Band 6 Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapist
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to extend your respiratory clinical skills via a static respiratory post in a forward thinking department? Then you could be the person for us. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our respiratory physiotherapy team Cross-Site at University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
You will play a key role in the clinical provision of services to a varied patient caseload. Therapies are considered an integral part of the Multi-disciplinary team at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and as such enjoy MDT working. Respiratory experience will be gained in the following areas:
* Critical care
* Respiratory and cardiology wards
* Surgical wards
* Cystic Fibrosis
* Paediatrics including High Dependency
* NIV and Optiflow provision including Assisted Ventilation Unit
* Pulmonary Rehabilitation
The post offers the opportunity to build on existing clinical respiratory knowledge and skills and to grow service development experience in a supportive environment. There will be opportunity to develop your clinical skills via simulation training, as well as developing from band 7 respiratory specialists at each site, and a cross-site band 8A critical care clinical specialist physiotherapist.
Main duties of the job
Candidates should have good clinical reasoning, time management, and communication skills. You will be involved in the supervision and teaching of Band 5 physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants, and students. The successful candidate would also be expected to contribute to service development within the acute respiratory team which may involve cross site service development. You will be expected to support staff to obtain and maintain respiratory competencies to work on the on-call and weekend working rotas. You will be expected to actively participate in on-call and weekend working.
Continued professional development is encouraged and viewed as integral to providing a quality service for patients. We offer regular supervision, in-service training and actively promote the personal development of all our therapists. 7-day working for Therapies is under development within the Trust.
The physiotherapy department is a very inclusive environment to work in and is keen to continue to highlight the importance of this working closely with our local community.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
Job Purpose
1. To provide a specialist respiratory physiotherapy service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients in the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.
2. To participate in the Band 6 respiratory rotation scheme, involving rotating cross-site across a range of respiratory inpatient, outpatient and community clinical areas. Rotations are 8 months long.
Job Summary
1. To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
2. To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions to provide a provisional diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
3. To take responsibility for own caseload, being responsible for a defined area of the service, with the support of a Band 7/8 physiotherapist.
4. With the team, to participate in evidence based audit / research activity to further the team's clinical practice within each rotation. To make recommendations to the lead Band 7/8 for any changes to practice by the team.
5. To supervise junior physiotherapists and physiotherapy students in the clinical setting.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
* HCPC registered Physio
* Band 5 experience in core inpatient rotations, including respiratory and critical care and tracheostomy care
* Undertaken clinical educators training
* Undertaken a range of relevant postgraduate courses in respiratory
* Experience of participating in audit and evidence based projects.
* Evidence of actively participating in in-service training and MDT groups, and evaluating effectiveness of training
* Experience and ability to work collaboratively within MPT
Desirable
* 2 years post graduate experience
* Worked in NHS acute setting
* Member of Special interest Group
* MCSP
* Previous experience at band 6 level
* Research experience
* Experience of supervision and appraisal of physiotherapy staff and students with ability to give constructive feedback
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of evidenced based practice pertaining to specialist areas of physiotherapy
* Knowledge of key national guidelines and standards pertaining to specialist areas of physiotherapy
* Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for physiotherapy
* Awareness and understanding of NHS structure, current issues and developments
Employer Details
Employer name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address: University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH
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