# Therapy Assistant - Pulmonary Rehabilitation > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/therapy-assistant-pulmonary-rehabilitation/3583c5d7-7f40-409b-9731-983e4a663de9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/therapy-assistant-pulmonary-rehabilitation/3583c5d7-7f40-409b-9731-983e4a663de9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Gloucestershire Respiratory Service - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - to - Friday. No weekends or bank holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-21T14:41:10.989Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/Gloucestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Therapy_Assistant_Pulmonary_Rehabilitation_band/Therapy_Assistant_Pulmonary_Rehabilitation_band-v8237235 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8237235?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ghc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Gloucestershire Respiratory Service are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual with a strong background in exercise and an interest in caring for adults with long term conditions. You will join our team at an exciting stage of our development. We are a Royal College of Physicians Accredited Pulmonary Rehabilitation service (2025). Embedded into our team culture is a commitment to continuous improvement and delivering high quality care. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a flexible and motivated individual who will enjoy travelling around the beautiful county of Gloucestershire delivering therapies and treatment to its local respiratory community. The service is also integrating Therapy assistants into delivering other treatments including, the management of breathlessness and home oxygen, which includes completing oxygen assessment such as ambulatory oxygen assessments and capillary blood gas assessment A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. WE REQUIRE THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT TO HOLD A LEVEL 3 PERSONAL TRAINING QUALIFICATION. REQUIRES REPS/ CIMSPA REGISTERED. We would encourage you to enquire or even shadow the service - please call us (0300 421 6460) - We would love to hear from you! ### Main duties of the job Gloucestershire Respiratory Service is a county wide integrated service linking in with primary care and secondary care services. There are four arms to the service which are: - Home Oxygen assessment and management (under clinical supervision) - Respiratory Assessment and treatment - Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy Clinic for patients with suspected breathing pattern disorders and sputum retention problems There will be opportunity to learn and experience all aspects of the service and work closely with Nurses and Physiotherapists. The successful candidate will be working predominately in Pulmonary Rehabilitation delivering exercise to those with chronic respiratory conditions. The role expands to include elements of respiratory assessment and treatment in home oxygen. The role does include clinical, administrative and clinical audit duties and therefore good technology and communication skills are essential. There is clinical supervision within the role and many learning opportunities via in-house and external training courses. There is a comprehensive induction and competency framework to support you. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module “Preceptorship for Healthcare” (AP7026). Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme. Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application. The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas ### Applicant requirements 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of delivering exercise intervention 1:1 or in a group **Desirable** - Experience of working with people with long term conditions ### Qualifications **Essential** - Level 3 exercise qualification in personal training - REPS / CIMSPA registration **Desirable** - Health and Social Care qualification or equivalent experience ## Documents - [staff benefits - ghc (pdf, 618.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2522) - [jd - therapy assistant (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10547731) - [ps - therapy assistant (pdf, 176.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10547732) - [additional information for applicants (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2656) ## 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.