Pulmonary Rehabilitation Therapy Technician

Job overview

Please note the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role. To meet the Home Office salary threshold you must have the significant relevant experience for this role to be offered the top of the pay band. If you do not meet this criteria, we will not be able to proceed with your application.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within a well-established Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team here in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.  Supporting patients to make positive life choices that enhance their lives and health.

Do you have experience as a physiotherapy technician, working with respiratory patients in the acute or community setting?

Do you have a keen interest in long term respiratory conditions?

Do you have a desire to further develop skills and knowledge in this field?

If so, this post could be for you!

We can offer you the opportunity to work alongside experienced staff to help develop your skills and knowledge in respiratory care. As a member of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team, you will be expected to work independently, while collaborating with the physiotherapists and nurses, to support patients in a community setting.

You will work alongside and build relationships with the community respiratory nursing teams, local GP surgeries, secondary care respiratory colleagues and community inter disciplinary teams, delivering high quality care across community settings.

Main duties of the job

• To organise and be responsible for own caseload on a daily basis.
• Providing pulmonary rehabilitation to patients in the community, in both group and domiciliary settings.
• Participating in MDT meetings and events.
• Ordering items via Oracle.
• Assisting Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapists and Nurses.
• Some administration duties.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.