Job summary
Working full time: 37.5 hours per week
West Cheshire Community Respiratory Service provided by The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic forward thinking Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our friendly multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will play an integral part in the assessment and treatment of people living with a range of respiratory conditions. You will provide specialist physiotherapy input into the respiratory virtual ward, hospital @ home service, community respiratory service and pulmonary rehabilitation. We want to expand our physiotherapy offer within community respiratory and as a physiotherapist you will bring your full scope of practice to the role.
This role will suit either a Band 5 looking for career progression or an experienced Band 6. Full training and regular coaching and mentoring is available to ensure you succeed and thrive in this role.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with your peers, senior clinical staff, and Service Lead to provide a safe and effective service.
To be a core member of the team, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the care provided to patients daily.
To provide specialist assessment and treatment of patients with unplanned presentations within community settings, including the patient's own home.
To supervise, assess and educate team members including bank or agency staff, support workers and students.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered Physiotherapist
- Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
- Membership of professional body
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience.
- Evidence of post graduate short courses
- Relevant student training course or qualification.
- Evidence of CPD and reflective practice.
- Evidence of group working and team working.
- Evidence of audit and/or research work.
- Knowledge of current best practice in specialist physiotherapy area.
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Communication skills (verbal and non-verbal).
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance and that of others.
- Ability to organise and respond to complex information, and work under pressure.
- Good computer skills.
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
Desirable
- Supervisory skills and/or first line management experience.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered Physiotherapist
- Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
- Membership of professional body
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience.
- Evidence of post graduate short courses
- Relevant student training course or qualification.
- Evidence of CPD and reflective practice.
- Evidence of group working and team working.
- Evidence of audit and/or research work.
- Knowledge of current best practice in specialist physiotherapy area.
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Communication skills (verbal and non-verbal).
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance and that of others.
- Ability to organise and respond to complex information, and work under pressure.
- Good computer skills.
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
Desirable
- Supervisory skills and/or first line management experience.
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
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).
