Physiotherapist - Acute Respiratory Team

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist to join the Acute Respiratory Team. You will work in the ITU and respiratory wards, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and supporting timely patient flow between ITU and wards, and to community settings.

You will supervise junior staff, oversee your own caseload, and participate in out-of-hours respiratory on-call rotas, with access to development opportunities across Bedfordshire and the surrounding area.

Qualifications

• Experience in acute respiratory physiotherapy.
• Autonomous practitioner with caseload management.
• Timely discharge planning and patient-centred care.
• Supervising undergraduate physiotherapy students.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams for complex cases.
• Ability to participate in out-of-hours respiratory on-call rota.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the physiotherapy assessment and management of patients within the acute respiratory physiotherapy speciality.
• Determine clinical diagnosis or need and the physiotherapy intervention indicated.
• Hold responsibility for their own caseload, as an autonomous practitioner and oversee caseloads of more junior staff.
• Assess, plan, treat and evaluate patient centred interventions. Deliver an individualised treatment programme and ensure the Physiotherapy requirements for the discharge planning process are delivered in a timely manner.
• To work alongside members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver physiotherapy services to patients within the specialities of the work place. This will include patients with multi-pathology and complex needs.
• To supervise, educate and assess the performance of undergraduate physiotherapy students as required ensuring the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
• Access advice and support from a senior staff to ensure their clinical work is evaluated.
• The post holder will also be required to actively participate in the out of hours on-call respiratory physiotherapy rota and to support the development of junior staff.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner

Clinical assessment

Patient-centred care

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Mentoring/teaching students

On-call rotation experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

Bedford Hospital offers a rare and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and forward thinking Acute Respiratory Team. The successful candidate will work within the busy Intensive care unit and respiratory wards. You will use your advanced physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills to support patients presenting with a wide range of urgent and complex needs. We are looking for an energetic and forward-thinking physiotherapist who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. You will play a key role in supporting timely patient flow, ensuring patients are appropriately assessed, treated and supported to transition safely between ITU to the wards, and from the wards to community settings.,

• Undertake the physiotherapy assessment and management of patients within the acute respiratory physiotherapy speciality.
• Determine clinical diagnosis or need and the physiotherapy intervention indicated.
• Hold responsibility for their own caseload, as an autonomous practitioner and oversee caseloads of more junior staff. They will ensure all patients are managed this using evidence based and patient centred principles.
• Assess, plan, treat and evaluate patient centred interventions. Deliver an individualised treatment programme and ensure the Physiotherapy requirements for the discharge planning process are delivered in a timely manner.
• To work alongside members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver physiotherapy services to patients within the specialities of the work place. This will include patients with multi-pathology and complex needs.
• To supervise, educate and assess the performance of undergraduate physiotherapy students as required ensuring the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
• Access advice and support from a senior staff to ensure their clinical work is evaluated.
• The post holder will also be required to actively participate in the out of hours on-call respiratory physiotherapy rota and to support the development of junior staff.Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.