Band 7 Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist for Complex Breathlessness

Job summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen at University Hospitals of Birmingham for a highly specialist physiotherapist to join our supportive and innovative team.

The postholder will be responsible for managing their own caseload of patients within our complex breathlessness multidisciplinary service, working alongside our two existing highly experienced band 7 physiotherapists.

It is an opportunity to work within a supportive and specialist MDT in a service that is expanding and developing in order to address a previously unmet need within the BSOL area.

The post involves advanced assessment and treatment of patients with complex breathlessness including those with suspected or confirmed breathing pattern disorder.

Patients referred to this service often have a highly complex presentation and may have associated factors such as inducible laryngeal obstruction, excessive dynamic airway collapse or asthma.

Physiotherapy is an integral part of this service and alongside the MDT you will ensure that patients receive a comprehensive and holistic assessment and treatment plan.

You will need experience working as a qualified band 6 or band 7 physiotherapist in an acute hospital setting, with experience of managing multiple respiratory conditions such as asthma, bronchiectasis, breathing pattern disorder.

Main duties of the job You should be able to work as a highly specialist, autonomous practitioner with a clear passion in assessing and managing complex breathlessness within an outpatient respiratory setting.

Alongside this you will be involved in providing specialist level training to the wider MDT when required and may also be asked to attend the regional complex breathlessness network meetings networking with physiotherapists working in similar roles across the country.

Evidence of strong organisational, communication and leadership skills are essential to compliment your advanced physiotherapy knowledge and skills.

You should be passionate about providing effective patient centred care, as well as being highly enthusiastic about service development of respiratory services You will have the opportunity to work alongside other highly specialist staff such as speech and language therapists, psychologists and Consultants with a specialist interest in this field.

There are opportunities to be involved in data collection and research within this area and to attend relevant national meetings and conferences. The clinics run in both hospital and community centres and you may be expected to work at more than one site across the week with advanced notice.

Applicants must be prepared to participate in the Physiotherapy Out of Hours On-Call rota and 7 day working within the respiratory teams. We are open to discuss flexible working arrangements as suited to the post.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued.

We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential.

For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job description

Job responsibilities *Please Note :

For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential *Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy. *Registered with Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC). *A levels or equivalent qualification. *Good standard of general education including GCSE Maths and English grade C and above. *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.

Desirable *Member of specialist interest group. *Attendance at Clinical Educators course.

Experience Essential *Relevant experience at Band 6 working with patients with a variety of acute and chronic conditions. *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients within this speciality. *Experience of working on a physiotherapy on-call service. *Supervision of student physiotherapists and assistants. *Demonstration of specialist knowledge in physiotherapy and specialist area, across the range of procedures and working practices, with the appropriate theoretical and practical experience. *Attendance at post graduate courses relevant to the specialist area and physiotherapy. *CPD portfolio showing evidence of attendance at mandatory training and evidence of in-service training. *Evidence of audit / R&D activity on a regular basis.

Desirable *Relevant experience of working within speciality area and patients. *Knowledge of physiotherapy techniques relevant to specialist area. *Attendance at post-graduate training in speciality area.

Additional Criteria Essential *Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, co-ordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual physiotherapy treatment of patients. *An ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information. *An ability to empathise and reassure. *An ability to persuade, motivate and negotiate. *An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding. *An ability to contribute to the clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants. *An ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical complex facts and situations, which require the interpretation and comparison of a range of options. *An ability to plan, organise, formulate and adjust complex plans. *An ability to supervise and delegate work to physiotherapists, assistants and students. *An ability to propose changes in policies/procedures which may improve the service. *Able to contribute to 7-day weekend working, extended hours and out of hours overnight on call respiratory physiotherapy service (including NIV).

Desirable *Experience of lecturing to mixed audiences e.g. Registrars as part of their teaching programme. *Demonstrate an interest in promoting physiotherapy to health professionals and other agencies.

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.

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