Employer Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Rowan House
Town Hyde
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 15/04/2025 23:59
Highly Specialist Children's Community Respiratory Physiotherapist
Band 7
Job overview
37.5 hours - Permanent
Would you like to be part of something unique?
Make a huge difference to children with complex respiratory needs in the community?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop a new service within Tameside and Glossop Children's Community services, including in-reach to the children's ward at Tameside General Hospital.
The post holder will provide a highly specialist Respiratory Physiotherapy service to children referred to the integrated Service for Children with Additional Needs (ISCAN) Respiratory Physiotherapy service, taking responsibility for the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating of the service. The service will be provided in the community setting, such as patient homes, schools and health centres, as well as providing an in-reach service to the children’s ward.
Main duties of the job
1. To act as the sole respiratory PT within the ISCAN team, providing expert advice and guidance and undertaking audit and research.
2. To be responsible for devising appropriate clinical guidelines and patient pathways related to respiratory PT as agreed with the Team Lead and Pathway Lead.
3. To be accountable for the implementation of these guidelines and patient pathways within the respiratory PT service.
4. To use advanced clinical reasoning to provide an accurate diagnosis of a child’s condition.
5. To be responsible for the safety and welfare of children, colleagues, and self during the treatment period, in accordance with professional standards and health and safety regulations.
6. To manage children with complex respiratory, neurological and general medical related disorders and have the ability to recognize the need to refer to other health professionals and agencies e.g. Paediatricians and Social Care and to seek advice from more senior staff when needed.
7. To offer evidence-based therapy.
8. To provide ongoing reassessment and evaluation of response to treatment and adjust goals and SMART targets accordingly.
Working for our organisation
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To work as part of the ISCAN Team to provide respiratory PT assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children referred to the service in a variety of settings including special schools, the child’s home and clinics. This will include utilising highly specialist clinical skills including manual therapies to assess, treat and manage children presenting with complex respiratory, neurological and general medical related disorders.
2. To carry out procedures such as suctioning, to respond immediately and appropriately to any adverse situations that may arise in response to these procedures.
3. To be the named lead for the ISCAN children’s respiratory PT service and to devise and implement appropriate clinical guidelines and patient pathways related to this area. To contribute to the development of policies and procedures, which will impact on other professionals working in children’s community and the acute setting.
4. To use advanced clinical reasoning and critical thinking to support assessments and management.
5. To work collaboratively with partner agencies and other health services.
6. To be the main point of contact within your specialist area for professionals.
7. To maintain up-to-date knowledge of local and national changes in legislation.
8. To undertake audits, research projects and quality improvement projects to enhance/improve clinical practice. To make recommendations to ISCAN Team Leader for changes to practice. Implement specific changes to practice, where agreed with the ISCAN Team Leader. To lead others in this work as agreed with the ISCAN Team Leader.
9. To participate in staff meetings and integrated team development meetings. To lead team meetings when delegated by the Team Leader.
10. To manage a caseload of clients, using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
11. To be accountable for own caseload.
12. To work closely with the integrated team to set joint goals with the child and family. To teach the recommended airway clearance plans to parents, carers and educational staff.
13. To be responsible for maintaining own records of intervention in care pathways and for completing own contact data, in line with Trust policies.
14. To be accountable for own clinical actions, ensuring adherence to professional code of conduct.
15. To co-ordinate and attend relevant clinical meetings plus meetings in other settings, e.g. schools.
16. To organise and lead client-related meetings as appropriate, e.g. Person Centred Planning (PCP) or Early Help Assessment (EHA) meetings.
17. To recognise the need to work with interpreters or bilingual co-workers as appropriate.
18. To contribute to the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice by providing timely and detailed reports and advice that comply with departmental guidelines.
19. To maintain timely, accurate statistics and other records as requested by the service and the Trust.
20. To provide specialist reports and discharge summaries as relevant.
21. To provide written reports to a variety of agencies detailing the progress of interventions.
22. To demonstrate an ability to negotiate in the management of conflict.
23. To be an integral member of the ISCAN Team, representing Physiotherapy and providing advice to other professionals.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc (Hons) or equivalent in Physiotherapy
* Health Professions Council Registration
* Post Registration qualifications or equivalent experience in paediatric respiratory physiotherapy
* Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio
* Full membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Knowledge
* Advanced knowledge and skills using specialist equipment to support children’s respiratory needs
* Recognition of the acutely unwell child
* A good understanding clinical governance and evidence-based practice
* Knowledge of SEND Code of Practice
* Knowledge of and understanding the management of physiotherapy services e.g. evaluation and audit, managing change and generating ideas
* Understanding of organisational responsibility and accountability, plus delegation skills
* To have knowledge EMIS clinical IT System
Experience
* Significant and recent experience of working with children with respiratory needs
* Experience working collaboratively with other agencies, e.g. education, social care, voluntary sector
* Evidence of current and ongoing Continuous professional development
* Experience of supervising therapy assistants and technical instructors
* Experience of clinical audit
* Previous experience gained in NHS setting
* Experience of leadership
SKILLS & ABILITIES
* Advanced clinical reasoning skills
* Ability to teach/train others
* Teaching and presentation skills
* Ability to lead and motivate others
* Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with different agencies, building strong working relationships
* Ability to work independently
* Ability to frequently work under significant pressure
* Ability to organise workload, delegate and manage time effectively to meet deadlines
* Ability to cope with emotionally challenging circumstances
* Ability to work within Trust policies
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute.
Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.
At Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, we welcome applications from all candidates.
At the Trust we always adhere to the UK Visas and Immigration rules pertaining to right to work; candidates who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) citizenship are required to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to be eligible to apply for either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa which allows them to work in the UK, unless they have eligibility to work in the UK via another route.
To avoid disappointment, candidates wishing to apply for a role at the Trust who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland citizenship and who would require a CoS from an employer, should carry out a self-assessment process to identify the likelihood of obtaining CoS by visiting Work in the UK.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
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