Respiratory Physiotherapist - Surrey Downs H&C | Surrey Downs Health and Care
| Posting date: | 01 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,008 - £56,908 Per annum pro rata inc fringe HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8SD |
| Company: | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7414700/343-SDHC-7414700 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has risen for a Band 7 lead to join our dynamic and well established multidisciplinary team. The role is currently Monday to Friday with no weekend, evening or bank holiday work.
The post will involve:
Running PR programmes at various SDHC Community Sites including leisure centre setting. The role would also assist the Respiratory team to work towards Royal College of Physicians accreditation which will ensure that it delivers a high quality and evidence based PR programme as well as focusing on patients who find it challenging to attend a PR class with barriers to exercise such as complex mental and physical health comorbidities.
To work as a member of Surrey Downs Health & Care to develop and provide team to the community in order to provide a high standard of holistic assessment, treatment, evaluation and advice to patients with lung conditions in the community, including pulmonary rehabilitation assessments and classes.
• To provide effective, efficient and high quality physiotherapy treatment programmes for respiratorypatientsinthecommunitysettingandwithinthepulmonaryrehabilitationservice.To lead assessments, group education sessionsandexercise classes adjusting exercises according to patients’health statuson that day.
• Tobeabletoundertakeoxygentherapyassessmentandprescription(Longtermoxygentherapy and ambulatory oxygen).
• To act as a source of expertise on the management of respiratory patients providing support and advice to other health professionals/agencies both within and external to the Trust
• To communicate with patients in a way that empowers them to make informed choices about the managementoftheirconditionandengages them intheplanningand deliveryoftreatment.Taking into account cultural, linguistic, medical, emotional, psychological and physical factors and utilising available resources to facilitate effectiv communication.
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• CSH Surrey
• Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
For more information about the role, please take a moment to review the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which provide detailed insights into the responsibilities and requirements for this position.
This advert closes on Monday 8 Sep 2025