An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly qualified and enthusiastic Senior Physiotherapist to join our Physiotherapy Team in a newly created Respiratory Clinical Educator role. This unique position will focus on delivering physiotherapy respiratory education & training within the Physiotherapy Department at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
QEHB houses Europe's largest co-located intensive care unit, providing specialist patient care across a range of clinical specialities, including specialist surgery, major trauma & burns, neurosciences & cardiothoracic. The hospital has two Respiratory Support Units (RSU) that provide enhanced respiratory care, including physiotherapy-led Non-Invasive Ventilation.
You will support, develop & evaluate the delivery of physiotherapy respiratory competency training, including high-fidelity simulation, across ICU & ward environments, as well as respiratory update training for on-call staff.
You will work in collaboration with Physiotherapy Leads, Consultant & Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists, with a balance of clinical work in ICU, RSUs & other relevant clinical ward areas, providing teaching & support for staff working in these areas, or in an on-call capacity.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone with strong leadership skills, advanced respiratory expertise, & a passion for teaching, who is eager to expand their experience in this specialised area.
The Physiotherapy Department supports CPD & personal development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as a clinical expert in the area of respiratory Physiotherapy, with a job plan to include both clinical, teaching & non-clinical elements. Your work environments would include ICU, respiratory support unit, and other speciality ward areas that deliver respiratory care, including neurosciences and specialist surgery wards.
Key skills for this post include confidence in communication, strong leadership, collaborative working with peers, a passion for teaching and a personal desire to develop. You must be able to demonstrate excellent time management skills day to day, as well as a proactive approach to operational planning of respiratory competency training, staff induction and update training.
Applicants should have significant clinical experience managing both acute and chronic respiratory conditions working in both critical care and acute ward environments. NIV experience and simulation training experience is desirable (training provided if required).
There will be an expectation for active participation in service evaluation and quality improvement projects.
The post-holder will be expected to have an awareness of current evidence in respiratory physiotherapy and its application to clinical practice, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
Applicants will need to be available to attend a face-to-face interview.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Appropriate Physiotherapy or professional qualification e.g. MCSP/ BSc or MSc.
* Registration with Health Care Professions Council
* CSP or equivalent professional registration
* Evidence of commitment to advanced clinical and non-clinical continued professional development within own speciality, e.g. post registration training, management / Leadership competencies and evidence of a detailed personal development portfolio
* Relevant, accredited, postgraduate education/courses in respiratory physiotherapy
Desirable
* Post registration MSc modules in areas relevant to leadership & management, critical care, respiratory medicine
* Attended student educator course
* Membership of relevant special interest groups.
Experience
Essential
* Significant post registration experience of which considerable experience has been within the field of respiratory care, including intensive care, as a senior physiotherapist in a NHS organisation.
* Experience of working with a wide range of clinical presentations including acute and chronic respiratory conditions.
* Experience of staff management including supervision and of development and performance management of staff.
* Significant experience in education and clinical training of others.
* Some experience of clinical/service evaluation.
* Proficient knowledge and skill in the specialist assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute ventilated and self-ventilating patients in the critical care and ward setting.
* Excellent knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
* Awareness of current evidence in respiratory care and application to clinical practice, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
* Good understanding of IT systems and its application to clinical practice.
* Teaching experience to university students and multi-professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations.
* To demonstrate a robust understanding of clinical governance, clinical risk, and to be able to apply this understanding to clinical practice.
Desirable
* Good knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management.
* Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession.
* Good understanding of principles of data and statistics and experience of their use in evaluation of service delivery.
* Knowledge and understanding of the research process.
* NIV experience.
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of respiratory patients both in Critical Care and ward settings.
* To be able to apply broad standards & guidelines to own practice.
* Well-developed specialist therapeutic handling skill relevant to this specialty.
* Leadership and influential skills, able to lead and command confidence in senior therapists, consultants, senior nurses and managers within and related to respiratory services.
* Able to demonstrate the ability to select and apply a wide range treatment options for a range of clinical presentations.
* Good verbal & written skills able to communicate complex clinical information in a clear and logical manner to patients, colleagues and other healthcare professional concerning a wide range of clinical situations.
* On-call skills and able to provide advice and patient assessment as a lone physiotherapist in an on-call situation.
* Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of patients.
* Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills.
* Ability to be self-motivated and to motivate team.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Physically fit and resilient, able to meet the physical and emotional demands of the post.
* Excellent time management and organisational skills and able to meet deadlines and targets.
* Excellent problem-solving skills.
* Strong sense of professional integrity, and compliance with Trust vision and values.
* Able and willing to work flexibly to meet service priorities.
* Ability to work weekends and on call as part of the physiotherapy emergency duty rota.
Desirable
* Ability to constructively challenge current practice and identify opportunity to develop, implement and facilitate change in practice by others.
* Able to interpret and analyse a range of policy, clinical guidelines and data and their relevance for practice.
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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