Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Camden COPD & Home Oxygen Service as a Band 7 Physiotherapist or Nurse. We are seeking an enthusiastic clinician with experience in respiratory care gained within acute, sub-acute or community settings.
The Camden COPD & Home Oxygen Service is a community-based multidisciplinary team providing specialist respiratory care across a range of pathways, including home oxygen assessment and review, domiciliary COPD management, COPD clinics, pulmonary rehabilitation and community outreach services. The service aims to improve quality of life for people living with chronic respiratory disease, promote safe and effective oxygen use, support self-management, and reduce avoidable hospital admissions through integrated, person-centred care.
The successful candidate will work primarily within the Home Oxygen Service Assessment and Review (HOSAR) pathway, delivering specialist oxygen assessments, reviews and ongoing management for patients with complex respiratory conditions. The role also includes contributing to the wider respiratory service in line with patient demand and service priorities. Education, training and support of patients, carers and healthcare professionals form an important part of the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key role in the delivery of the Home Oxygen Service Assessment and Review (HOSAR) pathway, providing specialist assessment, review and management of patients receiving home oxygen therapy. The caseload includes patients with COPD as well as follow-up reviews for patients prescribed oxygen for other conditions, including ILD, paediatric conditions, cluster headaches and palliative care indications. Responsibilities include undertaking oxygen assessments and reviews in clinic and domiciliary settings, performing capillary blood gas sampling and ambulatory oxygen assessments, supporting safe and evidence-based oxygen prescribing, and contributing to service development, quality improvement and stakeholder engagement.
Whilst the majority of clinical time will be spent within the home oxygen pathway, the service works flexibly and all clinicians are expected to develop competencies across the wider respiratory service to support service resilience and meet patient need. Opportunities will therefore exist to contribute to pulmonary rehabilitation, spirometry, domiciliary COPD management, COPD clinics and community outreach services.
Applicants should have a broad understanding of respiratory disease, particularly COPD, and experience managing patients with complex respiratory needs. Experience in pulmonary rehabilitation, spirometry or home oxygen assessment is desirable but not essential, as training and support will be provided.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Physiotherapy/BSc Nursing (or equivalent)
- HCPC/NMC registered
- Willing to work towards Masters Level – relevant respiratory courses and training already undertaken or planned.
Desirable
- Relevant professional body membership
- Post graduate clinical courses specific to working with COPD clients
- Non-medical Prescribing Qualification (or willingness to undertake training)
- Working at Masters level (equivalent of) in the management of clients with complex respiratory needs
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a health economy similar to the UK
- Working at Band 6 or above in Respiratory Care (HOSAR, Pulmonary Rehabilitation +/- General COPD/respiratory medicine management)
- Experience of working with other agencies
- Previous experience of delivering training/supervision
Desirable
- Spirometry and interpretation
- Home oxygen assessment and management
- Experience of ambulatory oxygen assessments
- All round general experience, including: Elderly Care General and Acute Medicine Community
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of type1 and type 2 respiratory failure and interpretation of blood gases
- Knowledge of the criteria for the various types of home oxygen therapy (LTOT, AOT and POT) and an understanding of the risk assessment and guidelines
- Able to undertake an advanced assessment of a respiratory patient, including aspects of physical, mental and social wellbeing
- Evidence of undertaking service development/audit/QI (Demonstrate ability to set up and monitor standards of practice, care pathways and clinical guidelines)
- Intermediate IT skills and experience working with electronic patient records (including presentation skills)
- Demonstrates autonomous clinical decision-making, effective prioritisation and the ability to manage a varied caseload under pressure.
- Experience of delivering holistic, patient-centred assessment and management, including developing and implementing personalised care plans.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience of multidisciplinary working, health promotion and supporting behaviour change.
- Following assessment be able to identify key problems and goals and develop and deliver a personalised care plan
Desirable
- Can undertake a capillary blood gas
- Specialist knowledge of evidence-based assessment (including using COPD outcome measures) and management of clients with COPD
- Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
- Specialist knowledge of evidence-based rehabilitation of clients with COPD
- Level 2 smoking cessation training / VBA
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Demonstrates excellent organisational skills, including the ability to self-motivate, prioritise workload and work effectively in a dynamic environment.
- Demonstrates reflective practice, openness to feedback and a commitment to continuous learning, professional development and service improvement.
- Promotes a compassionate, inclusive and psychologically safe culture, consistently demonstrating professionalism, integrity and non-discriminatory behaviour.
Closing Date: 15 November 2026
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