Post Covid Service Respiratory Physiotherapist Band 7

Integrated Care System; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Norwich is looking for an experienced Physiotherapist to join their Post Covid Assessment Service. This role involves leading teams, providing clinical expertise, and liaising with multidisciplinary professionals. The ideal candidate will have NHS experience, excellent communication skills, and a passion for improving patient care. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Flexible working

Home or remote working options

Qualifications

• Registered Physiotherapist with NHS experience.
• Ability to manage complex cases and communicate sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the development of policies and procedures.
• Coordinate care and treatment with other healthcare professionals.
• Manage workload and contribute to team activities.

Skills

Clinical leadership skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

Professional registration

Relevant clinical training

Post-graduate education

Job description

Go back Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Post Covid Service Respiratory Physiotherapist Band 7

The closing date is 31 August 2025

SECONDMENT / FIXED TERM until 31st MARCH 2026 (30 hours per week)

A rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist to join the Post Covid Assessment Service here at Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust as an internal secondment opportunity until end of March 2025.

This position is ideal for a Senior Physiotherapist with expertise within the field of long term conditions- ideally post covid syndrome, looking to enhance their clinical skills in this new and developing area. You will part of an airways team working closely with the Speech and Language Therapist and a respiratory Nurse.

You will be a dynamic, forward-thinking individual with a passion to lead & deliver first class care to patients with a wide range of symptoms. You will provide support to the band 6 Physiotherapist in the service in close liaison with the Team Lead and Service Lead clinicians.

You will have the clinical expertise & vision that will facilitate innovative Therapy services & develop high quality care enhancing the patient experience. You will work as a clinical expert & be proficient in assessment & prescribing a plan of care to patients with a wide range of symptoms.

If you have the passion to succeed & a desire to lead a service towards exceptional care then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Support Team Lead in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures

Lead where required on the development and maintenance of processes and pathways

To review referrals, support triage and liaison for patients

Develop positive and professional relationships .

Supporting the MDT process and lead where required at Post-COVID Assessment Service, review patients' holistic needs, communicating highly complex and sensitive information to referrers, and colleagues, patient and carers as required.

Where there are barriers to understanding, such as cultural barriers, hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension or language impairments; awareness of reasonable adjustments

Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to coordinate and plan on-going care, treatment or management with colleagues, for patients.

Liaise with GP's, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals

To participate and lead in meetings as appropriate.

Provide clinical expertise and advice to others

Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on system one

About us

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title

Job responsibilities

Support Team Lead in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures within the Post-COVID Assessment Service .

Lead where required on the development and maintenance of processes and pathways for Post-COVID Assessment Service .

To review referrals, support triage and liaison for patients referred into Post-COVID Assessment Service and the airways team.

Develop positive and professional relationships across a wide range of internal and external groups, agencies and service providers.

Supporting the MDT process and lead where required at Post-COVID Assessment Service, review patients holistic needs, communicating highly complex and sensitive information to referrers, and colleagues, patient and carers as required.

Where there are barriers to understanding, such as cultural barriers, hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension or language impairments; awareness of reasonable adjustments.

Use risk stratification methods in partnership with other professionals to identify those patients most likely at risk of health, social care and wellbeing crisis and focus support to ensure the patients independence is maximised.

Identification and awareness of inequalities in health outcomes and access to support for Norfolk and Waveney citizens.

Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to coordinate and plan on-going care, treatment or management with colleagues, for patients.

Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.

To participate and lead (where appropriate) in multi-disciplinary / multi-agency meetings as appropriate.

Provide clinical expertise and advice to others, including social services, GPs and other agencies.

Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on system one and other tools as required, to be completed on a daily basis.

Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advances sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills.

The post holder will:

Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately

Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others in planned and prioritised according to service targets and needs

Ensure own paperwork and records are maintained, and those maintained by the team

Contribute to the completion of the staff rota on a monthly basis

Contribute to the supervision of the workload demand and resource utilisation within the team

Order equipment and supplies via the electronic ordering systems used within the team

Actively contribute to the multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate, and chair meeting where required

Develop and maintain effective working relationships and communication with all members of the organisation, other professionals, and agencies

Instigate, and actively participate in the development of the operational strategy and project management

Ensure effective use of resources, both financial and human, by members of the team

Participate in the recruitment process, using the opportunity to skill mix to meet the demands of the service

Attend in-house training as required to develop current job role

Will be able to make own travel arrangements as required

Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies

Remain accountable for own professional actions as determined by professional bodies

Participate in evidence based practice, using research methodology

Ensure robust induction programme for students and new starters

Be accountable for work delegated to others

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional registration required
• Relevant clinical training
• Additional post-graduate education in relevant areas

Experience

• NHS experience working at relevant level
• Background of broad spectrum of clinical experience
• Community experience within NHS
• MDT experience

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Evidence of good clinical and professional leadership skills
• Knowledge of acute and community pathways
• organisation, concentration, attention to detail and use of initiative
• Tact and diplomacy
• Supervision/appraisal of other staff
• Ability to prioritise effectively to meet deadlines
• Excellent communication and liaison skills
• Team player
• Competency in IT skills.
• Ability to manage stressful situations
• Work proactively to accommodate service needs

Communication

• Empathy & sensitivity
• Able to communicate sensitive and difficult information to others

Personal Attributes / Behaviours

• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults
• Ability to motivate others.
• Work under pressure.
• Flexible attitude to work

Personal and People Development

• Experience developing training and support to both own team and other colleagues
• Experience of supervision

Other

• Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
• Able to make own travel arrangements as required

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.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working