Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- AfC Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-JH-EMF17628-B6
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £39,205 - £47,084 per annum - includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist
AfC Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic physiotherapist to join our Band 6 rotation scheme. The successful candidate will complete rotations including the following areas:
• Acute respiratory medicine including the physiotherapy-led non-invasive ventilation service
• Critical care and surgery including head and neck (maxilla-facial and ENT), abdominal (including oesophagogastric, pancreaticohepatic and colorectal surgery), breast and gynae-oncology surgery
• Cardiac rehabilitation, Pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory out-patients
• Medical rehabilitation including facilitating early supported discharge within A&E and MAU
You should have:
• Excellent communication and team working skills
• Completed core junior rotations including ITU, Medicine / Elderly care, neurology and orthopaedics.
• HPC and CSP registration
We actively encourage continuing professional development through clinical supervision and a comprehensive in-service training programme. You will be well supported by an experienced team of lead respiratory physiotherapists including a clinical specialist physiotherapist and a consultant respiratory physiotherapist. You will have the opportunity to develop your senior skills with supervision of juniors and students and involvement in audit and service development.
Main duties of the job
See full Job Description for full details of the Main Duties for this role.
The physiotherapy department is committed to providing excellent patient care across seven days. You will also contribute to the emergency respiratory on-call rota.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide physiotherapy to relevant patients within respiratory, in a range of settings including inpatients, outpatients and patient homes.
To assess and treat patient’s in Respiratory teams. To support the team in the organisation and provision of an efficient, high quality and coordinated physiotherapy service for patients on relevant clinical area. To undertake a defined clinical caseload. To ensure that patient and service standards and priorities are met.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- BSc Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Member of CSP
- Member of Specific interest group
- Post graduate qualifications in Respiratory
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous Acute NHS experience at Band 5 level
- Achieved core skills in all core Junior rotations, including respiratory.
- Evidence to support knowledge base in Respiratory.
Desirable criteria
- Previous Senior Experience in Respiratory/Surgery/ICU
- Experience with line management of junior/non registered staff i.e. Supervision sessions, goal setting, appraisals
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Williams
- Job title
- Inpatient Superintendent
- Telephone number
- 01483 464819
- Additional information
If you are interested and would like any further information please contact Jess Williams, Inpatient Superintendent, telephone 01483 464819.
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- 01483 571122 Ext 2478
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