CYPS Respiratory Physiotherapist

Job summary

This is a part time post for 22.5 hours per week.

The post holder will be a Band 6 Physiotherapist specialising in respiratory care within paediatrics and participating as a member of the Gloucestershire Children's Physiotherapy team managing a specialised clinical caseload. This involves assessment, advising, planning, delivering, and evaluating treatment for a complex caseload of children and their families.

This role is a post within a well-established community team. It is an exciting and evolving role with the opportunity to impact and support patients and their families in their home environments. The wider team is supportive and dynamic, with a wealth of expertise to draw on. Clinical and operational supervision, as well as support to attend wider networks are encouraged and provided

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a Band 6 Physiotherapist specialising in respiratory care within paediatrics and participating as a member of the Gloucestershire Children's Physiotherapy team independently managing a specialised respiratory clinical caseload. This involves assessment, advising, planning, delivering and evaluating treatment for a complex caseload of children and their families.

This role will include ongoing maintenance physiotherapy programmes, manual techniques, suction and other airway clearance techniques. The post holder will have the opportunity to work closely with the paediatric respiratory physiotherapists in the hospital setting, as well as working with neuromuscular physiotherapists and the wider respiratory multidisciplinary team. The post holder will assist band 7 physiotherapist to develop the service and provide a source of expertise locally, providing education and support for parents/carers and community staff caring for these children.

This post is community based and the post holder will carry their own caseload and at times will be expected to work independently in locations away from base.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

12 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-26-017

Job locations

Springbank Community Centre

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG

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