CYPS Community Respiratory Physiotherapist

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a highly specialist physiotherapist to work within the community for children with complex respiratory needs. The role involves delivering ongoing physiotherapy programs, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, and providing leadership within the service. This is an opportunity to develop your expertise and make a significant impact on children's health and well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex respiratory needs in children.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Leadership skills in service development and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy programs for children with complex respiratory needs.
• Work closely with hospital physiotherapists and develop community services.
• Lead and coordinate the Children & Young People's Physiotherapy Service.

Skills

Manual techniques

Suction techniques

Airway clearance techniques

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Specialized training in pediatric care

Job description

The purpose of this post is to provide highly specialist physiotherapy outside of the hospital setting, for children presenting with complex respiratory needs.

This role will include ongoing maintenance physiotherapy programmes, manual techniques, suction and other airway clearance techniques, including suction. The post holder will have the opportunity to work closely with the paediatric respiratory physiotherapists in the hospital setting, as well as working with neuromuscular physiotherapists and the wider respiratory multidisciplinary team. The post holder will collaboratively develop the service and provide a source of expertise locally, providing education and support for parents/carers and community staff caring for these children. The post holder will provide leadership within the Children & Young People's Physiotherapy Service providing, co-ordinating, developing, auditing and evaluating the service ensuring it is evidence based and in line with Clinical Governance requirements. This post is community based and the post holder will carry his/her own caseload and at times will be expected to work independently in locations away from base.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.