Job summary
Are you passionate about Respiratory Medicine and CF?
Thrive working on Intensive care?
Experienced in Cardiothoracic surgery
Enthusiastic about Transplant and Cardiology?
Then we have the job for you! Join us at our outstanding cardiothoracic specialist hospital.
We welcome applications from current Band 6's a passion for respiratory physiotherapy, with experience in acute care across multiple specialities, who are motivated to learn and progress. You will be supported by Team Leaders and 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, Thoracic & PEA Surgery, Cardiology, Intensive Care Unit, Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre (RSSC) and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Respiratory Medicine Wards and outpatient clinics (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
Participation in audits and 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 & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & 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 & maternity, race, religion & 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 and 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 and 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
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/ Pre- Reg MSc/ Grad. Dip. in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- CSP member
- Specialist interest group membership e.g. ACPRC
Experience
Essential
- Clinical pillar
- Experience managing cardiorespiratory patients independently, including critical care, medical and surgical patients
- Knowledge of common cardiac & respiratory conditions, demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and planning of treatment options
- Experience of respiratory management and rehabilitation in complex patients
- Ability to work independently and prioritise own workload and delegate effectively to others
- Experience of on call and weekend working
- Leadership pillar
- Experience of supervision & mentorship of junior staff and/or students
- Ability to work autonomously and be a team player
- Evidence of excellent communication skills, including verbal, non-verbal and written.
- Ability to work calmly under pressure
- Ability to problem-solve and make complex decisions clinically and non-clinically
- Education pillar
- Experience of teaching and presentation to peers and multi-professional colleagues within the Trust
- Research pillar
- Awareness of audit / service improvement / research projects
- Awareness of current cardiorespiratory evidence base and guidelines
Desirable
- Leadership pillar
- Experience of supervision & mentorship of junior staff or students
- Education pillar
- Relevant postgraduate cardiorespiratory physiotherapy courses
- Research pillar
- Working knowledge of NHS priorities/ AHP issues and initiatives
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Evidence ability to uphold the Trust's values Compassion Excellence Collaboration
- Able to demonstrate professionalism, resilience and reflection.
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
- Ability to work flexibly in an enhanced seven day service including on-call, and late shifts.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/ Pre- Reg MSc/ Grad. Dip. in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- CSP member
- Specialist interest group membership e.g. ACPRC
Experience
Essential
- Clinical pillar
- Experience managing cardiorespiratory patients independently, including critical care, medical and surgical patients
- Knowledge of common cardiac & respiratory conditions, demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and planning of treatment options
- Experience of respiratory management and rehabilitation in complex patients
- Ability to work independently and prioritise own workload and delegate effectively to others
- Experience of on call and weekend working
- Leadership pillar
- Experience of supervision & mentorship of junior staff and/or students
- Ability to work autonomously and be a team player
- Evidence of excellent communication skills, including verbal, non-verbal and written.
- Ability to work calmly under pressure
- Ability to problem-solve and make complex decisions clinically and non-clinically
- Education pillar
- Experience of teaching and presentation to peers and multi-professional colleagues within the Trust
- Research pillar
- Awareness of audit / service improvement / research projects
- Awareness of current cardiorespiratory evidence base and guidelines
Desirable
- Leadership pillar
- Experience of supervision & mentorship of junior staff or students
- Education pillar
- Relevant postgraduate cardiorespiratory physiotherapy courses
- Research pillar
- Working knowledge of NHS priorities/ AHP issues and initiatives
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Evidence ability to uphold the Trust's values Compassion Excellence Collaboration
- Able to demonstrate professionalism, resilience and reflection.
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
- Ability to work flexibly in an enhanced seven day service including on-call, and late shifts.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
