clinical experience:
- Home Oxygen Assessment and Management
- Respiratory Assessment and Treatment Clinics
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Specialist Physiotherapy Clinics
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
- Provide assessment and development of individual care planning aimed at improving outcomes for respiratory ill patients either in their homes or in clinics.
- Where appropriate, review patient medication and make or advise changes as appropriate.
- Work within professional guidelines and scope of practice to provide holistic and individualized support to patients and relatives to improve self‑management of their chronic respiratory condition.
- Travel around the county to assist in delivering Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes with other members of the Respiratory Team, including giving educational talks to patients. Ensure that all classes are run safely and efficiently and that all health and safety policies are adhered to at all times.
- Assess and review patients who may require oxygen therapy, including taking and analysing capillary or arterial blood gases.
- For physiotherapists: provide specialised respiratory physiotherapy including advanced airway clearance and breathing pattern disorder management.
- Support and manage care for patients recently discharged from either the acute hospital or the Rapid Response service, working across the clinical pathways offered by the Respiratory service in Gloucestershire to offer an integrated care pathway.
Professional:
- Maintain accurate written records to ensure that service user details and details of care given are recorded in notes line with Trust policies.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills when feeding back both verbally and in written form to support and work alongside other healthcare providers such as Primary Health, Social Care, and acute and community hospital teams.
- Contribute to and, at times, lead on quality improvement ideas working towards the development of the service, continuously looking for ways to move towards a more integrated service across community and acute services.
- Participate in the promotion of the service, attending meetings and promotional events where relevant to role.
- Work with and support other members of the multidisciplinary team as required.
- Attend and contribute professional perspective, clinical supervision at weekly and monthly team meetings.
Leadership / Management:
- Plan and deliver teaching sessions to members of the multidisciplinary team and outside agencies including professionals from primary care in order to pass on specialist knowledge and skills.
- Facilitate learning and support of unqualified members of staff and students.
- Contribute to service development and quality initiatives in line with local and national policies using audit and policy development.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to the post as requested by senior managers.
- Line‑manage other staff appropriate to role.
- Post‑graduate experience working with people with respiratory conditions.
- Evidence of teaching and supervision of other staff.
- Hold full UK driving licence and access to own car.
- Experience of working with people with long‑term conditions.
- Evidence of NHS experience.
- Evidence of working within Pulmonary Rehab.
Knowledge
- Evidence of relevant professional registration – HCPC (Physiotherapy), NMC (Nurse).
- Evidence of commitment to CPD e.g. MSc modules or relevant postgraduate qualifications.
- Evidence of non‑medical prescribing.
Benefits and support
- Free car parking at many of our sites.
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
- A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
- A multi‑profession preceptorship programme for all newly qualified nurses, nursing associates, internationally educated practitioners, allied health professionals and return‑to‑practice practitioners.
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay for unsocial hours.
- Flexible, family‑friendly and agile working opportunities.
- Recognition and long‑service awards.
- Fast‑track physiotherapy.
- Access to discounts and salary‑sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
- If you are aged 16‑30, you may be eligible for financial and pastoral support from the King’s Trust. We will pass on your details to the King’s Trust for contact unless you prefer not to be contacted.
Applicants are advised to apply early as a large number of applications may be received for this post, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
For more information, please see the attached ‘Additional Information for Applicants’ document.
Good luck with your application.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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