Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Specialist Physiotherapist to join our well respected Respiratory Physiotherapy Team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
This is a permanent, full time post at 37.5 hrs per week based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital with cross site working at The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and Kidderminster Hospital as part of the Respiratory Physiotherapy team.
This is a new post to provide specialist respiratory outpatient physiotherapy service to patient across the county with opportunity to be involved in developing the service as it progresses.
You should have broad experience of working with respiratory patients with a range of conditions. You should also have appropriate experience of supervising and teaching senior and junior staff, Physiotherapy assistants and students on placement, as well as the ability to provide training, mentorship and support to staff on Respiratory on call and weekend rotas.
Strong leadership credentials and a keen interest in evidence based practice, service development and clinical governance are also essential to the role. High level communication skills will be needed to ensure effective networking with other members of the MDT including Respiratory Consultants.
As a service we are dedicated to the concept of continuing professional development. Attendance of both internal and external courses to facilitate both clinical and leadership development are supported and encouraged
Main duties of the job
You will work alongside the Clinical Lead for Respiratory Medicine to provide a high quality Physiotherapy service to respiratory outpatients across all sites. This post will involve a combination of both Clinical and Team leader responsibilities and as such, we are looking for an experienced, dynamic and progressive Physiotherapist with proven clinical skills, demonstrating a wide base of respiratory experience.
The post also includes a commitment to the on-call service and requires weekend working as part of the on call rota. You will also be required to be able to travel between sites.
For further information or to organise an informal visit please contact Kate Spolton, Clinical Lead Physio on katherine.spolton@nhs.net
Short listing will take place within 2 weeks of the closing date.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full list of key duties.
Key Duties:
Clinical:
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of
practice, including the management of patients receiving treatment.
- To ensure the delivery of care
to the patient is of a high clinical and professional standard using a wide
range of physiotherapy techniques and extensive post graduate experience, and
to encourage members of the team to do likewise.
- To make clinical judgements
involving complex and often multi pathology patients regarding potential for
rehabilitation. Such decisions may cause some conflict and financial
implications.
- To deliver group sessions where
appropriate within area of speciality.
- To be responsible for own
caseload within speciality and organise all other members of the team to
provide an efficient service considering clinical priorities that can rapidly
change throughout the course of the day.
- To ensure that patient
confidentiality, privacy, and dignity is always maintained.
- To undertake comprehensive
clinical assessment, including clinical risk of patients, including those with
complex/ highly complex, sensitive and multi pathological presentations using
advanced investigative skills within speciality. Using highly specialised analytical and
clinical reasoning assessment skills to interpret findings and to apply these
to the development of individual evidence-based patient management plans. Some
patients will have been referred by a medical practitioner but not examined.
- To regularly evaluate
subjectively and objectively the effectiveness of the treatment, using
appropriate outcome measures and to decide when medical review is needed and to
adjust treatment accordingly.
- To demonstrate a high level of
specialised skill and expertise in the delivery of treatment to patients,
including highly skilled handling. To demonstrate highly developed dexterity,
co-ordination and manual skills for assessment and treatment of patients.
Appropriate treatments are selected from an extensive repertoire of
physiotherapeutic interventions e.g Normal Movement, Motor Relearning, manual
therapy techniques, respiratory techniques, use of NIV and exercise therapy
dependant on speciality.
- To work in partnership with medical,
nursing and MDT to develop services in accordance with local and national
service and clinical guidelines.
- To co-ordinate with other members of
the MDT to facilitate discharge planning, participating in weekly MDT meetings,
home visits and progress meetings with patients, relatives, and carers. This is
according to speciality.
- To maintain comprehensive, accurate
and contemporaneous treatment records, including valid consent appropriate to
the intervention, and discharge report or referrals for ongoing therapy in
another setting.
- To liaise closely with other
specialist teams to provide optimal, seamless care to patients.
- To act as a source of specialised
knowledge and provide advice to other physiotherapy colleagues and the MDT
within given speciality.
- To be an active participant on the
evening and weekend on-call service, which includes advanced respiratory
techniques and non-invasive ventilator aids. This may include the treatment of
children. Rota will depend on speciality.
- To provide specialist advice, support,
training and mentoring to other members of the multi-disciplinary team and all
staff who participate in rotas / weekend / on call working associated within
the given speciality.
- To co-ordinate and ensure effective
delivery of rotas / on call within area of speciality with assistance of the
Clinical Lead.
- With the assistance of the Clinical
Lead, to accept clinical responsibility for outpatients within speciality,
including management of the waiting lists across the trust.
- To use advanced judgemental skills and
a comprehensive knowledge of physiotherapy interventions to plan individual
treatment programmes of care, reflecting evidence-based practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full list of key duties.
Key Duties:
Clinical:
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of
practice, including the management of patients receiving treatment.
- To ensure the delivery of care
to the patient is of a high clinical and professional standard using a wide
range of physiotherapy techniques and extensive post graduate experience, and
to encourage members of the team to do likewise.
- To make clinical judgements
involving complex and often multi pathology patients regarding potential for
rehabilitation. Such decisions may cause some conflict and financial
implications.
- To deliver group sessions where
appropriate within area of speciality.
- To be responsible for own
caseload within speciality and organise all other members of the team to
provide an efficient service considering clinical priorities that can rapidly
change throughout the course of the day.
- To ensure that patient
confidentiality, privacy, and dignity is always maintained.
- To undertake comprehensive
clinical assessment, including clinical risk of patients, including those with
complex/ highly complex, sensitive and multi pathological presentations using
advanced investigative skills within speciality. Using highly specialised analytical and
clinical reasoning assessment skills to interpret findings and to apply these
to the development of individual evidence-based patient management plans. Some
patients will have been referred by a medical practitioner but not examined.
- To regularly evaluate
subjectively and objectively the effectiveness of the treatment, using
appropriate outcome measures and to decide when medical review is needed and to
adjust treatment accordingly.
- To demonstrate a high level of
specialised skill and expertise in the delivery of treatment to patients,
including highly skilled handling. To demonstrate highly developed dexterity,
co-ordination and manual skills for assessment and treatment of patients.
Appropriate treatments are selected from an extensive repertoire of
physiotherapeutic interventions e.g Normal Movement, Motor Relearning, manual
therapy techniques, respiratory techniques, use of NIV and exercise therapy
dependant on speciality.
- To work in partnership with medical,
nursing and MDT to develop services in accordance with local and national
service and clinical guidelines.
- To co-ordinate with other members of
the MDT to facilitate discharge planning, participating in weekly MDT meetings,
home visits and progress meetings with patients, relatives, and carers. This is
according to speciality.
- To maintain comprehensive, accurate
and contemporaneous treatment records, including valid consent appropriate to
the intervention, and discharge report or referrals for ongoing therapy in
another setting.
- To liaise closely with other
specialist teams to provide optimal, seamless care to patients.
- To act as a source of specialised
knowledge and provide advice to other physiotherapy colleagues and the MDT
within given speciality.
- To be an active participant on the
evening and weekend on-call service, which includes advanced respiratory
techniques and non-invasive ventilator aids. This may include the treatment of
children. Rota will depend on speciality.
- To provide specialist advice, support,
training and mentoring to other members of the multi-disciplinary team and all
staff who participate in rotas / weekend / on call working associated within
the given speciality.
- To co-ordinate and ensure effective
delivery of rotas / on call within area of speciality with assistance of the
Clinical Lead.
- With the assistance of the Clinical
Lead, to accept clinical responsibility for outpatients within speciality,
including management of the waiting lists across the trust.
- To use advanced judgemental skills and
a comprehensive knowledge of physiotherapy interventions to plan individual
treatment programmes of care, reflecting evidence-based practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or degree in physiotherapy.
- Health Professions Council registration.
- Appropriate, recognised post graduate qualification/training.
Desirable
- Member of CSP.
- Relevant MSc (or working towards).
Experience
Essential
- Completed rotations within each of the core specialties at a Band 5 / junior level or can demonstrate a broad range of experience.
- Appropriate experience in an Acute NHS setting at a senior level.
- Extensive and wide-ranging post registration experience within the specialty.
- Comprehensive evidence of recent, relevant CPD.
- Experience of supervision, appraisal and development of more junior staff.
- Participation in audit/research.
Desirable
- Participation in service improvement projects.
- Experience of managing a clinical team/workload.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- High standard of written communication, including presentation skills.
- Evidence of appropriate personal skills (eg responsible, flexible, highly organised).
- Evidence of effective leadership and team working.
- Teaching skills.
- Examples of on-going and varied people management and supervision.
- Advanced clinical knowledge and highly developed skills in the specialised area.
- Thorough understanding of professional, legal and clinical governance responsibilities.
- In depth knowledge of current local and national NHS issues.
- Sophisticated communication skills, in order to be effective in complex situations.
Desirable
- A management /leadership qualification or training.
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Able and willing to commute between sites.
- Able and willing to work across 7 days and take part in on call duties through a 24 hour period.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role.
- Commitment to working in Worcestershire.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional attitude and manner.
- Committed to profession, role and Trust.
- Enthusiastic and inspirational.
- Able to show Initiative and be assertive when required.
- Is always approachable and has excellent interpersonal skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or degree in physiotherapy.
- Health Professions Council registration.
- Appropriate, recognised post graduate qualification/training.
Desirable
- Member of CSP.
- Relevant MSc (or working towards).
Experience
Essential
- Completed rotations within each of the core specialties at a Band 5 / junior level or can demonstrate a broad range of experience.
- Appropriate experience in an Acute NHS setting at a senior level.
- Extensive and wide-ranging post registration experience within the specialty.
- Comprehensive evidence of recent, relevant CPD.
- Experience of supervision, appraisal and development of more junior staff.
- Participation in audit/research.
Desirable
- Participation in service improvement projects.
- Experience of managing a clinical team/workload.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- High standard of written communication, including presentation skills.
- Evidence of appropriate personal skills (eg responsible, flexible, highly organised).
- Evidence of effective leadership and team working.
- Teaching skills.
- Examples of on-going and varied people management and supervision.
- Advanced clinical knowledge and highly developed skills in the specialised area.
- Thorough understanding of professional, legal and clinical governance responsibilities.
- In depth knowledge of current local and national NHS issues.
- Sophisticated communication skills, in order to be effective in complex situations.
Desirable
- A management /leadership qualification or training.
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Able and willing to commute between sites.
- Able and willing to work across 7 days and take part in on call duties through a 24 hour period.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role.
- Commitment to working in Worcestershire.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional attitude and manner.
- Committed to profession, role and Trust.
- Enthusiastic and inspirational.
- Able to show Initiative and be assertive when required.
- Is always approachable and has excellent interpersonal skills.
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
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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).