Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and dynamic Band 6 Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapist to join the team at University Hospital Lewisham. You will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management for patients with diverse respiratory conditions across various inpatient and outpatient settings. The position involves supervising junior staff and students, contributing to service development, and participating in a rotation scheme. It offers opportunities to build clinical knowledge and develop service development skills in a supportive environment.
Key responsibilities
- Provide a specialist respiratory physiotherapy service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients.
- Participate in the Band 6 rotation scheme across various clinical areas.
- Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, performing advanced physiotherapeutic assessment and developing individualised treatment programmes.
- Take responsibility for own caseload, being responsible for a defined area of the service.
- Supervise junior physiotherapists and physiotherapy students in the clinical setting.
- Contribute to service development within the acute respiratory team and participate in evidence-based audit/research activity.
Essential criteria
- HCPC registered Physio
- Band 5 experience in core inpatient rotations, including respiratory and critical care and tracheostomy care
- Undertaken clinical educators training
- Undertaken a range of relevant postgraduate courses in respiratory
- Experience of participating in audit and evidence based projects.
- Evidence of actively participating in in-service training and MDT groups, and evaluating effectiveness of training
- Experience and ability to work collaboratively within MPT
- Knowledge of evidenced based practice pertaining to specialist areas of physiotherapy
- Knowledge of key national guidelines and standards pertaining to specialist areas of physiotherapy
- Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for physiotherapy
- Awareness and understanding of NHS structure, current issues and developments
Desirable criteria
- 2 years post graduate experience
- Worked in NHS acute setting
- Member of Special interest Group
- MCSP
- Previous experience at band 6 level
- Research experience
- Experience of supervision and appraisal of physiotherapy staff and students with ability to give constructive feedback
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
Band 6 Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapist
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to extend your respiratory clinical skills via a static respiratory post in a forward thinking department? Then you could be the person for us. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our physiotherapy team at University Hospital Lewisham.
You will play a key role in the clinical provision of services to a varied patient caseload. Therapies are considered an integral part of the Multi-disciplinary team at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and as such enjoy MDT working. Respiratory experience will be gained in the following areas
- Critical care
- Respiratory and cardiology wards
- Surgical wards including delivering an ERAS program
- Cystic Fibrosis patients
- Paediatrics
- NIV and optiflow provision on the wards
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Main duties of the job
The post offers the opportunity to build on existing clinical knowledge and to grow service development skills in a supportive environment. There will be opportunity to develop your clinical skills via simulation training and sessions with a practice development respiratory physiotherapist.
Candidates should have good clinical reasoning, time management and
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