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Acute Respiratory Physiotherapist
The closing date is 13 July 2025
The Acute Therapy Team is looking for a passionate, enthusiastic, acute Physiotherapist to work within our growing Acute Specialities Therapy Team. Our team is split to cover the clinical areas of Front Door (Acute Medical Unit), Surgery, Medicine, Cardiology, Haematology, Respiratory and Intensive Care.
You will work alongside Junior and Senior Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants to deliver specialist therapy services within patient pathways. You will have support from Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Clinical Leads. We believe passionately in team working and supporting our staff to achieve their best potential.
You will need experience in a wide range of ward based and respiratory skills to provide care for a diverse patient population. You must be able to work autonomously and as part of a team, be organised and have well developed communication and interpersonal skills.You will be expected to support the team in the training and development of junior staff, physiotherapy students and those on the on call rota. We support ongoing individual professional training and development to provide holistic care to our patients.
Main duties of the job
There is a requirement for participation in on calls, twilight shifts and a weekend rota. We would consider job share/ part-time working.
This role is a fixed term rotational physiotherapy post for 9 months to cover a secondment. The successful candidate will join our established Band 6 rotations, rotating between Front Door (Acute Medical Unit), Surgery, Medicine, Cardiology, Haematology, Respiratory and Intensive care.
Rota: Usual working pattern 8am-4pm. Including weekend, twilight (11am-7pm) and oncall shifts as rostered
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
For Further information or to arrange an informal visit please do get in touch.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* B Sc (Hons) in Physiotherapy
* HCPC Registration
* Evidence of CPD
* Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Fieldwork Supervision Course
Experience
* Evidence of Clinical Interventions in the Acute Setting and core clinical areas
* Physiotherapy experience managing surgical patients
* Physiotherapy experience managing acutely unwell patients
* Working in an acute and rehab settings
* Work allocation/caseload management
* Supervision of more junior staff
* Experience working within the NHS
* Student Placement Supervision
* Involvement in change and service development
Technical Skills and Competencies
* Ability to assess, manage and treat patients with complex multi pathologies at highly specialist level
* Skills in goal setting and using outcome measures
* Knowledge and skills in discharge planning and onward referral
* Skills in holistic assessment
* Problem Solving Skills
* Ability to produce clear written documentation of intervention and reports
* Therapeutic moving and handling skills
* Ability to prioritise clinical workload
* Ability working within the discharge to assess pathway
* Ability to teach and supervise junior staff and assistants
Knowledge
* Understanding of the pathologies that respiratory, endocrine, surgical, gastroenterology, cardiology, heamatology patients can present with
* Physiotherapy intervention for patients with respiratory, chronic, multi pathology and complex conditions
* Understanding NSF's, clinical governance and their relevance to clinical situations
* How to critique research articles and lead discussion groups
Other requirements specific to the role
* Effective verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to deal appropriately with difficult and sensitive situations
* Ability to teach patients, relatives, carers and staff
* Ability to work effectively in a team
* Experience liaising with outside agencies and disciplines
* Ability to provide clear, confident and effective instructions in individual and group setting
Personal Attributes
* Ability to drive and hold a clean drivers licence
* Ability to use a keyboard to access and input information from a computer based system
* Ability to move and handle patients and equipment and work in confined spaces
* Ability to participate in a weekend service and on call service
Language Requirement
* Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
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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