Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist to combine knowledge and skills in managing patients with Cystic Fibrosis/Bronchiectasis with an interest in exercise promotion and management of MSK complications.
The post is for a permanent band 6 to provide predominantly out-patient care via a range of platforms, to support children and young people with cystic fibrosis manage their airway clearance and meet exercise goals.
As a HCPC registered health professional, you will have gained substantial clinical experience within respiratory care with previous experience in Cystic Fibrosis or Bronchiectasis, providing comprehensive respiratory assessment and treatment to patients with complex presentations. You should also be able to demonstrate an understanding of exercise physiology and testing alongside experience in the assessment and treatment of a range of MSK conditions. Experience of working with children and young people is desirable. The physiotherapists work very closely within the multidisciplinary team, giving a holistic approach to care from diagnosis to transition.
You will be expected to participate in the respiratory on-call and weekend rota. There is a response time of 45 minutes for on-calls.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the clinical role you will provide support to junior members of staff, participate in training to students and support service development. Cover for in-patient CF management and other respiratory areas including critical care would be required for planned or unplanned absence. Previous experience of working on an overnight on-call service is essential.
You will provide education, advice and support to members of the MDT, patients and parents/carers and be able to respond to and resolve complaints professionally and effectively with excellent communication skills. Patient motivation and adherence management are key skills required for this post.
With excellent organisational and problem-solving skills you will thrive in a busy environment prioritising a busy workload and coping well under pressure. There is a comprehensive in-house appraisal system and multiple learning opportunities as the department is actively involved in audit and research. You will be supported by experienced clinical leads offering clinical and professional advice and feedback supporting your professional and personal development.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised BSC Honours degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
- State registration via HCPC Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Member of relevant special interest group
- Registered member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previous broad clinical experience including MSK, orthopaedics, neurology alongside significant experience in the area relevant to the job role
- Evidence of relevant knowledge gained through post graduate learning
- Specialist knowledge of physiotherapy assessment and treatment techniques in area relevant to the post
- Experience of Continual Professional Development
- Experience of respiratory on-call
- Working knowledge of local and national policies and procedures e.g. Manual Handling, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists/Health Professionals Council Code of Conduct/Ethics, Health and Safety, Infection Control, CPR, Equality and Diversity
- Experience of and commitment to interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of supervision of students and assistants
- Evidence of contribution to clinical education and in-service training of less experienced staff/students and assistants
- Understanding of and involvement in clinical governance alongside an awareness of its implications for services including experience of quality issues, audit and evidence-based practice
Desirable
- Previous experience in a specialist post
- To have attended a clinical educators course
- Evidence of participation in post grad research
- Previous experience of working within paediatrics
Clinical Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Good organisational / planning / prioritisation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
- Demonstrate complex dexterity and specialist therapeutic handling skills
- Ability to motivate and negotiate to encourage reluctant and challenging patients
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Flexible attitude
- Able to handle sensitive situations, empathetic and able to deliver unpleasant news
- Well developed concentration, analytical, problem solving and clinical reasoning skills
- Able to undertake hydrotherapy, (if relevant to the role)
- Able to work autonomously with ability to seek guidance appropriately with individuals or in a group setting
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others practise
- Effective written communication skills e.g. clinical records, reports to other health care professionals and external agencies
- Word processing, IT and presentation skills
- Able to maintain sustained regular manual handling skills and therapeutic manoeuvres
- Safe and effective handling of unpleasant substances/environments
- Able to participate in the emergency on-call and weekend rotas in line with departmental policy
- To be able to work occasional evenings/ out of hours for a specific service where applicable
- Driving licence and use of own vehicle. A requirement to utilise the hospital vehicles
- Able to respond within 45 minutes from time of call to attendance on the ward when working on-call
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised BSC Honours degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
- State registration via HCPC Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Member of relevant special interest group
- Registered member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previous broad clinical experience including MSK, orthopaedics, neurology alongside significant experience in the area relevant to the job role
- Evidence of relevant knowledge gained through post graduate learning
- Specialist knowledge of physiotherapy assessment and treatment techniques in area relevant to the post
- Experience of Continual Professional Development
- Experience of respiratory on-call
- Working knowledge of local and national policies and procedures e.g. Manual Handling, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists/Health Professionals Council Code of Conduct/Ethics, Health and Safety, Infection Control, CPR, Equality and Diversity
- Experience of and commitment to interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of supervision of students and assistants
- Evidence of contribution to clinical education and in-service training of less experienced staff/students and assistants
- Understanding of and involvement in clinical governance alongside an awareness of its implications for services including experience of quality issues, audit and evidence-based practice
Desirable
- Previous experience in a specialist post
- To have attended a clinical educators course
- Evidence of participation in post grad research
- Previous experience of working within paediatrics
Clinical Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Good organisational / planning / prioritisation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
- Demonstrate complex dexterity and specialist therapeutic handling skills
- Ability to motivate and negotiate to encourage reluctant and challenging patients
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Flexible attitude
- Able to handle sensitive situations, empathetic and able to deliver unpleasant news
- Well developed concentration, analytical, problem solving and clinical reasoning skills
- Able to undertake hydrotherapy, (if relevant to the role)
- Able to work autonomously with ability to seek guidance appropriately with individuals or in a group setting
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others practise
- Effective written communication skills e.g. clinical records, reports to other health care professionals and external agencies
- Word processing, IT and presentation skills
- Able to maintain sustained regular manual handling skills and therapeutic manoeuvres
- Safe and effective handling of unpleasant substances/environments
- Able to participate in the emergency on-call and weekend rotas in line with departmental policy
- To be able to work occasional evenings/ out of hours for a specific service where applicable
- Driving licence and use of own vehicle. A requirement to utilise the hospital vehicles
- Able to respond within 45 minutes from time of call to attendance on the ward when working on-call
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).
