Virtual Ward - Respiratory Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
Employer: NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Location: Ilford, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 12 Apr 2025
Job summary
Exciting new opportunities
Are you an experienced Physiotherapist looking for a new challenge? We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our virtual ward team. This role will involve providing respiratory assessment, advice and support to patients in the comfort of patients' own homes.
The successful applicant will have a proven track record in Respiratory care or Rapid response team or similar virtual ward roles and a sound knowledge of respiratory physiology and disease processes. They should be familiar with the use of oxygen and pulmonary rehabilitation and possess the ability to teach and support patients with self-management.
The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with patients and colleagues. They should be comfortable working across multi-disciplinary teams and be able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
If you think you have the skills and experience to succeed in this role, please apply today. This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference to the lives of patients. You will work in and be supported by a multi-disciplinary care team including nurses, doctors, therapists, and psychologists. It is essential to have access to the use of a car, as the job involves carrying equipment and travel across the BHR boroughs of London.
Main duties of the job
1. The role involves the assessment and management of Respiratory patients admitted to virtual ward beds through admission avoidance and early supported discharge pathways for up to 14 days.
2. Direct Management of the virtual ward beds in liaison with BHRUT respiratory consultants to ensure that we are maximising and monitoring the agreed bed capacity in each geographical area at any given time.
3. To work with referring services in making decisions on accepting or declining patients in the Virtual Ward.
4. Practice as an autonomous professional with confidence and authority using an expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills and the clinical competencies of specialist, emergency care advanced practice.
5. Initiate pharmacological interventions, using non-medical prescribing to review patients' medications ensuring they adhere to Trust guidelines and provide for the safe custody and administration of medications prescribed by others by Trust policies.
6. Able to identify deteriorating service users and take necessary actions, liaising with MDT and Respiratory consultant.
7. Take responsibility for the discharge planning process for named patients and work in partnership with the patient, their families, and the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist advice and support to optimise health outcomes and resource usage.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
About us
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) pro rata for part time staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Clinician registered with either NMC or HCPC and a current live registration
* First Degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
* Completion of any relevant respiratory/emergency care module
* Masters degree in respiratory care or equivalent
Experience
Essential
* Evidence of CPD with particular relevance to respiratory
* Minimum of 3 years post registration in NHS UK
* Minimum of 2 years (full-time or equivalent number of hours) in respiratory/virtual ward/matron/emergency care in NHS UK
* Experience of mentoring and supervising staff
* Advanced clinical assessment skill
Desirable
* Previous experience in working with community service NHS UK
* Non-medical prescribing completed.
Skills
Essential
* Applicant will need to be car driver with valid UK Licence (this criteria will be reasonably adjusted to meet the requirements of a disabled applicant)
* Knowledge of chronic respiratory disease management
Desirable
* QI or Research/Audit projects
* Spirometry, Blood gas analysis (capillary or arterial), Venepuncture
* Experience of using electronic patient record - RiO
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. #J-18808-Ljbffr