Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Role includes participation in out of hours rosters (on-call, late shift and weekend duties) once/twice per month
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 164-7404184
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- City Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist - medical inpatients
Band 6
Job overview
Are you passionate about Respiratory Physiotherapy and keen to enhance your specialist skills in this area? Then this could be the ideal job for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an existing band 6 or experienced band 5 to join the Respiratory Medicine Physiotherapy team in a permanent full time capacity. The successful candidate will work within an established and friendly team based at City campus of Nottingham University Hospitals.
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic individual who is committed to further improving their respiratory skills and providing a high quality service for our patients. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong respiratory skills and clinical reasoning, as well as excellent time and caseload management. The ability to adapt and work flexibly is vital to this role. You must have also completed core band 5 rotations.
You will be part of the wider Medical Inpatient Physio team working alongside a specialist team of Physiotherapists, covering Respiratory, Oncology, Infectious diseases, Haematology, Renal and Palliative care. This will allow you to develop your clinical, leadership, teaching and service development skills whilst working within a supportive and motivated team.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details. The role includes but is not limited to:
- Assessing and treating patients as appropriate in all aspects of the respiratory pathway, including Respiratory Assessment Unit (RAU), Southwell, Fleming, Lister 2 & Berman 1.
- Providing supervision to more junior staff including Band 5 physios, support workers and students.
- Deputising for the Band 7 as appropriate.
- Working flexibly - including weekend, late shift and on call duties.
- Working alongside the band 7’s and seniors in the team to develop the service in line with evidence based practice.
- Supporting student placements within the team and provide formal and informal training.
- Supporting the wider Medical Inpatient team, working outside of respiratory should the need arise.
- Participating in out of hours duties (on-call, late shift and weekend duties)
We are a dynamic team working across 17 medical wards throughout City Campus of NUH so there is always a new challenge and an opportunity to learn.
Our team provides a caring and supportive environment in which to learn and develop.
This post will allow a physiotherapist with a keen interest in inpatient care to expand both their clinical skill and leadership of a busy and responsive service, with a focus on patient flow whilst ensuring excellent patient care is not compromised.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
The Physiotherapy service is part of the Therapies, Outpatients and Phlebotomy Services (TOPS) Directorate, within the Specialist Clinical Services care group. We are a diverse directorate of AHPs, nursing and support staff, employing around 1000 staff, working together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the directorate leadership team have AHP backgrounds to support our staff. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- This is a permanent full time band 6 post for 37.5 hours per week.
- Core hours are worked Monday to Friday, 8:00 – 16:00 although flexible working will be considered.
- Additional duties will include participation in on call and weekend working as well as a late shift (1-9PM). These are approximately 1-2 per month but many increase depending on clinical need.
Please familiarise yourself with the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for detail specific to this post
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc honours degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- Evidence of CPD relevant to area
- State registered / HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Member of specialist interest group
- Clinical Educators course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad based junior rotational experience with an acute inpatient focus
- Possession of specific knowledge relevant to area
- Experience in evaluation of practice / appraisal of performance
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS experience
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate complex information verbally and written
- Ability to motivate, train and teach
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the MDT
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate leadership ability
Analytical and judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options
- Ability to evaluate clinical interventions
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and other's workload
- Effective time management skills
- Experience of effective delegation
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of manual handling skills
- Demonstrate IT literacy
- Ability to carry out treatment handling skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust
- Able to undertake out of hours duties (weekends, on calls and bank holidays) as required.
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
- Meghan Howitt
- Job title
- Physiotherapy Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812 279180
- Additional information
Alternatively, please contact Hayley Kidger: Team Lead - Oncology & Haematology Physiotherapy on [email protected] or 07812 770349 (M/Tu/Th/F)
Both can also be contacted on 0115 9891169 ext 75292.
Please do get in touch if you are interested, we would love to speak with you!
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