# Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/physiotherapist/11db79b2-89a6-4594-95f3-a6ac371c993f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/physiotherapist/11db79b2-89a6-4594-95f3-a6ac371c993f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Countess of Chester Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-03T09:42:35.578Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Chester/Countess_Chester_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Therapies_Integrated_Community_Care_Division/Therapies_Integrated_Community_Care_Division-v8193569 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8193569?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.coch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week Do you really want to make a difference? Do you want to help provide an accredited pulmonary rehabilitation programme? Do you want to deliver high quality care within the community setting? Do you want to be part of an innovative Respiratory team? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic registered Physiotherapist to join our community respiratory team. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic Community Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our friendly & supportive team. An individual who can integrate quickly into a team setting and will support in driving service provisions and quality improvement. Good communication, time management, team working skills and the ability to work under pressure, are essential requirements to this post, as well as experience of working with adults in a care setting. The role includes working closely with our Multidisciplinary Team to ensure we achieve Safe, Kind and Effective Care. We offer: - Good team and staff support, health and wellbeing opportunities and other employee benefits - Comprehensive training and a supportive & reflective learning environment - Regular informal and formal training opportunities provided by experienced staff - Competitive salary, with incremental pay progression - Competitive pension schem ### Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity to help deliver accredited pulmonary rehabilitation programmes in many innovative and exciting ways to improve quality of life for people with respiratory disease. This post offers the opportunity to work within the community setting in an integrated team delivering Pulmonary rehabilitation using both face to face and digital technologies. This is an ideal opportunity for a registered Physiotherapist, who has an interest in working within Respiratory, who is proactive, self-motivated and keen to be at the forefront of delivering high quality care, to join our team. Recent training/experience qualification in relevant respiratory care is required for this post. The post holder will require access to a car and a clean valid UK Driver’s licence, as this is essential to the role. You may be expected to work weekends and Bank Holidays due to Therapies working towards a 7 day service. The post is subject to a DBS Check. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will work as an autonomous Band 6 Community Respiratory Physiotherapist, providing specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for patients with respiratory conditions across community settings. They will play a key role in delivering the accredited Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme, ensuring high standards of patient care and positive clinical outcomes. Key responsibilities include: - Undertaking comprehensive physiotherapy assessments and developing individualised treatment plans for patients with complex respiratory needs. - Delivering pulmonary rehabilitation interventions using both face-to-face and digital approaches to support patients in managing their respiratory conditions. - Managing a specialist caseload autonomously, prioritising workload effectively and adapting treatment plans in response to changing patient needs. - Monitoring, evaluating and reviewing treatment outcomes to ensure effective and evidence-based care. - Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and liaising with healthcare professionals, social care teams, carers and external agencies to ensure coordinated patient care. - Supporting and supervising junior physiotherapists, therapy assistants and students, contributing to their learning and development. - Participating in service development, clinical audit, quality improvement activities and implementation of best practice guidelines - Maintaining accurate and timely clinical records in accordance with Trust policies, professional standards and information governance requirements. - Providing clinical cover during periods of staff absence and contributing to weekend, bank holiday or extended service provision where required. - Maintaining professional registration, participating in continuing professional development and contributing to departmental training activities. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent - HCPC Registered - Membership of professional body ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience - Evidence of post graduate short courses - Relevant student training course or qualification. - Evidence of CPD and reflective practice. - Evidence of group working and team working. - Evidence of audit and/or research work. - Knowledge of current best practice in specialist PT area. - Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice - Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance. ## Documents - [risk id (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10525262) - [how to travel to work (pdf, 186.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2810) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2608) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 745.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10509006) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.