Band 6 Rotational Respiratory Physiotherapist
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job summary
Main duties of the job
Job Summary Continued:
Applicants will be required to participate in the respiratory overnight on-call system and 7 day working rota within the Respiratory Therapy teams treating both adult and paediatric patients including the physiotherapists led NIV service.
Main Duties & Tasks:
To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available if required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records.
To assist with supervision, education and assessment of the performance of physiotherapy students; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
To assist with the supervision, education and co-ordination of physiotherapy assistants, physiotherapy technical instructors and junior physiotherapists.
Job responsibilities
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.