# Highly Specialist Physiotherapist COPD Team

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Swansea Bay University Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Swansea Bay University Health Board
- **Town:** Swansea
- **Region:** Swansea
- **Country:** Wales
- **Profession:** Physiotherapist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days Monday - Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-24T08:35:37.466Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Swansea/Swansea/Swansea_Bay_University_Health_Board/Respiratory/Respiratory-v7938917
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7938917?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://sbuhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD.

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 .

### Main duties of the job

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.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills in complex situations
- Able to manage time effectively
- Able to demonstrate effective leadership and management skills
- IT skills

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Relevant managerial and leadership training/experience

**Desirable**

- Experience of service development

### Experience

**Essential**

- Community and MDT working
- Supervision and delegation
- Caseload management
- Broad range of post graduate experience with significant specialist experience in respiratory Care

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Physiotherapy degree or similar
- HCPC registration
- Specialist post graduate qualification or equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- Advanced clinical skills /Non-medical Prescribing
- Previous experience as an established Band 6 or 7

## Documents

- [oh form (pdf, 704.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10480355)
- [privacy notice (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2372)
- [applicant guide (pdf, 624.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1728)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2849)
- [job description / person specification - bilingual (pdf, 260.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10218079)

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