Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our established community respiratory service, including: pulmonary rehabilitation, respiratory outpatient physiotherapy, home oxygen and respiratory nursing. The successful candidate will work with experienced respiratory clinicians to provide high quality, personalised care to the people of Scarborough, Ryedale and Whitby.

• Varied and rewarding role
• Chance to develop specialist clinical skills
• Involvement with specialist professional respiratory networks
• Potential to influence and drive service improvements at delivery level
• Continuing Professional Development Opportunities; in-house and external

We are looking for a knowledgeable Physiotherapist, experienced in assessing and managing complex patients with a range of conditions, such as COPD, bronchiectasis, asthma and pulmonary fibrosis to join our multi-disciplinary team. You should be able to work flexibly, as part of a team, to meet the needs of the service and have your own vehicle for travel to various community locations throughout the working day.

To succeed in this role, you will need to be passionate about community healthcare provision and comfortable travelling and working alone including in clinics settings and patients' own homes.

Working pattern and base can be discussed.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a specialist service to respiratory patients, primarily delivered via pulmonary rehabilitation and outpatient physiotherapy.

PR is high on the agenda of national priorities and is undergoing review and investment, including audit and accreditation. The successful candidate will be instrumental in planning and delivering education and exercise classes, working collaboratively with the team and patients to strive for quality standards and drive innovations in user engagement.

The appointed applicant will be competent in a comprehensive and holistic assessment of complex respiratory patients, including a range of pathologies. A specialised treatment plan is formulated, implemented and evaluated, using advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based interventions and outcome measures, to meet the individual patient requirements. This may involve referral to other specialist services, provision of appropriate equipment or signposting to outside organisations.

There is the opportunity to develop skills to work alongside the clinical specialist within the home oxygen service contributing to the assessment and review of patients, based on clinical parameters and national guidelines, to support their needs safely and effectively.

You will be required to appropriately delegate duties to other members of the team, such as Band 3/Band 4 Associate Practitioner.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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