Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist

NHS; Basildon; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Basildon is seeking a Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist to join their Critical Care and Respiratory team. This role requires experience in critical care and respiratory, strong communication skills, and the ability to work independently. You will be responsible for patient assessments and implementing effective care plans. This position offers opportunities for professional development and is an essential role within a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Must be HCPC registered.
• Evidence of supervision of staff or students.
• The ability to work autonomously as a practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for physiotherapy intervention for patients admitted to CCU.
• Undertake assessments of respiratory outpatients as required.
• Prioritize physiotherapy referrals for effective caseload management.

Skills

Clinical experience

Good communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Passion for patient-centred care

Critical care experience

Respiratory on call experience

Cadiothoracic experience

Education

HCPC registered physiotherapist

Job description

Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist

This role allows an enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our Critical Care and Respiratory team, who have wide ranging clinical experience, good communication and interpersonal skills and a passion for delivering high quality patient-centred care.

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

Within this role you will need:

• To be responsible for the Physiotherapy intervention for patients admitted to CCU and the acute respiratory adult in patient ward
• To 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

Job responsibilities

For more details regarding this exciting role please see job description and personal specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registered physiotherapist

Managerial

• Evidence of supervision of staff or students
• Clinical educators course

Knowledge and skills

• Band 5 experience in critical care and respiratory
• Respiratory on call experience
• Cadiothoracic experience

The salary for this role is £38,682 a year (Per Annum, Pro Rata for Part Time).