Specialist Physiotherapist COPD Team

Main area Respiratory Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days Monday
- Friday) Job
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061-0726-A

Employer Swansea Bay University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Morriston Hospital Town Swansea Salary £50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

Welcome to Swansea Bay University Health Board. We welcome applications from people who share our values: caring for each other, working together and always improving.

Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

We are looking for dynamic, visionary and hard-working candidates to join our expanding Respiratory Department. The team consists of Band 6 and 7 Respiratory CNS’s and Respiratory Physiotherapists. The team will be responsible for identifying and assessing inpatients in hospital. Suitable in-patients with an exacerbation of COPD who are from the Swansea Bay area will be supported at home by this team.

The team also works with patients ,GPs and Virtual Wards to prevent avoidable admissions .

The successful candidates will be expected to work with colleagues to deliver a unified respiratory service across Swansea Bay UHB.

Wards are visited daily to identify and support patients who are suitable for an early discharge and patients are then followed up at home

Referrals for Admission Avoidance are accepted from Primary Care, WAST and patients already known to the team and is very successful in optimising patients quality of life and preventing admissions

The team manage a caseload of patients to provide education, teach self management skills and monitor recovery from acute exacerbations of COPD in patients homes

Education is encouraged in the team by formal education and an in house education programme.

The COPD Team from the COPD arm of the Virtual Wards.

Leadership and mentorship for Band 6 and 3 staff will be an important part of this role and also ongoing service development and evaluation

The successful applicant will be supported via an agreed bespoke induction plan and at regular MDT meetings

Ability to travel between sites and patients homes in a timely manner across Swansea Bay is essential.

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values
- Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

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