East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
This exciting opportunity to become a part of the Therapy team on the new Critical care unit at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford is not to be missed. The Therapy team is led by highly skilled specialist Band 7 Physiotherapists supported by a clinical lead Physiotherapist and offers a unique experience working in our new state of the art Intensive care unit. The team also includes dedicated Occupational therapists for the unit as a part of the MDT.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a part of the team which provides respiratory Physiotherapy to our most acutely unwell patients on the unit. There is the opportunity to teach and support more junior staff and to learn and work alongside all members of the MDT involved with these patients. The team provide a seven day service to the unit and participate in the Trust Respiratory Physiotherapy On-call rota. The post holder will also have the opportunity to deputize for the Team Leader on clinical and managerial issues within the team and to be actively involved with training within the Department.
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.
Person Specification
Experience
* 18 months' Band 5 experience in a range of rotations
* Band 5 rotational experience in Critical Care/ Acute Respiratory
* Experience of participation in a respiratory physiotherapy on call service
* Experience in similar role at Band 6 level
* Clinical educator experience
Knowledge
* Knowledge of the role of Physiotherapy in Critical Care
* Knowledge of the different roles within the MDT on Critical care
* Knowledge of up to date clinical/evidenced based practice within clinical specialty
* Knowledge of use of outcome measures in clinical specialty
* Knowledge of ventilator and Tracheostomy weaning in Critical care
Skills
* Evidence of well developed respiratory physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills
* Evidence of ability to supervise and teach Junior staff or students.
* Able to prioritise and delegate a clinical caseload
* Able to apply clinical reasoning in the management of a Critical care patient
* Able to demonstrate good leadership skills in absence of senior
Qualifications
* Physiotherapy degree
* HCPC Registration
* CSP membership
* Membership of special interest group aligned to clinical specialty
Personal attributes
* Ability to work under pressure and with conflicting demands
* Flexible and adaptable
* To be organised and self-motivated
* Supportive and approachable
* Evidence of Teamwork
* Ability to cope with change and use initiative
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.
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