Job summary
West Suffolk Foundation Trust
are seeking a Band 7 Specialist Physiotherapist for Critical Care and Surgery
to join our diverse team of allied health professionals. The post holder will
work within the Critical Care and Surgery team at West Suffolk Hospital. We are
looking for a dynamic, motivated individual who would like to utilise their
specialist clinical knowledge and experience to guide best practice in this
specialist area.
As a Specialist
physiotherapist you will have specialist respiratory skills, with previous
experience in Critical Care, assessment and treatment of post operative
patients, and also facilitating the delivery of the new Fitter for Surgery
pathway.
You will be a team player with
a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent evidence-based
interventions to promote wellbeing, and optimise self-management in all areas
of life.
You will be part of a wider
respiratory physiotherapy team, which delivers and supports a respiratory
service to the West of Suffolk.
We will offer the successful candidates
the opportunity to broaden their clinical practice, knowledge, and skills with
using evidence-based practice to help ensure the quality of service delivery
meets the requirements of the patients and service. Promoting the role of physiotherapy
within the Trust, and more widely is an essential part of the role.
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will be responsible for the day to day running of the physiotherapy
service to critical care and surgery, as well as supporting on the out of hours
provision. They will support he Fitter
for Surgery as the lead Physiotherapist by co-ordinating provision of prehab
and the continued development of the service improvement initiative.
This
post would suit someone who is forward thinking, conscientious, and motivated. You will support the therapists, and students within your
team and implement continuous improvements to ensure the services provided are
of a high quality. You will identify the individual and collective therapy
development needs within your teams and contribute to the wider training and
development of the therapy staff.
The
successful applicant will be able to demonstrate specialist skills and
knowledge and will be expected to provide education, supervision, and
appraisals to the Physiotherapists. Clinical supervision and Continuing
Professional Development are actively encouraged. You will be expected to
initiate and implement audits and service developments as part of the Trust and
wider alliance developments.
If
you have the necessary skills, experience, and qualities to help us put
patients first, please contact Helen Stewart, Lead Physiotherapist on 01284 713
639 or helen.stewart@wsh.nhs.uk
About us
#BeKnown
at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to
more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for,
treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community
settings.
The
West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care
services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery
unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+
beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult
and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk
Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing
temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We
do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our
values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we
work and behave as a team.
With
nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation
a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be
the best you can be.
We
promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you
can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join
us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
- To be responsible for the day to day running of the physiotherapy service to critical care and surgery. Additional clinical responsibilities may be delegated by the respiratory lead and professional lead, Physiotherapists.
- To support with a flexible approach to the running and planning of the out of hours on call provision.
- To provide highly specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and management to patients on critical care or surgical wards with complex respiratory and rehabilitation needs
- To work in collaboration with the specialist respiratory physiotherapist team lead in ensuring a holistic, preventative and reactive approach to patient care, supporting the Physiotherapy professional lead with department objectives.
- To provide expert clinical advice, supervision, and leadership in critical and surgery to physiotherapy colleagues, other allied health professionals, nurses, doctors and the wider MDT. Developing a close working network and relationship with all relevant stakeholders.
- To support the Professional Lead, Physiotherapy in providing an effective, co-ordinated and equitable service within the Trust.
- To support Fitter for Surgery as the lead Physiotherapist by co-ordinating provision of prehab and the continued development of the service improvement initiative.
Key working relationships:
- Patients and carers
- Multidisciplinary team members
- Colleagues and other professionals within acute, primary and tertiary healthcare
- Voluntary groups and organisations
Job responsibilities:
Clinical
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and support staff to do likewise.
- To provide highly specialist physiotherapy to delegated patients, ensuring timely and appropriate assessments, treatments and discharges are undertaken, with due regard to clinical priorities, use of time and of resources.
- To communicate effectively with and work collaboratively with all other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of co-ordinated and seamless care. This will include sharing assessment findings, goals and plans, outcomes of treatment, personal and clinical details for board rounds, case conferences, single patient records, onward referrals etc.
- To communicate effectively with patients and carers, ensuring understanding of conditions, aims of physiotherapy, treatments and progression. A high level of skill is required to communicate effectively with patients who have complex emotional, physical and psychological problems. These will include dementia, depression, deafness, altered cognition, pain, fear and reduced consciousness.
- To undertake highly complex, comprehensive assessments of patients using investigative, observational, analytical and problem-solving skills. To formulate individualised treatment and management plans using advanced clinical reasoning.
- To provide expert treatment to patients on critical care and surgery with respiratory complications by using manual physiotherapy techniques, specialist equipment and therapeutic handling. To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to patients and carers to enable progression, discharge or onward referral. Instilling confidence within the physiotherapy team do the same.
- To provide a high standard of physiotherapy to patients within designated caseloads, including patients with complex medical and neurological conditions.
- To maintain accurate and comprehensive patient notes in accordance with professional, Trust and departmental guidelines and standards. To communicate assessment and treatment results to appropriate disciplines verbally and in written reports, whilst abiding by the protocol on confidentiality.
- To employ professional judgement to establish a level of consent and to work within Trust and departmental policy to treat patients lacking the capacity to provide consent.
- To be responsible for accessing confidential information via IT systems and recording patient contact data for statistical analysis and audit purposes.
- To identify patients who will require out of hours emergency (respiratory) physiotherapy. To be confident and competent in treating critically ill and deteriorating patients.
- To participate in all aspects of planning and remaining an active member of the physiotherapy out of hours on call service. This will include emergency back-up provision.
- To maintain skills pertinent to respiratory outpatient and domiciliary caseloads to support the specialist respiratory team lead in the delivery of the entire service.
- To co-ordinate the provision of prehab for patients identified through the Fitter for Surgery initiative as well as taking part in the continued development of this service. This includes audit, quality improvement and governance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
- To be responsible for the day to day running of the physiotherapy service to critical care and surgery. Additional clinical responsibilities may be delegated by the respiratory lead and professional lead, Physiotherapists.
- To support with a flexible approach to the running and planning of the out of hours on call provision.
- To provide highly specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and management to patients on critical care or surgical wards with complex respiratory and rehabilitation needs
- To work in collaboration with the specialist respiratory physiotherapist team lead in ensuring a holistic, preventative and reactive approach to patient care, supporting the Physiotherapy professional lead with department objectives.
- To provide expert clinical advice, supervision, and leadership in critical and surgery to physiotherapy colleagues, other allied health professionals, nurses, doctors and the wider MDT. Developing a close working network and relationship with all relevant stakeholders.
- To support the Professional Lead, Physiotherapy in providing an effective, co-ordinated and equitable service within the Trust.
- To support Fitter for Surgery as the lead Physiotherapist by co-ordinating provision of prehab and the continued development of the service improvement initiative.
Key working relationships:
- Patients and carers
- Multidisciplinary team members
- Colleagues and other professionals within acute, primary and tertiary healthcare
- Voluntary groups and organisations
Job responsibilities:
Clinical
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and support staff to do likewise.
- To provide highly specialist physiotherapy to delegated patients, ensuring timely and appropriate assessments, treatments and discharges are undertaken, with due regard to clinical priorities, use of time and of resources.
- To communicate effectively with and work collaboratively with all other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of co-ordinated and seamless care. This will include sharing assessment findings, goals and plans, outcomes of treatment, personal and clinical details for board rounds, case conferences, single patient records, onward referrals etc.
- To communicate effectively with patients and carers, ensuring understanding of conditions, aims of physiotherapy, treatments and progression. A high level of skill is required to communicate effectively with patients who have complex emotional, physical and psychological problems. These will include dementia, depression, deafness, altered cognition, pain, fear and reduced consciousness.
- To undertake highly complex, comprehensive assessments of patients using investigative, observational, analytical and problem-solving skills. To formulate individualised treatment and management plans using advanced clinical reasoning.
- To provide expert treatment to patients on critical care and surgery with respiratory complications by using manual physiotherapy techniques, specialist equipment and therapeutic handling. To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to patients and carers to enable progression, discharge or onward referral. Instilling confidence within the physiotherapy team do the same.
- To provide a high standard of physiotherapy to patients within designated caseloads, including patients with complex medical and neurological conditions.
- To maintain accurate and comprehensive patient notes in accordance with professional, Trust and departmental guidelines and standards. To communicate assessment and treatment results to appropriate disciplines verbally and in written reports, whilst abiding by the protocol on confidentiality.
- To employ professional judgement to establish a level of consent and to work within Trust and departmental policy to treat patients lacking the capacity to provide consent.
- To be responsible for accessing confidential information via IT systems and recording patient contact data for statistical analysis and audit purposes.
- To identify patients who will require out of hours emergency (respiratory) physiotherapy. To be confident and competent in treating critically ill and deteriorating patients.
- To participate in all aspects of planning and remaining an active member of the physiotherapy out of hours on call service. This will include emergency back-up provision.
- To maintain skills pertinent to respiratory outpatient and domiciliary caseloads to support the specialist respiratory team lead in the delivery of the entire service.
- To co-ordinate the provision of prehab for patients identified through the Fitter for Surgery initiative as well as taking part in the continued development of this service. This includes audit, quality improvement and governance.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Competent IT and presentation skills
- Ability to work independently and self direct learning to benefit service users
- Ability to communicate at a high level and pass on knowledge to others
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to deal with challenging situations
- Able to provide clinical expertise and leadership to other team members
Desirable
- High level of understanding about how a team function and how to facilitate effective working relationships
- Confident public speaker with presentation skills
- Knowledge of audit
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Committed to personal and team development
- Self motivated
- Flexible and reliable approach to working duties
- Able to maintain objective judgement under pressure
- Have a professional manner at all times
- Ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out post to support the full respiratory service
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in physiotherapy
- Specialist training and/or significant experience in relevant respiratory areas to post-graduate diploma level or above (planned, ongoing or achieved)
- HPC registration
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Post-graduate experience at a senior level, including experience within NHS ITU Critical care, on-call provision and respiratory care.
- Broad post graduate experience across a range of conditions
- Supervisory skills
- Leadership management experience
- Experience of teaching and maintaining competency of own skills and others
Desirable
- Experience of research, audits and service developments
- Experience of teaching to other professions
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Competent IT and presentation skills
- Ability to work independently and self direct learning to benefit service users
- Ability to communicate at a high level and pass on knowledge to others
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to deal with challenging situations
- Able to provide clinical expertise and leadership to other team members
Desirable
- High level of understanding about how a team function and how to facilitate effective working relationships
- Confident public speaker with presentation skills
- Knowledge of audit
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Committed to personal and team development
- Self motivated
- Flexible and reliable approach to working duties
- Able to maintain objective judgement under pressure
- Have a professional manner at all times
- Ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out post to support the full respiratory service
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in physiotherapy
- Specialist training and/or significant experience in relevant respiratory areas to post-graduate diploma level or above (planned, ongoing or achieved)
- HPC registration
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Post-graduate experience at a senior level, including experience within NHS ITU Critical care, on-call provision and respiratory care.
- Broad post graduate experience across a range of conditions
- Supervisory skills
- Leadership management experience
- Experience of teaching and maintaining competency of own skills and others
Desirable
- Experience of research, audits and service developments
- Experience of teaching to other professions
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
