Job summary
The Active Programmes team-provides rehabilitation to clients with long term conditions in the community.
Work as a team to deliver high quality, patient focused physiotherapy treatment programmes care for patients with respiratory and cardiac long-term condition across Sheffield community venuesand within their own home.
Manage a caseload of patients with all types of Cardiac and Pulmonary related conditions usingspecialist skills carrying out holistic assessments and implement a patient centred plan and evaluate the clinical interventions which address the patient goals with the agreed treatment protocols and best practice documents.
To promote healthy living in patients with long term conditions.
To supervise and train inexperienced physiotherapists, assistants and students working within the service.
Main duties of the job
To be professional 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.
To frequently undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, with a complex presentation, requiring prolonged concentration to investigate and analyse the assessment to formulate individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised program of care.
To use continuous assessment to evaluate treatment outcomes and adjust treatment plans, accordingly, appropriately referring to other agencies to meet patients' needs and promote integration of services.To seek clinical and professional advice and support from senior/specialist physiotherapists when required.
To undertake training to develop and demonstrate competency to practice as a specialist in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation.
To accept clinical responsibility for patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time management.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period until 30/09/2026. Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy from a CSP recognised training establishment
- Current HCPC registration
- Demonstrate commitment to Continuous Professional Development via personal development plans/file
- Evidence of Post-Graduate training relevant to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation within the NHS.
- Trained in Basic Life Support
Desirable
- Training from Higher Education Institution for graduate physiotherapy student supervision.
- Member of ACPICR/ ACPRC
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-registration experience including cardiac and respiratory.
- Demonstrates clear understanding of NHS cardiac and respiratory pathways.
- Evidence of performance with NHS PDR process and evaluation.
- Experience of leading in service training sessions.
- Experience in clinical effectiveness including audit, service evaluation, or research
- Highly developed analytical clinical assessment, diagnostic and treatment skills relevant to clinical area.
- Ability to work independently as an autonomous practitioner.
- Proven experience of collaborative team working
- Knowledge of current legislation and government policy provision applicable to service area. Clear demonstration of relevant NHS strategy, e.g. cardiac and respiratory in the NHS Long Term Plan
Desirable
- Experience of project and/or change management and quality improvement
- Experience in delivering cardiac or pulmonary rehabilitation
- Working experience in community setting (pre or post registration)
- Clinical educator training
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of cardiac and respiratory national standards.
- Some understanding of cardiac/ respiratory conditions, pathways and interventional procedures
- Skills for assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of patient conditions relating to clinical area
- Knowledge of Interdisciplinary team working within the NHS service
- Organisational skills to support the operational delivery of the service
- Demonstration of educational and presentation skills internally and externally to the team
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others' performance
- Demonstration of IT skills
- Excellent time management skills with ability to manage a busy workload and priorities effectively
- The post holder must hold a clean UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes
- Knowledge of the principles of NHS Clinical Governance and its application including of the principles of confidentiality and GDPR
Desirable
- To have highly developed verbal and non-verbal communication skills of motivation, explanation and reassurance to agree and gain co-operation of patients and carers in their treatment programmes
- Clinical leadership skills to lead and develop clinical practice within own team and across wider services
Personal Qualites
Essential
- Flexible approach to work
- Effective team member
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Motivated and able to motivate others
- To have developed coping strategies to deal with the emotional nature of the work.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy from a CSP recognised training establishment
- Current HCPC registration
- Demonstrate commitment to Continuous Professional Development via personal development plans/file
- Evidence of Post-Graduate training relevant to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation within the NHS.
- Trained in Basic Life Support
Desirable
- Training from Higher Education Institution for graduate physiotherapy student supervision.
- Member of ACPICR/ ACPRC
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-registration experience including cardiac and respiratory.
- Demonstrates clear understanding of NHS cardiac and respiratory pathways.
- Evidence of performance with NHS PDR process and evaluation.
- Experience of leading in service training sessions.
- Experience in clinical effectiveness including audit, service evaluation, or research
- Highly developed analytical clinical assessment, diagnostic and treatment skills relevant to clinical area.
- Ability to work independently as an autonomous practitioner.
- Proven experience of collaborative team working
- Knowledge of current legislation and government policy provision applicable to service area. Clear demonstration of relevant NHS strategy, e.g. cardiac and respiratory in the NHS Long Term Plan
Desirable
- Experience of project and/or change management and quality improvement
- Experience in delivering cardiac or pulmonary rehabilitation
- Working experience in community setting (pre or post registration)
- Clinical educator training
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of cardiac and respiratory national standards.
- Some understanding of cardiac/ respiratory conditions, pathways and interventional procedures
- Skills for assessing, diagnosing and treating a range of patient conditions relating to clinical area
- Knowledge of Interdisciplinary team working within the NHS service
- Organisational skills to support the operational delivery of the service
- Demonstration of educational and presentation skills internally and externally to the team
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others' performance
- Demonstration of IT skills
- Excellent time management skills with ability to manage a busy workload and priorities effectively
- The post holder must hold a clean UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes
- Knowledge of the principles of NHS Clinical Governance and its application including of the principles of confidentiality and GDPR
Desirable
- To have highly developed verbal and non-verbal communication skills of motivation, explanation and reassurance to agree and gain co-operation of patients and carers in their treatment programmes
- Clinical leadership skills to lead and develop clinical practice within own team and across wider services
Personal Qualites
Essential
- Flexible approach to work
- Effective team member
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Motivated and able to motivate others
- To have developed coping strategies to deal with the emotional nature of the work.
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).
