Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join The Community Respiratory Therapy Team at Warrington & Halton Hospital. We are looking to recruit a full time, permanent Band 6 Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist to support the delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation across the district and to support the wider Respiratory Therapy duties.

Main duties of the job

You will work alongside other Specialist Physiotherapists supporting patients with long term respiratory diagnoses to manage their condition and optimise their health. Pulmonary Rehabilitation clinics & groups will be based in various hospital & community venues.

You will have support from the Professional Lead, ACP, Band 7, and other Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapists to develop your knowledge and skills in this area.

Main duties include supporting triage, assessments and delivering rehabilitation programmes in groups, remotely and in the patient's own home. According to local protocols and guidelines. You will also be required to support the team in other respiratory physiotherapy assessment and treatment sessions and deal with patient telephone queries and appointments.

You will assess and treat your own workload of patients and maintain associated patient records utilising knowledge and skills gained through attainment of competencies, experience and / or relevant qualifications. You will support in the delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation education talks on a wide variety of topics.

You will carry out clinical tasks (such as instruction / supervision and prescription of individual and group exercise programmes) alongside other Team members, requiring a wide range of technical ability as well as an excellent level of interpersonal skills.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.