Senior Critical Care Physiotherapist

4 weeks ago


Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Job Title: Senior Critical Care Physiotherapist

We are seeking an experienced and motivated physiotherapist to join our critical care physiotherapy team. The successful candidate will have a strong background in critical care and rehabilitation, with a passion for delivering high-quality patient care.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Provide a high standard of physiotherapy service to patients in general, neurosurgical, and cardiothoracic intensive care units, high dependency units, cardiac, and respiratory wards.
  • Assist in creating rehabilitation pathways and outcome measures, and stay up-to-date with relevant NICE and NHS England policies.
  • Plan, develop, coordinate, deliver, and evaluate the physiotherapy service provided to patients within the team.
  • Assess and treat patients with complex presentations, maintaining accurate records as an autonomous practitioner.
  • Provide expertise in rehabilitation through ICUs, working closely with the team lead, head of physiotherapy, consultant therapist, and other clinical specialists.
  • Communicate effectively with other disciplines, including meetings, reports, and letter writing.
  • Undertake comprehensive assessments, using advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
  • Formulate and deliver individual physiotherapy treatment programs based on evidence-based practice and treatment options.
  • Take delegated responsibility for managing patients with particular conditions and provide specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans.
  • Manage clinical risk within own patient caseload and report incidents and near misses.
  • Work within trust clinical guidelines and CSP guidelines, monitoring own and others' quality of practice.
Person Specification:
  • Postgraduate experience in core rotations: Neurology, Acute Respiratory, Trauma and Orthopaedics, MSK.
  • Awareness of current NHS and health issues.
  • Demonstrable experience working in intensive care and acute hospitals.
  • Demonstrable experience working in cardiothoracics, neurosurgery, and critical care.
  • Demonstrable experience working in a major trauma unit.
Qualifications:
  • Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy) or equivalent.
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.



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