Therapy Team Leader - Acute Respiratory Team

Therapy Team Leader - Acute Respiratory Team

The closing date is 24 March 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 7 Physiotherapist to lead the Acute Respiratory Physiotherapy service within the acute hospital setting. The post-holder will provide expert respiratory physiotherapy assessment and intervention for patients with complex and deteriorating respiratory conditions, while leading and supporting a dynamic multidisciplinary therapy team.

You will combine advanced clinical practice with strong leadership, supervising and developing junior staff and students, contributing to service development, and working closely with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care. This role includes responsibility for clinical governance, education, and participation in weekend/on‑call rotas as required.

Provide advanced specialist respiratory physiotherapy assessment and treatment for patients with acute, complex and deteriorating respiratory conditions across the acute hospital setting. Lead the day‑to‑day delivery of the acute respiratory physiotherapy service, ensuring safe, effective and evidence‑based patient care. Act as a clinical expert resource for respiratory physiotherapy, supporting clinical decision‑making, escalation and risk management. Line manage, supervise and support Band 5/6 physiotherapists, therapy support staff and students, including appraisal, clinical supervision and professional development.

Coordinate staffing, rotas and workload allocation to ensure service continuity and responsiveness. Work collaboratively with respiratory consultants, medical teams, nursing staff and MDT colleagues to support integrated care and patient flow. Contribute to service development, quality improvement projects, audit and implementation of national and local guidance. Support clinical governance, incident reporting and learning, ensuring compliance with professional, organisational and HCPC/CSP standards.

Provide education and training to therapy staff and the wider MDT in respiratory physiotherapy practice. Participate in weekend, on‑call and escalation rotas as required.

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work‑life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work‑life balance or a multi‑role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we’ll do…