Respiratory Senior Physiotherapist

Are you passionate about providing specialist respiratory care to patients within the acute hospital and community setting working in an integrated service?

Are you looking for an opportunity to join an integrated, forward thinking and developing service working with system partners to deliver the best possible respiratory care?

Are you looking for the opportunity to shape and develop the future of the respiratory services to include the new virtual wards?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Physiotherapist to join the well-established Wirral Integrated Respiratory Service for a 12 month fixed term contract or secondment.

The Wirral Integrated Respiratory Service is a team made up of Specialist Nurses, Assistant Practitioners, Clinical Support Workers, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapist assistants and administration staff who all strive to work collaboratively to deliver the best respiratory care for patients on the Wirral. The service delivers early supported discharge and admission avoidance for Respiratory patients, chronic disease management, pulmonary rehabilitation and a home oxygen service for all oxygen patients on the Wirral.

The role will include covering an 8-8 service 7 days a week including weekends and bank holidays and will comprise of a mixture of shift patterns. The shifts will be 9-5pm initially however may require flexibility to change to meet the needs of the service in the future.

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• Perform appropriate holistic assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs.
  
• Provide acute chest physiotherapy to those on Respiratory Virtual ward in patients own home and/or clinic if appropriate.
  
• Manage patients discharged from hospital with acute exacerbation of their chronic respiratory condition in their own homes.
  
• Use clinical skills and knowledge to identify changes in patients’ condition that require intervention and take appropriate action including referral to other professionals/services.
  
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to on-going care needs.
  
• Identify opportunities to promote and provide health education for patients and carers.
  
• Advise on self-management strategies including medicines management, exercise, smoking cessation, dietary issues, benefits and travel in a variety of settings.
  
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
  

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents. We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint. We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m. The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Joanne Seaborne
Job title: Clinical Service Manager
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