Specialist Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapist

Job summary

Specialist Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapist- Full time (37.5 hours)

Are you looking for the next step in your career and have a passion for paediatric respiratory?

Are you looking to be a part of a supportive and driven children's physiotherapy team?

If so, then this exciting role may be for you!

We are excited to advertise this role due to investment in our community paediatric respiratory service which supports our Coventry population from 0-19. This includes supporting our long term ventilated, palliative care, neuromuscular, neurodisability and complex children in the community.

This role currently excludes those who have asthma and Cystic Fibrosis

Main duties of the job

• To carry out clinical assessment of children and young people's needs and to plan and implement complex respiratory physiotherapy packages accordingly.
• Provide highly specialist advice and support to less experienced Physiotherapists in respiratory care.
• To work in close liaison with respiratory MDT Teams within the acute sector, to promote enhanced shared care and transition between acute and community provision
• To use advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support assessments and management. To work closely with other members of the MDT within health, education, social services and voluntary sector to ensure treatment meets the holistic needs of the child.
• To supervise, teach, manage and develop physiotherapy colleagues, students, physiotherapy assistants, nursing colleagues, parents/carers and teachers within the area of expertise, using Evidence Based Practice where possible.
• To be a source of advice and support to children and their families about respiratory therapy and treatments.
• To represent the respiratory physiotherapy service at relevant regional and national meetings where necessary.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.