Job summary
The North East Assisted Ventilation Service (NEAVS) has a rare and exciting opportunity to join our team for a 12 month secondment period. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and innovative specialist physiotherapist, who is keen to develop their respiratory skills and expertise in long-term ventilation and airway clearance. Based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, the service provides a highly specialist regional service. You will work alongside and be supported by the advanced physiotherapist as well as members of the nursing and medical team.
There is a strong multi-disciplinary team approach within the service, and we work closely with other care providers and specialist teams in the region to provide holistic care to our patient group. Our caseload covers a wide range of conditions, and many of our service users have complex care needs. The post holder will be required to have excellent communication and empathy skills, to support these patients and their care givers.
NEAVS has a strong drive to deliver excellence and are actively involved in research and quality improvement projects both locally and nationally. There are many opportunities for continuous professional development.
If you have a passion for respiratory care and are keen to develop your skills in this area, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Interview Date: 9 August 2023
-
37 hours 30 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
The post holder will provide physiotherapy assessment and treatment for patients under the care of the North East Assisted Ventilation Service.
We review patients in the community setting, extending south to Teesside/North Yorkshire, west to Cumbria and north to the Scottish border. Patient reviews are carried out in local hospitals, in outreach clinics and at the patient's homes, as well as via telephone and virtual clinics.
This includes the assessment, set up and on-going management of long term ventilation and airway clearance techniques.
The post often involves working together with colleagues in acute hospital care, supporting weaning and complex discharge planning for patients who have received prolonged ventilation.
The role involves a training element, providing education to both service users as well as other healthcare professionals regarding the service and equipment provided by NEAVS.
We are a supportive, friendly, multi disciplinary team nationally recognised for research and development. We strive to provide excellent quality, patient-centred care to enhance quality of life.
Flexible working hours may be considered.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and expertise in non-invasive ventilation, tracheostomy ventilation, and airway clearance, including the provision of cough assist devices.
Job Purpose
- To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care (assessment, treatment and advice) to a complex patient group in a specialist clinical area
- To work as a specialist physiotherapist within the North East Assisted Ventilation Service multidisciplinary team. Working in a range of clinical settings, including inpatient reviews at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals and other hospitals around the region, out-patient clinics held around the region and domiciliary visits.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and expertise in non-invasive ventilation, tracheostomy ventilation, and airway clearance, including the provision of cough assist devices.
Job Purpose
- To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care (assessment, treatment and advice) to a complex patient group in a specialist clinical area
- To work as a specialist physiotherapist within the North East Assisted Ventilation Service multidisciplinary team. Working in a range of clinical settings, including inpatient reviews at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals and other hospitals around the region, out-patient clinics held around the region and domiciliary visits.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Degree or equivalent Diploma in Physiotherapy
- State Registered with Health & Care Professions Council
- Driving licence
Desirable
- Membership of relevant Special Interest groups
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience in a rotational physiotherapy post providing a broad range of experience across the core areas of physiotherapy including respiratory
- Clinical experience of non-invasive ventilation, invasive ventilation and cough augmentation
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Advanced knowledge of a range of medical conditions and their impact on patient's respiratory function
- Sound knowledge of the physiotherapy process in relation to ventilation and airway clearance
Desirable
- Post graduate training in relevant area
- Previous experience in a senior physiotherapy post
- Experience of working with patients with long term ventilation or cough augmentation
- Knowledge of current NHS issues Experience of presenting or teaching
- Experience of undertaking research and audit projects
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Organisation and time management skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Commitment to personal and service development
- Ability to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner
- IT skills for accurate record keeping
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Degree or equivalent Diploma in Physiotherapy
- State Registered with Health & Care Professions Council
- Driving licence
Desirable
- Membership of relevant Special Interest groups
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience in a rotational physiotherapy post providing a broad range of experience across the core areas of physiotherapy including respiratory
- Clinical experience of non-invasive ventilation, invasive ventilation and cough augmentation
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Advanced knowledge of a range of medical conditions and their impact on patient's respiratory function
- Sound knowledge of the physiotherapy process in relation to ventilation and airway clearance
Desirable
- Post graduate training in relevant area
- Previous experience in a senior physiotherapy post
- Experience of working with patients with long term ventilation or cough augmentation
- Knowledge of current NHS issues Experience of presenting or teaching
- Experience of undertaking research and audit projects
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Organisation and time management skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Commitment to personal and service development
- Ability to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner
- IT skills for accurate record keeping
- Excellent interpersonal skills
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).
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).
