Specialist Asthma Physiotherapist

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

NHS Band 6 - Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum

Full time - 37.5 hours per week.

Contract: Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a static Band 6 Asthma Specialist Physiotherapist to join the team in the Portsmouth Severe Asthma Service. As a tertiary referral centre and one of the leading severe asthma services in the UK, this is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic physiotherapist to develop specialist respiratory skills within a highly experienced, innovative, and supportive multidisciplinary team. We are seeking to appoint a motivated physiotherapist who demonstrates our Trust values, can work autonomously, has a flexible approach, and possesses excellent organisational and communication skills to join us as a specialist physiotherapist. 

We welcome applications from individuals with a dynamic, self-motivated approach to patient care, alongside sufficient post registration clinical experience and the ability to adapt to the needs of the service. In return, we can offer a supportive working environment, excellent training opportunities, and ongoing professional development. 

Job Summary:

• To provide specialist care, as part of the Asthma MDT, for patients with asthma, severe asthma and associated conditions to ensure delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care with a focus on education, self-management and personalised care.
• To work as an integral part of the Asthma MDT in the delivery of a comprehensive systematic assessment for all patients with difficult asthma, in an out-patient secondary and tertiary care setting, in line with the NHS England Severe Asthma Service Specification.
• To assess and manage common co-morbidities in asthma, severe asthma and associated conditions including breathing pattern disorders and upper airway dysfunction.
• To initiate, deliver and monitor advanced asthma therapies including biological therapies
• As an autonomous practitioner to provide a point of contact for asthma patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals to obtain advice, education and support with a focus on admission avoidance and supporting self-management.
• To deliver an expert and holistic asthma review for patients with poorly controlled asthma requiring hospital admission in line with the requirements of the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (including upload of data for the rolling audit programme) and to provide early follow-up reviews for these patients as well as those attending the Emergency Department with asthma attacks.
• To support the Asthma MDT in the delivery of all NHS England Specialised Commissioning requirements for the Portsmouth Severe Asthma Service including the NHS England Quality Surveillance Programme and the national Severe Asthma Registry.
• To ensure every patient is offered the opportunity to participate in high-quality clinical research working within a team that embeds research within the clinical pathway.

For full details and key responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached job description

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy or equivalent, Health Care Professions Council Registration and Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
• Minimum 2 years post registration experience including experience in Respiratory care.

Desirable:

• Demonstrable experience within specialty with respiratory qualification.
• Mentorship course.
• Evidence of leadership.
• Teaching qualification/experience including the supervision of students.
• Evidence of change management with relevant management/leadership course.
• Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources.
• Good clinical practice certificate and previous experience of clinical research.
• Research awareness.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026