Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein etabliertes Gesundheitsunternehmen sucht einen engagierten Physiotherapeuten, der sich auf Atemwegserkrankungen spezialisiert. In dieser Rolle haben Sie die Möglichkeit, in einem dynamischen Team zu arbeiten und Ihre klinischen sowie Führungskompetenzen weiterzuentwickeln. Sie werden Patienten mit komplexen Bedürfnissen betreuen und eng mit einem multidisziplinären Team zusammenarbeiten, um die bestmögliche Versorgung zu gewährleisten. Diese Position bietet nicht nur die Chance, Ihre Fähigkeiten in einem unterstützenden Umfeld zu erweitern, sondern auch flexible Arbeitszeiten und ein wettbewerbsfähiges Vergütungspaket, um eine ausgewogene Work-Life-Balance zu fördern.

Benefits

Jährlicher Urlaubsanspruch

Flexible Arbeitszeiten

Schutzzeiten für Gesundheitsaktivitäten

Qualifications

• Erfahrung in der Atemwegstherapie und akuten Medizin.
• Fähigkeit zur Durchführung von spezialisierten Beurteilungen.

Responsibilities

• Leitung eines Teams von Physiotherapeuten und enge Zusammenarbeit mit dem MDT.
• Durchführung von Behandlungen und Entlassungsplanung für Patienten.

Skills

Kommunikationsfähigkeiten

Organisationsfähigkeiten

Teamarbeit

Fähigkeit, autonom zu arbeiten

Education

Abschluss in Physiotherapie

HCPC-Registrierung

Job description

HoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working on a rota basis)Job ref236-BCO-P226-25EmployerNorthern Care Alliance NHS Foundation TrustEmployer typeNHSSiteNorthern Care Alliance, Fairfield General HospitalTownBurySalary£37,338 - £44,962 per annumSalary periodYearlyClosing11/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Band 6

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 5 or an existing Band 6 Physiotherapist looking to specialise and develop their skills in respiratory.

As a senior respiratory physiotherapist, you will be based within the Acute Respiratory Care Unit. This Unit is comprised of 24 ward level beds with capacity to provide high dependency care. You will be responsible for providing assessment, treatment and ongoing management of patients with complex respiratory and rehabilitation needs. You will work with the wider MDT to provide high quality care, working towards service improvement and development of our respiratory team. In return you will have the opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills by deputising for the team leader, including supporting the Critical Care Unit, supervising junior staff/students and involvement in training.

You will have:

Opportunities to gain senior experience within respiratory medicine and critical care

Exposure to a varied respiratory/medical caseload

Full support from the Team Leaders, Physiotherapy Operational and Professional Leads and peers

Regular supervision and opportunities for development

Opportunities to develop your leadership skills

A band 5-6 training post may be considered.

Main duties of the job

Within this role, you will have the opportunity to provide support to lead a team of Physiotherapists, working closely with the MDT.

You will be expected to:

Perform specialist assessment and treatment of respiratory patients and determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes

Engage in complex discharge planning and liaison with community services, as well as other agencies as required

Provide supervision and teaching for band 5 physiotherapists/assistants and students

Provide day to day management of the team and caseload in the absence of the team leader

Contribute to flexible working pattern (across 7 days) including extra hours, weekends and bank holidays.

This is a full-time post, however, the options for working hours will be discussed at interview.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

Degreee in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Desirable criteria

Evidence of relevant post graduate training courses in specific clinical areas appropriate to post.

Experience

Appropriate level of post graduate experience including experience in respiratory and acute medicine

Desirable criteria

Leadership experience

Audit experience

Skills Knowledge

Excellent communication skills-written and verbal

Organisational and Prioritisation skills

Evidence of teamwork and ability to work autonomously

Comprehend and work with trust policies

Desirable criteria

Teaching, Supervisory and appraisal skills

Personal Qualities

Flexible to meet the needs of the service

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We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

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For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.

In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.