Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist

Mid And South Essex Nhs Foundation Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Basildon is seeking an enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join the Critical Care, Respiratory and Cardiothoracic teams. You will contribute to an on-call rota and weekend working, with a strong emphasis on high-quality, patient-centred care.

The role offers a supported in-service education programme and opportunities for CPD within a proactive clinical team led by senior clinicians.

Qualifications

• Essential: HCPC registered physiotherapist.
• Essential: Degree/diploma in Physiotherapy.
• Essential: Evidence of relevant CPD.
• Desirable: Clinical Educator's course.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy interventions for CCU and acute respiratory inpatients and cardiothoracic centre.
• Undertake assessments of respiratory outpatients as required.
• Prioritise referrals to enable timely caseload management.
• Develop care plans and provide specialist clinical advice to patients, carers and health care professionals.

Skills

Respiratory care experience

On-call experience

Autonomous practitioner

Education

Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy

HCPC registered physiotherapist

CPD evidence

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic Physiotherapist, who has wide ranging clinical experience, good communication and interpersonal skills and a passion for delivering high quality patient-centred care to join our Critical Care, Respiratory and cardiothoracic teams.
Join our friendly and supportive team of therapists, where continuous professional development, research and quality improvement processes are encouraged. There is a well-established in-service education programme, where you can build upon your clinical and managerial skills with support from senior clinical leads.
Candidates will be expected to join and partake in our overnight emergency on call rota and weekend working rotas and previous experience of working within respiratory / Critical Care field is essential. You will also be expected to work as part of a seven day rota.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the Physiotherapy intervention for patients admitted to CCU and the acute respiratory adult in patient ward and cardiothoracic centre
• Undertake assessments of respiratory out patients as required
• Prioritise physiotherapy referrals in order to implement effective and timely caseload management
• Determine clinical diagnosis and provide physiotherapy treatment indicated as an autonomous practitioner, developing appropriate care plans, giving specialist clinical/professional advice to patients, carers and other Health Care Professionals

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Closing date: 04 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 390-HC-CSS-BA-3812
Job locations: Basildon, Nethermayne, Basildon, SS16 5NL, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: HCPC registered physiotherapist
• Essential: Degree/diploma in Physiotherapy
• Essential: Evidence of relevant CPD
• Desirable: Clinical Educator's course

Managerial

• Essential: Evidence of supervision of staff or students
• Desirable: Teaching/presentation experience

Knowledge and skills

• Essential: Previous Band 5 or 6 physiotherapy experience within the NHS
• Essential: Evidence of working within respiratory/critical care
• Essential: Respiratory On Call experience
• Desirable: Cardiothoracic experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.mse.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact:
Integrated Therapy Lead-Cardiothoracics, Kira Neal, [e-mail], 03004436876

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