Job overview
Would you like to specialise in the exciting field of critical care physiotherapy? And work in our recently built, state of the art critical care unit? Would you like to improve your specialist respiratory skills whilst delivering early rehab to optimise the recovery of patients with critical illness? Do you want an opportunity to develop your leadership skills?
If the answer is yes, then this is the opportunity for you!
Our critical care unit has 34 beds, with a high proportion of level 1 beds. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals are a regional centre for neurosciences and
vascular and a major trauma centre. These 3 specialties alone lead to a complex and interesting critical care caseload.
We are looking for a Physiotherapist who is experienced and highly motivated, to contribute to service development and create the best possible
outcomes for our patients. You should have transferrable skills in respiratory physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Skills in neuro-handling are
desirable, but you would be supported to develop these if required.
Come and join us!
Main duties of the job
You will be welcomed into a supportive environment with a clear supervision structure through which personal and professional development is encouraged. You will have other opportunities to develop leadership skills and be able to lead and implement clinical service improvements and
seek opportunities for research developments to embed evidence-based practice.
You would also be responsible for supervising and supporting junior staff and students in their development within the wider department. There will be opportunities to develop your own teaching and educational development through case study presentations, attendance at advanced teaching sessions and support for research activity.
You must possess good communication, time-management, and interpersonal skills, and be motivated and able to work efficiently both alone and as part of an integrated team.
The Core Therapies department provides an emergency on call service and therapists will be expected to join the rota. We are also moving towards 7 day working, and as such you will be expected to work flexibly to support this model of service delivery when it is implemented.
Working for our organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties will include, but not be limited to:
• To directly support the delivery of therapy to patients
• To provide leadership and management support
• To support personal and people development
• To communicate and collaborate with all Core Therapies Service stakeholders
• To support service development and planning
• To help to ensure the health, safety and security of users of the Core Therapies, self and colleagues
When you’re not treating patients you’ll have the opportunity to provide supervision and appraisal to our Band 5 colleagues, Therapy Assistants and Students. We work in a fast paced environment and can promise that you’ll never be bored or short of things to do!
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
1. HCPC registration
2. Degree in Physiotherapy
3. Evidence of CPD in respiratory
4. Clinical Educator Course or qualification
Desirable criteria
5. Member of the CSP
6. Membership of appropriate specialist interest group
7. Recent Clinical Educator experience
8. Post graduate study in relevant area
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
9. Experience working in an acute NHS setting as a Physiotherapist
10. Proven varied experience of relevant rotational posts with a minimum of 18 months including critical care or acute respiratory setting
11. On-call competence with recent on-call experience
12. Range of transferable clinical skills from rotational posts
13. Experience in managing complex patients
14. Supervision of assistant staff/students
15. Experience of MDT working
16. Current knowledge of evidence based practice and research relating to Critical Care Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
17. Understanding of the regional and national drivers influencing the Critical Care service provision
18. Experience at senior level of working in Critical Care (Band 6)
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
19. High level of communication skills
20. High level of clinical reasoning skills
21. High level of respiratory physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills
22. IT skills
23. Ability to prioritise a complex caseload
24. Ability to work as part of an MDT
25. Therapeutic moving and handling skills
Desirable criteria
26. Participation in audit or research
27. Professional leadership experience e.g. appraisal, team leadership
28. Mentoring and coaching skills
29. Presentation skills including at regional or national level