Critical Care Physiotherapist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Banbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust in Banbury is looking for an experienced professional to join the Adult Critical Care Therapy service. You will provide advanced assessment and treatment for complex patient needs, supervise team members, and engage in evidence-based practice to enhance service quality. Support and development opportunities are offered within a collaborative team of experienced clinicians.

Qualifications

• Foundation in acute cardio-respiratory and ICU Physiotherapy.
• Open minded and willing to learn and push themselves.
• Support from multiple experienced senior clinicians.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced assessment and treatment for patients with complex needs.
• Supervise students, junior, and assistant staff.
• Participate in evidence-based projects and implement changes.
• Improve quality, safety, and clinical effectiveness of Therapy services.
• Deputise for Team lead Physiotherapists or Clinical Lead Physiotherapist.

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Adult Critical Care Therapy service. The service covers the Oxford Critical Care and Churchill Intensive Care Units, across a 7 day rota. The General and Surgical units provide an interesting and varied case-mix, and the team is supported by expert advanced practitioners and clinical academics.

Responsibilities

• To provide advanced assessment and treatment for patients with complex needs, and to provide experienced advice, guidance and information to patients, health and social care professionals, carers, relatives and other professionals.
• To be an integral member of a team assuming delegated responsibilities for supervision of students, junior and assistant members of staff.
• Participate in evidence based projects and assist in implementing changes within designated team/area and setting and monitoring standards of practice.
• Use initiative in day to day practice, identifying methods to improve the quality, safety and clinical effectiveness of the Therapy services and engaging with the team in a collaborative manner to implement change.
• To deputise for the Team lead Physiotherapists or Clinical Lead Physiotherapist for the Adult Critical Care workstream.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will have a good foundation in acute cardio-respiratory and ICU Physiotherapy, and will be open minded and willing to learn and push themselves. The team has a well established competency & capability programme, and the successful candidate will enjoy the support of multiple experienced senior clinicians and peers.

About the Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu.

Our Values

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.