Band 6 Rotational Respiratory PhysiotherapistNHS

Job summary

The post holder will provide a high standard of Physiotherapy care within the specialist therapy service. They will provide the therapeutic assessment, management and treatment of patients on acute inpatient wards and outpatient areas. There will be a strong focus on rehabilitating patients so they can be discharged home or referred to a suitable discharge destination. At times they will have delegated management responsibility for being department and supervising junior members of staff.

The post holder will participate in the seven-day weekend working, extended hours and physiotherapy respiratory overnight on-call services (including NIV) across the hospital site within the organisation.

The Trust is a multi-site organisation, they may be required to work at any of the Trust sites and you may need to change your normal place of work, either temporarily or on a permanent basis, as a result of development or reorganisation of Trust services.

Main duties of the job

*To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available if required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.

*To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records.

*To assist with supervision, education and assessment of the performance of physiotherapy students; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

*To assist with the supervision, education and co-ordination of physiotherapy assistants, physiotherapy technical instructors and junior physiotherapists.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

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.