Community Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapist

Community Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within a well-established Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team here in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin supporting patients to make positive life choices that enhance their lives and health.

Are you a registered Physiotherapist with post registration experience including working with respiratory patients in the acute or community setting?

Do you have keen interest in long term respiratory conditions and excellent respiratory knowledge and skills?

Do you have a desire to further develop skills and knowledge in this field?

If so, then we would love to hear from you!

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

As part of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation team, you will be expected to work independently, using your own initiative to support patients in a community setting.

You will work alongside and build relationships with the community respiratory nursing teams, local GP surgeries, secondary care respiratory colleagues and community inter disciplinary teams, delivering high quality care across community settings.

The role will involve providing pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory physiotherapy to patients in the community in both group and domiciliary settings, triaging new referrals, chest clearance advice, post exacerbation and admission avoidance care and participating in MDT meetings and events.

Applicants should possess an in-depth clinical knowledge of respiratory conditions, which should be supported by recent experience or qualifications. You will be required to demonstrate comprehensive assessment skills, knowledge of evidence based practice, and critical appraisal skills in applying theory to practice. Support towards CPD will be given including attending external courses and conferences as the service allows.

The successful applicant will demonstrate excellent communication skills, autonomous caseload management skills and an ability to work flexibly within a team.

Applicants must be able to meet the travel requirements of the post.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person SpecificationQualifications

• BSc Physiotherapy (or equivalent)
• Registered with the HCPC
• Completion of post graduate respiratory courses
• Registration with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Competent in the use of IT
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Evidence of interest in respiratory physiotherapy and an awareness of the requirements for a pulmonary rehabilitation programme.
• Demonstration of knowledge of respiratory anatomy and physiology, disease processes, and the management of respiratory conditions.

Experience

• Demonstrated post graduate physiotherapy experience of working as a physiotherapist in a variety of settings.
• Experience working in the community
• Experience working in Respiratory

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.

Clinical Lead for Pulmonary Rehabilitation

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