Job summary
Are you passionate about
Respiratory Medicine and CF?
Thrive working on Intensive
care?
Experienced in post-surgical
Cardiac, Thoracic & Transplant patients?
Enthusiastic about Cardiology?
Then we have the job for you! Join us at our outstanding cardiothoracic
specialist hospital.
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.
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 UK's 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.
We perform the most heart
and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's 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.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you
will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full
details about the role. We recommend
that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust
Values Compassion Excellence
Collaboration. If you would like more information about the
role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the
contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you
will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full
details about the role. We recommend
that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust
Values Compassion Excellence
Collaboration. If you would like more information about the
role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the
contact for this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of common cardiac & respiratory conditions and treatment options
- Able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning
- Awareness of current cardiorespiratory evidence base and guidelines
- Demonstrable proactive interest in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy
Desirable
- Working knowledge of NHS priorities and initiatives
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Evidence ability to uphold the Trusts values Compassion Excellence Collaboration and associated behaviour standard at all times
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc physiotherapy, Grad. Dip. Physiotherapy, or pre-registration MSc
Experience
Essential
- Experience managing cardiorespiratory patients independently including critical care, medical and surgical patients
- Experience of rehabilitation in complex patients
- Experience of on call and weekend working
- Evidence of on-going professional development demonstrated by a portfolio
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate cardiorespiratory physiotherapy courses
- Awareness of audit / service
- improvement and / or research projects
- Experience of supervision & mentorship of junior staff or students
Professional Registration
Essential
Desirable
- MCSP
- Specialist interest group membership
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of excellent communication skills, including verbal, non-verbal and written.
- Ability to work autonomously and be a team player
- Ability to work calmly under pressure
- Ability to work independently and prioritise own workload and delegate effectively to others
- Ability to problem-solve and make complex decisions
- Good teaching and presentation skills
Desirable
- Experience of using Electronic Patient Records
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours and practice, ability to work according to service need.
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
- Ability to work on-call, late shifts and weekends
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of common cardiac & respiratory conditions and treatment options
- Able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning
- Awareness of current cardiorespiratory evidence base and guidelines
- Demonstrable proactive interest in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy
Desirable
- Working knowledge of NHS priorities and initiatives
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Evidence ability to uphold the Trusts values Compassion Excellence Collaboration and associated behaviour standard at all times
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc physiotherapy, Grad. Dip. Physiotherapy, or pre-registration MSc
Experience
Essential
- Experience managing cardiorespiratory patients independently including critical care, medical and surgical patients
- Experience of rehabilitation in complex patients
- Experience of on call and weekend working
- Evidence of on-going professional development demonstrated by a portfolio
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate cardiorespiratory physiotherapy courses
- Awareness of audit / service
- improvement and / or research projects
- Experience of supervision & mentorship of junior staff or students
Professional Registration
Essential
Desirable
- MCSP
- Specialist interest group membership
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of excellent communication skills, including verbal, non-verbal and written.
- Ability to work autonomously and be a team player
- Ability to work calmly under pressure
- Ability to work independently and prioritise own workload and delegate effectively to others
- Ability to problem-solve and make complex decisions
- Good teaching and presentation skills
Desirable
- Experience of using Electronic Patient Records
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours and practice, ability to work according to service need.
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
- Ability to work on-call, late shifts and weekends
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
