Rotational Specialist Physiotherapist
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Job summary
Do you have an interest in Respiratory Medicine?
Do you like working on Intensive care?
Do you want to treat post-surgical Cardiac, Thoracic & Transplant patients?
Do you have enthusiasm for Cardiology?
Alternatively, do you have a passion for Cystic Fibrosis?
Then we have the job for you! We have two band 6 posts available, a substantive rotational role, and a 1-year fixed term role with the possibility of being static within the Cystic Fibrosis service. Please indicate on the application form if you would have a preference.
We welcome applications from current Band 6 or experienced Band 5s with a passion for respiratory physiotherapy, with experience in acute care across multiple specialities, who are motivated to learn & progress. You will be supported by Team Leaders / Deputy Team Leaders on each rotation to develop core Respiratory assessment & treatment skills.
Candidates should
Have a BSc, MSc or Grad Dip in Physiotherapy, be HCPC registered, have great communication & interpersonal skills.
Be able to provide a comprehensive Physiotherapy service to patients with a wide range of cardio-respiratory conditions in all settings.
Be able to build on developed Physiotherapy skills & consolidate specialist skills in cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy required to manage these patient groups via 6-month rotational system.
Main duties of the job
Become part of our innovative team covering inpatient and outpatient services including our on-call, twilight and weekend working provision.
Rotations are in the following areas Transplant & Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Thoracic & PEA Surgery, ICU, Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre (RSSC) and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Respiratory Medicine Wards (including Bronchiectasis, ILD, & Pulmonary Hypertension) and Cystic Fibrosis.
What we provide to you:
Support and teaching to enable you to provide excellent patient care across all rotational areas
Specialist departmental and team in service training
Regular one to ones, clinical supervision, appraisals, and competency support
In house courses and access to external courses and conferences
Involvement with expert multi-disciplinary teams
Advanced skill teaching and support including ECMO rehab, ventricular assist devices, Nebulised drug challenges, tracheostomy weaning and decannulation.
Opportunity for Service development projects and involvement with audits
Participation in research.
Support and guidance for you to mentor students and junior staff.
Join our supportive, dynamic and growing Physiotherapy team in our internationally renowned Cardiothoracic Hospital at Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UKs leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge.
It performs the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UKs first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future.
Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today.
The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence and collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions.
Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
Details
Date posted
31 October 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9175-2223-2-PS3348
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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