Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapist
5 days ago
Job summary
Are you interested in Specialist Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapy? This exciting opportunity is in the Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapy Team as part of University Hospitals Birmingham. The specialities at the trust include Paediatric Inpatient wards and Paediatric HDU You will see a variety of patients from NIV to patients with tracheostomies. Other respiratory services include Paediatric Transition, Neuromuscular, Long-Term Ventilation and Cystic Fibrosis Service. You will also be part of the 7-day respiratory service across the hospital. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and innovative physiotherapist with expertise's within Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapy. You will have extensive experience; excellent team working and time management skills. You will work alongside specialist physiotherapists, providing respiratory care to patients whilst working closely with the multi-professional team. You will have the opportunity to supervise and support students, Junior Physiotherapists, Therapy Support Workers and Physiotherapists in the wider on call service. Research and CPD opportunities are encouraged. This role is based at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, however, as the Trust is a multi-site organisation, you may be required to work at any of the Trust sites.
Main duties of the job
To deliver highly specialist paediatric respiratory physiotherapy and act as a source of expertise to fellow clinicians, managers, healthcare professionals and other services internal and external to the trust, as required. The post holder will be required to work effectively in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, other health professionals to promote the development, planning and delivery of respiratory intervention programmes and training in this specialist field of practice. To undertake the role of inpatient paediatric respiratory lead that includes, planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the inpatient paediatric therapy service. The post holder will undertake clinical audits, evaluating evidence-based practice, and endeavour to source high quality, up to date research within this specialist area. To support, co-ordinate, supervise and appraise staff and students within the specialist area. Applicants will be required to participate in the departmental respiratory adult and paediatric overnight on-call system and 7 day working rota within the adult and paediatric respiratory therapy teams. This post is based at our Heartlands site, however, as the Trust is a multi-site organisation you may be required to work at any of the Trust sites and may need to change your normal place of work, either temporarily or on a permanent basis because of development or reorganisation of Trust services.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
*Good standard of general education including English language and mathematics, A levels or equivalent *Degree in Physiotherapy *Registered with HCPC as a Physiotherapist. *Evidence of relevant postgraduate training in specialist area
Desirable
*Leadership training *Postgraduate advanced accredited training within specialist area *Registered member of the Chartered society of Physiotherapists *Registered member of Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists
Experience
Essential
*Relevant postgraduate experience in specialist areas relevant to the post *Experience of NHS based work. *Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent courses relevant to paediatric respiratory physiotherapy *Evidence of IT skills *A range of suitable experience of working within a primary care setting and/or acute paediatric respiratory inpatient setting *Experience of acute respiratory work in paediatrics *Ability to use paediatric physiotherapy respiratory clinical skills to systematically diagnose/assess patient/client problem. *To understand and evaluate complex situations and information to formulate an appropriate course of action. The ability to frequently modify planned activity to suit the need of the individual. *Experience of on-call work in paediatrics and adults respiratory physiotherapy. *Experience of paediatric respiratory physiotherapy with management of complex patients *Experience of effective staff co-ordination, support and leadership *Experience of managing students at clinical tutor and supervisor levels *Experience of training staff groups at all levels *Evidence of working effectively in partnership with others within multi-disciplinary teams and across agencies
Desirable
*Experience of conducting or being involved in audit, implementing outcome measures and/or research in the specialist area. *Experience of management of paediatric patients requiring NIV *Experience of providing respiratory physiotherapy care within a paediatric HDU setting *Experience of managing tracheostomy patients * Considerable experience of NHS work *Working knowledge of Government initiatives, NSF's etc.
Additional Criteria
Essential
*Highly specialist knowledge of respiratory assessment tools and a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group *Highly specialist knowledge of trends and best practice within the clinical specialism *Specialist working knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group) and their implications for Therapists *Understanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit *Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group) *Understanding of the impact of local cultural and demographic factors influencing service *Good knowledge of IT and clinical systems *Good negotiation and influencing Skills. *Excellent problem-solving skills *Excellent analytical and reflection skills *Excellent organisational skills and prioritisation skills *Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and function effectively in the multidisciplinary team, leading where appropriate. *Demonstrates ability to be a good team leader. *Able to judge limits of skills/competence and recognise professional boundaries. *Supportive attitude towards other staff *Excellent interpersonal skills *Able to work collaboratively with physiotherapy colleagues, multidisciplinary team , doctors, OT's, other allied health professionals, relatives, care givers, Education and Social Services and voluntary staff. *Able to demonstrate persuasive, motivational, negotiating skills when dealing with highly sensitive information. Patients may have barriers to understanding , children, those with a learning disability, hearing /speech, or language problem. *Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to pass on skills and knowledge. *Able to provide and receive complex information and manage contentious situations in an empathic sensitive manner. *Able to demonstrate therapeutic skills responding promptly to continuously changing clinical situations. *IT skills appropriate to the workplace Ability to access evidence-based practice [internet sites/journals etc.
Desirable
*Able to demonstrate highly skilled therapeutic skills responding promptly to continuously changing clinical situation.-
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