Respiratory Nurse/Physiotherapist | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Billingham, TS23 2NP
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	1 Oct 2026
Closing date:	31 Oct 2026

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Summary

**Previous applicants need not apply **

Do you really want to make a difference? Do you want to help patients remain living independently in their own homes working within a multi-disciplinary team? Do you want to be part of an innovative Respiratory team offering the highest quality care for patients? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic registered specialist Nurse or Physiotherapist to join our highly specialised and committed respiratory clinicians, working as an integrated respiratory team, providing care to patients with Respiratory disease across North of Tees in a fixed term position covering maternity leave.

The post holder will be responsible for providing high standard of care to patients across Hartlepool and Stockton with regards to their respiratory health. The service provides care both in a clinic and home environment

As a member of this team, you will be responsible for the pro-active management of patients who will need immediate specialist and comprehensive assessment and pathway based interventions. You will have direct links into the hospital and full support from a wider team including consultant.

This post will involve ongoing patient assessment and review of patients who have complex presentations or multiple pathologies. And following treatment plans set out by senior clinicians. The post holders will need to be able to work flexibly, including weekend working.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

This is an ideal opportunity for a registered professional Nurse or Physiotherapist, who have experience and an interest in working within Respiratory, who are proactive, self-motivated and keen to be at the forefront of delivering high quality care, to join our team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Specialist Respiratory Practitioners in providing support and care for patients with Respiratory disease in the community and in patient setting. Recent training experience in relevant respiratory care is required for this post.

There will be an opportunity of development, through rotation into other Clinical roles, as a result of being a member of an innovative, responsive multidisciplinary team.

The integrated team is working in many innovative and exciting ways to improve quality of life for people with respiratory disease. The Respiratory team works within the community setting and includes Asthma, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and a home oxygen service. The service has implemented a "hospital at home" service, where more complex and intensive support is provided in the patients’ own home as an alternative to acute care for COPD exacerbation management. This service also supports early discharge from hospital.

This advert closes on Thursday 15 Oct 2026

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