We have an exciting opportunity for a physiotherapist to join our established physiotherapists with our ever expanding & diversifying Adult Integrated Respiratory Specialist Service (AIRS).
We are keen to recruit a highly motivated individual who is looking to develop themselves in a specialist area, whilst forming part of our growing therapist workforce, within our bronchiectasis and pulmonary rehabilitation services. Alongside the Band 7 Bronchiectasis Specialist Physiotherapist, you will help support them with service developments.
The post will be overseen by our Band 7 Bronchiectasis Specialist Physiotherapist, who will provide clinical supervision & CPD time. The post is excluded from on-call responsibilities & services function Monday to Friday in core hours of 08:00 to 16:00 (flexible whilst meeting service needs/specification).
We encourage potential applicants to reach out for an informal chat during the application & interview process on the numbers/emails below.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Please see Job Description & Person Spec for fuller details
The Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist role is a highly specialised role, designed to provide expert assessment, review, advice, education & medicines optimisation to patients with bronchiectasis and other respiratory diseases.
You will be required to practice in a self-directed manner, with confidence and authority. You will exercise a freedom to act in the absence of & alongside the consultant teams, to direct and guide patient care and treatment, with the support of the Service Leads.
Maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of staff, ensuring effective communication about complex issues and/or in difficult situations with appropriate professionalism, diplomacy, and sensitivity.
You will improve organisational agility and resilience, by delivering comprehensive care across organisational and professional boundaries, between the divisions, directorates, and clinical areas.
The post holder will provide supervision, teaching, and support to junior medical, nursing, allied health professionals, and physiotherapy students throughout the trust. Where directed by the Bronchiectasis Service Lead, deputise with aspects of their responsibilities in their absence where appropriate & competent.
Working for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will provide you with lots of opportunity to develop your skills and further your career. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire.
As a Trust we are committed to:
• Developing new roles and ways of working to ensure a flexible and innovative approach to staff.
• Real equality of opportunity.
• Continual development and learning for staff.
• Achieving a work life balance.
We are committed to the effective recruitment, retention and development for our employees, which is why we offer a great working environment, an attractive range of benefits and excellent opportunities for training and development.
The Trust is accredited as a disability Confident employer. That means we recognise our obligations to ensure people with disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to enter employment and progress if and where possible.
• Provide expert assessment, review, advice, education & medicines optimisation to patients withbronchiectasis using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• Formulate & deliver individualised physiotherapy treatment programmes based on assessment findings.
• Safely initiating or recommending new treatments including nebulisers, mucolytics and inhaled therapy.
• Take active responsibility for an identifiable caseload of patients effectively and efficiently, demonstrating the ability to manage complex cases.
• Provides support, reassurance and encouragement to patients and their family/carers.
• Support the running of pulmonary rehabilitation classes independently and in a self directed manner across trust sites and non NHS trust sites and will therefore require a driving license and vehicle to undertake this work.
Please see Job Description & Person Specification documents for broader details of the post.
The above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be fully comprehensive and may be amended to take account of changing circumstances or requirements following consultation with the post holder.
For further details/ informal visits contact:
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Mar 2025
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