Specialist Physiotherapist - Community Respiratory Physiotherapy

Job summary

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive airway condition that significantly reduces physical activity and contributes to psychological challenges, disability, and poor health-related quality of life. Within Doncaster, COPD prevalence is higher than the England average, and the area experiences higher mortality rates and more respiratory-related hospital admissions than the rest of the UK.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is a vital component in the management of symptomatic patients with chronic respiratory conditions, including COPD. The core benefits of PR include reducing breathlessness, improving exercise tolerance, enhancing health-related quality of life, and reducing hospital admissions and exacerbations.

This role offers an opportunity for the successful candidate to work across pulmonary rehabilitation, respiratory outpatient services, and community settings, delivering high-quality assessment and intervention for people with chronic respiratory disease. The postholder will play a key part in improving access, supporting patients throughout their rehabilitation journey, and addressing health inequalities within Doncaster's communities.

This role involves independent working, including community visits and clinics. It requires flexibility and confidence to work alone while supporting the service as needed. Regular supervision and development opportunities will be provided.

This vacancy may close early if a high level of interest is received

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a motivated & enthusiastic individual to join our Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team here in Doncaster. We are a dedicated, innovative team of Physiotherapists & Therapy Assistants who strive to deliver the highest quality of personalised care for those living with a respiratory condition in Doncaster.

The Community Respiratory Therapy team delivers specialist care to a wide range of patient groups in the form of clinics, telephone contact, community visits and classes.

A flexible and pro-active approach is essential for this post, as are excellent team working skills. You should have post-graduate experience in a variety of clinical specialties and be able to motivate patients throughout their journey.

Key responsibilities will include the education and development of staff and students, audit, research and clinical effectiveness as well as service review and evaluation.

You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate not only patients but staff. You must be organised, flexible and able to empower others.

With a team culture that welcomes diversity, transparency and inclusivity, the successful candidate will have the opportunity for growth and career development.

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.