Deputy Team Lead Physiotherapist

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 March 2025

Job summary

Do you have an interest in caring for adults with chronic respiratory conditions including Cystic Fibrosis?Do you want to advance your specialist knowledge in Respiratory Medicine and experience both in & out-patient settings?Do you want to be part of an expanding service and multi-disciplinary team?Then this is the job for you!We are looking for an experienced Band 6 who has a passion for respiratory, especially supporting patients with long term conditions, and who is motivated to learn and progress to join our Physiotherapy team. This post offers the opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership & people management skills in this specialist area. You will be supported by a Team Lead and Service Lead Physiotherapists to develop clinically and as a leader.This role provides the individual with a fantastic opportunity to work with key stakeholders and the wider MDT to advance the service provided and coordinate high quality patient care. Within this role the post holder will engage in audit and research and support colleagues with their own service improvement work.The post holder will work closely with the Physiotherapy Service Leads, Team Leads and Deputy Team Leads to support service delivery, coordination, and development. The individual will work collaboratively with the Physiotherapy Service Lead and Team Lead in the Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection, and the Respiratory Sleep and Support Centre to ensure cohesive service provision across respiratory medicine.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will act as a Deputy Team Lead Physiotherapy clinician in a highly specialised area of Cystic Fibrosis, to ensure provision of a safe and evidenced based physiotherapy service to CF patients within the Trust. The main duties of the role will include:

Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to assess and treat complex patients
Collaboration with wider MDT to enhance patient pathways
Involvement in audit, research, and service improvement projects
Mentoring colleagues and physio students
Supporting colleagues to advance their clinical reasoning skills to achieve rotational goals and/or advanced CF competencies
Providing teaching to physio colleagues and the wider CF MDT
Attend department management meetings and work closely with Team Leads and Deputy Team Leads to coordinate service provision
Exploring opportunities to provide teaching outside the Trust
Seeking out CPD opportunities i.e. conferences and courses

What we provide to you:

Support and teaching to enable you to provide excellent patient care and advanced skills
Specialist departmental and team in service training
Regular one to ones, clinical supervision, appraisals, and competency support
Access to in house and external courses and conferences
Opportunity for service development projects, audits and research.

Support and guidance for mentoring students and junior staff.

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

Date posted

21 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

175-2425-2-PS1139

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc/ Pre- Reg MSc/ Grad. Dip. in Physiotherapy.
HCPC registration

Desirable

CSP member.
Relevant specialist interest group membership e.g. ACPRC.

Experience

Essential

Clinical pillar
Demonstrate Band 6 level Physiotherapy knowledge and experience managing cardiorespiratory patients independently including experience within respiratory medicine
Ability to work independently and prioritise own and team 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, and supporting others with mentoring roles.
Ability to work autonomously and be a team player
Evidence of demonstrating and role modelling excellent communication skills, including verbal, non verbal and written.
Ability to work calmly under pressure whilst supporting the team
Ability to problem-solve and make own decisions and support the team in others clinical and non-clinical decision making
Ability to lead, support and provide team management in team leaders absence.
Education pillar
Attendance at relevant postgraduate cardiorespiratory physiotherapy courses, study days and conferences
Experience in theoretical and practical student training
Experience of teaching and presentation to peers and multi-professional colleagues within the Trust
Research pillar
Experience of audit / service improvement / research projects
Utilisation of current evidence base to influence own and support others clinical practice

Desirable

Clinical pillar
Experience of managing patients with Bronchiectasis and/or ILD
Leadership pillar
Basic management and leadership training
Education pillar
Experience with external teaching and presenting
Research Pillar
Working knowledge of NHS and AHP priorities and initiatives

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Able to demonstrate professionalism, resilience and reflexivity
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.
Relevant specialist interest group membership e.g. ACPRC.

Experience

Essential

Clinical pillar
Demonstrate Band 6 level Physiotherapy knowledge and experience managing cardiorespiratory patients independently including experience within respiratory medicine
Ability to work independently and prioritise own and team 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, and supporting others with mentoring roles.
Ability to work autonomously and be a team player
Evidence of demonstrating and role modelling excellent communication skills, including verbal, non verbal and written.
Ability to work calmly under pressure whilst supporting the team
Ability to problem-solve and make own decisions and support the team in others clinical and non-clinical decision making
Ability to lead, support and provide team management in team leaders absence.
Education pillar
Attendance at relevant postgraduate cardiorespiratory physiotherapy courses, study days and conferences
Experience in theoretical and practical student training
Experience of teaching and presentation to peers and multi-professional colleagues within the Trust
Research pillar
Experience of audit / service improvement / research projects
Utilisation of current evidence base to influence own and support others clinical practice

Desirable

Clinical pillar
Experience of managing patients with Bronchiectasis and/or ILD
Leadership pillar
Basic management and leadership training
Education pillar
Experience with external teaching and presenting
Research Pillar
Working knowledge of NHS and AHP priorities and initiatives

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Able to demonstrate professionalism, resilience and reflexivity
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.