Pulmonary Rehabilitation Band 6 Physiotherapist

CompanyCentral and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/22/2026

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Description

Job Overview

Camden COPD and Home Oxygen Team - Band 6 Pulmonary Rehabilitation Physiotherapist

Are you an innovative, organised and motivated physiotherapist with a strong interest in community respiratory care? Would you like to work within a compassionate, inclusive and supportive team that values collaboration and continuous learning? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 physiotherapist to join our specialist community respiratory service.

A strong interest in pulmonary rehabilitation and a commitment to person-centred, evidence-based care are essential, with a focus on improving quality of life and supporting people living with respiratory disease to remain as well and independent as possible in the community.

The successful candidate will be an experienced clinician with the ability to motivate and inspire others, working with professionalism, integrity and respect. You will have a proven track record of delivering high-quality, compassionate care to patients and carers, while contributing positively to service development and upholding the values of the service and Trust.

Main duties of the job

The Community Respiratory Service provides high-quality, specialist care for people living with COPD in Camden. The service includes pulmonary rehabilitation, admission avoidance, supported discharge, chronic disease management, respiratory clinics and a comprehensive home oxygen service.

Care is delivered

across a range of community settings, however will mostly commonly occur within the patients home and at Peckwater Health Centre. Working in the community requires a high level of clinical expertise to assess and manage risk safely while delivering effective, person-centred care.

The post holder will primarily support the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation in Camden with assistance from a Band 4 team member and will be supported by the PR lead, a Band 7 clinician. We weekday service between 09:00 and 17:00, we do not work weekends or bank holidays.

This role offers strong professional support and development opportunities. The post holder will receive regular supervision, peer support and an annual appraisal from their line manager. Ongoing training and updates are provided, alongside opportunities to develop clinical skills, expand the role within the service, and contribute to service improvement.

There will also be opportunities to support physiotherapy student placements, supervise junior colleagues, contribute to audits and research, and work closely with the multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care.

Working for our organisation

Join our service and Trust at the forefront of innovation, actively supporting the development of Neighbourhoods in line with the NHS Health Plan for England. This work redesigns care to better meet local population needs by bringing services closer to people’s homes. The Neighbourhood model enables mul

tidisciplinary teams across health, social care and voluntary services to work together in an integrated way, improving shared decision-making, coordination and continuity of care without requiring co-location. This collaborative approach supports more holistic, proactive and person-centred care within the community.

Be part of the Allied Health Professions within CNWL, where physiotherapy benefits from an established professional structure including an AHP Director, Trust-wide Professional Head of Physiotherapy and specialist lead therapists. This ensures strong professional representation at both strategic and operational levels, supporting clinical excellence and ongoing development.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Key Clinical Responsibilities:

To be professional and legally accountable for all work undertaken. To work within the standards and guidelines of the trust, the team, professional services and the professional body.
To undertake a thorough holistic respiratory assessment of a COPD* patient including but not exclusive to spirometry, medication review, physical function and any psychosocial factors that may be present.

this may include patients with ILD, asthma or bronchiectasis in PR and in the future, this may be other cardiorespiratory diseases.

To identify and prioritise factors involved in a client’s presenting needs and identify any safety issues through clinical reasoning based on specialist knowledge of current professional opinion and evidence-based practice.

To ensure that risks are identified and managed as part of this process and that decisions are made with the MDT and support from the immediate respiratory team

To set and maintain a high standard of clinical practice using standardised assessments and validated and reliable assessment tools for initial assessment and reassessment and evaluation of progress.

To use shared decision making to co-produce client goals appropriate to them and involving them in the monitoring and evaluation of progress at each step of the way.

To deliver individualised exercise programs in line with current best available evidence based on assessment, progress and patient goals.

To communicate effectively within the respiratory team and the wider MDT.

To attend, actively participate, and as required initiate MDT meetings and case conferences, communicating contemporaneous feedback of client progress to the referrer and other involved health care professionals promoting a collaborative approach to patient care.

To use a variety of highly skilled verbal and non-verbal communication and tools to ensure that the client and their carer understand the relevant individual and group education and advice. This includes clients:

whose first language is not English

requiring an interpreter

with a hearing impairment

with altered emotional states

with a cognitive/learning/behavioural impairment

not understanding or accepting a clinical decision based on sound reasoning.

with communication deficits

To ensure that staff deal sensitively with users and their relatives / carers with a variety of emotional conditions e.g. depression, anxiety, aggression, frustration, apathy, behavioural and mental health disabilities

To provide mediating and negotiating skills in situations where communication has broken down and to manage conflict effectively

To be a specialist /physiotherapy advisor to other professional colleagues working in the area of COPD and Pulmonary Rehabilitation with non-specialist knowledge.

To provide specialist contribution to health promotion and health education initiatives within the locality

Key Managerial Responsibilities :

To assist and support the COPD Service Lead, taking an active part in steering groups, audit and project leading when required, including National PR Audit and working towards accreditation.
To initiate and support patient engagement within PR to ensure patient involvement in service development and delivery.
To be involved in the recruitment, selection and induction process for nursing/physiotherapy staff in the COPD service and the wider team as appropriate.
To ensure that you achieve and maintain appropriate levels of education and continuing professional development (CPD), maintain and update a CPD Portfolio, keep up to date with mandatory training, and deliver intervention based on the best available and most up to date evidence.
To assist in the organisation and presentation of In-service training to staff in the team and nurses/physiotherapists throughout the service and be actively involved with student supervision and training.
To participate in publicising, promoting and representing the service.
To ensure that all equipment defects, accidents and complaints are reported to through the appropriate channels and that all other members of the team are aware if their responsibilities.

To develop links with peers in other services, providing written discharge summaries and referrals to other agencies as appropriate.

To manage and support others to manage the risks and demands of:

Working alone in the domiciliary/community setting

Working within restricted spaces

Working with inadequate equipment provision

Working with patients or carers/family members who may display aggressive or abusive behaviour or poorly controlled aggressive pets.

Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience. 

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

BSc Physiotherapy or equivalent qualification
Registration with HCPC as a physiotherapist

Desirable criteria

Membership and/or involvement in a special interest professional network
Member of CSP
Post graduate clinical courses specific to working with COPD clients
Willingness to undertake further training
Experience of working in the UK or a health economy similar to the UK

Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge of the role of other disciplines & experience of Interdisciplinary working
Awareness of developments in NHS and clinical pathway development
Working Respiratory Care/Pulmonary rehabilitation/COPD
All round general experience, including:  Acute Medicine  Respiratory care  Elderly Rehabilitation  Community
Able to demonstrate insight into the needs of people with physical disability

Desirable criteria

Evidence of undertaking service development & audit
Experience of using outcome measures relating to the care & management of COPD
Experience of working with other agencies, and an understanding of local services
Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting

Governance and Leadership

Essential criteria

Able to self motivate and manage time effectively
Able to demonstrate excellent communication and negotiation skills
Demonstrate ability to set up and monitor standards of practice, care pathways and clinical guidelines
Ability to prioritise and work under pressure

Other

Essential criteria

To understand the needs of people from different cultural origins
Fluency in written and spoken English