Respiratory Physiotherapy Assistant
About the role
Job Overview Respiratory Physiotherapy Assistant – Band 4 (or Band 3 Developmental Role) 22.5 hours per week Chest Clinic, King Edward VII Hospital The Frimley Adult Integrated Respiratory Service is a large, dynamic and award-winning team delivering high-quality community respiratory care, including Royal College of Physicians accredited Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes.
We are seeking a motivated Respiratory Physiotherapy Assistant to work within our multidisciplinary team, supporting the delivery and smooth running of community respiratory services. The role combines supervised and independent patient contact with administrative and organisational duties.
You will support Pulmonary Rehabilitation assessment clinics and classes, maintenance groups, ambulatory oxygen assessment clinics, and respiratory physiotherapy domiciliary and outpatient services. The aim of the service is to promote patient independence, self-management and positive behaviour change.
The service is working towards a seven-day model and weekend working may be required.
Essential: Full UK driving licence and access to own car.
Open to Band 3 and Band 4 applicants. Band 3 candidates will be supported to develop to Band 4 upon completion of training and competencies.
Main duties of the job
Services You Will Support
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation (assessment clinics and face-to-face classes)
- Maintenance exercise classes
- Ambulatory oxygen assessment clinics
- Respiratory physiotherapy domiciliary visits
- Outpatient respiratory physiotherapy services
The service is working towards a seven-day model, and weekend working may be required.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent qualification in English and Mathematics
- Exercise qualification such as: Level 4 Certificate in Exercise Training for Chronic Respiratory Disease - Certificate in personal training (level 3), list on REPS register or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of anatomy/physiology
- Basic knowledge of COPD and other respiratory conditions
Experience Essential criteria
- Delivering exercise programmes in a hospital or fitness setting
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
Desirable criteria
- Assessing cardiovascular and respiratory status
- Undertaking exercise prescription for people with long term conditions
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written communication
- Ability to instruct and motivate
- Organisational skills, ability to prioritise workload
- Good IT skills able to use windows packages
- Able to adapt to changing circumstances
Desirable criteria
- Able to overcome barriers to exercise
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Full UK driving license and access to a car for use to travel across sites and perform domiciliary visits
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities. Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future , and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first. We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services. We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations. Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care. Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together. Apply online now
About Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As well as a performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. The Trust’s vision is to lead in delivering exceptional health and well being services to our communities. Turning our vision into reality, we are continuing to make significant invest in our infrastructure and facilities, striving for excellence and empowering our people to deliver excellence. Providing a supportive, dynamic MDT working environment, allowing our teams to deliver high quality patient care and achieving work life balance, whilst encouraging continuous professional development. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in Health & Wellbeing, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. Services are delivered from three main hospital sites: Frimley Park Hospital (Camberley) Heatherwood Hospital (Ascot) Wexham Park Hospital (Slough) Additionally, the Trust delivers outpatient and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead and Bracknell bringing a range of services closer to these communities. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June 2022 and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients.
Respiratory Physiotherapy Assistant
About the role
Job Overview Respiratory Physiotherapy Assistant – Band 4 (or Band 3 Developmental Role) 22.5 hours per week Chest Clinic, King Edward VII Hospital The Frimley Adult Integrated Respiratory Service is a large, dynamic and award-winning team delivering high-quality community respiratory care, including Royal College of Physicians accredited Pulmonary Rehabilitation programmes.
We are seeking a motivated Respiratory Physiotherapy Assistant to work within our multidisciplinary team, supporting the delivery and smooth running of community respiratory services. The role combines supervised and independent patient contact with administrative and organisational duties.
You will support Pulmonary Rehabilitation assessment clinics and classes, maintenance groups, ambulatory oxygen assessment clinics, and respiratory physiotherapy domiciliary and outpatient services. The aim of the service is to promote patient independence, self-management and positive behaviour change.
The service is working towards a seven-day model and weekend working may be required.
Essential: Full UK driving licence and access to own car.
Open to Band 3 and Band 4 applicants. Band 3 candidates will be supported to develop to Band 4 upon completion of training and competencies.
Main duties of the job
Services You Will Support
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation (assessment clinics and face-to-face classes)
- Maintenance exercise classes
- Ambulatory oxygen assessment clinics
- Respiratory physiotherapy domiciliary visits
- Outpatient respiratory physiotherapy services
The service is working towards a seven-day model, and weekend working may be required.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent qualification in English and Mathematics
- Exercise qualification such as: Level 4 Certificate in Exercise Training for Chronic Respiratory Disease - Certificate in personal training (level 3), list on REPS register or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of anatomy/physiology
- Basic knowledge of COPD and other respiratory conditions
Experience Essential criteria
- Delivering exercise programmes in a hospital or fitness setting
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
Desirable criteria
- Assessing cardiovascular and respiratory status
- Undertaking exercise prescription for people with long term conditions
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written communication
- Ability to instruct and motivate
- Organisational skills, ability to prioritise workload
- Good IT skills able to use windows packages
- Able to adapt to changing circumstances
Desirable criteria
- Able to overcome barriers to exercise
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Full UK driving license and access to a car for use to travel across sites and perform domiciliary visits
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities. Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future , and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first. We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services. We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations. Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care. Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together. Apply online now
About Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As well as a performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. The Trust’s vision is to lead in delivering exceptional health and well being services to our communities. Turning our vision into reality, we are continuing to make significant invest in our infrastructure and facilities, striving for excellence and empowering our people to deliver excellence. Providing a supportive, dynamic MDT working environment, allowing our teams to deliver high quality patient care and achieving work life balance, whilst encouraging continuous professional development. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in Health & Wellbeing, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. Services are delivered from three main hospital sites: Frimley Park Hospital (Camberley) Heatherwood Hospital (Ascot) Wexham Park Hospital (Slough) Additionally, the Trust delivers outpatient and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead and Bracknell bringing a range of services closer to these communities. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June 2022 and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients.