Community Respiratory Physiotherapist

3 weeks ago

Chester Cheshire, United Kingdom Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Working Full time - 37.Do you want to help patients remain living independently in their own homes working within a multi-disciplinary team? Do you want to deliver high quality care within the community setting? Do you want to be part of an innovative Respiratory team offering the highest quality care for patients? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic registered Physiotherapist to join our community respiratory team.


We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic Community Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our friendly & supportive team. Good communication, time management, team working skills and the ability to work under pressure, are essential requirements to this post, as well as experience of working with adults in a care setting.


Good team and staff support, health and wellbeing opportunities and other employee benefits
Comprehensive training and a supportive & reflective learning environment
Regular informal and formal training opportunities provided by experienced staff
Competitive salary, with incremental pay progression
Competitive pension scheme

This is an exciting opportunity to help deliver pulmonary rehabilitation in many innovative and exciting ways to improve quality of life for people with respiratory disease. This post offers the opportunity to work within the community setting in an integrated team delivering Pulmonary rehabilitation using both face to face and digital technologies.


This is an ideal opportunity for a registered Physiotherapist, who has an interest in working within Respiratory, who is proactive, self-motivated and keen to be at the forefront of delivering high quality care, to join our team. Recent training/experience qualification in relevant respiratory care is required for this post.


The post holder will require access to a car and a clean valid UK Driver's licence, as this is essential to the role.


You may be expected to work weekends and Bank Holidays due to Therapies working towards a 7 day service.


The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:


The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent

Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience.
Evidence of post graduate short courses
Relevant student training course or qualification.
Knowledge of current best practice in specialist physiotherapy area.
Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance and that of others.
Good computer skills.
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Countess of Chester Hospital

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