Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist- Respiratory Outpatients

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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• Be professionally & legally responsible & accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in own care.
  
• Ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under own management & support more junior staff to do likewise.
  
• Interpret & analyse clinical & non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis & prognosis on a wide range of highly complex conditions to recommend the best course of intervention, evaluate outcomes, reassess & to develop comprehensive treatment plans.
  
• Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients including those with complex presentation, investigate & analyse skills & formulate individualised management & treatment plans to formulate specialised programmes of care.
  
• Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals & gain informed consent in order to work within the legal framework for patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
  
• Accept clinical responsibility for own caseload & organise this effectively & efficiently with regard to the clinical progress of the patient. Oversee/supervise the caseload of more junior staff to ensure patients are prioritised according to acuity of need across the service areas.
  
• Provide highly specialist clinical technical services contributing to diagnosis, care of treatment within the speciality as appropriate.
  
• Maintain a clean safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness hygiene & infection control at all times.
  
• Deliver training to rotational staff to ensure competence in carrying out duties within the service area.
  
• To look at the clinical competencies of the staff within the medicine team. Identify gaps in knowledge and put in a development/training plan.
  
• Regularly participate in working parties developing policy changes within the Therapy Department & other specialities within the Clinical Support group.
  
• Work with Consultants and other agencies to refer patients and develop the strategic & operational management of the specialist service area within the relevant professional service guidelines & practices.
  
• Provide spontaneous & planned advice, teaching & instruction to relatives, carers & other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of the Therapy Department and to ensure a constant approach to patient care.
  
• Provide specialist advice, teaching & training to other members of the MDT regarding the management of patients.
  
• Regularly manage expected & unexpected clinical events requiring high & unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency & clinical need.
  

For further details please see the attached job description.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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Desirable criteria

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Desirable criteria

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Essential criteria

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Desirable criteria

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Essential criteria

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• see supporting documents
  

Desirable criteria

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• see supporting documents
  

Essential criteria

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• see supporting documents
  

To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.

The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

Equal Opportunities and Administration

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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• Band 7 Respiratory Physiotherapist (PDF, 752.3KB)
  
• Welcoming Candidates with Disability (PDF, 504.3KB)
  
• Candidate Information (PDF, 880.8KB)