Band 7 Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist - CRS Team

Job overview

BAND 7 CLINICAL SPECIALIST PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Cardiology, Respiratory and Surgery Team

The Integrated Therapies Department at the James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) are seeking a dedicated and compassionate physiotherapist to join our Cardiology, Respiratory and Surgery (CRS) Therapy Team.  The successful candidate will support in the delivery of high-quality physiotherapy interventions across the inpatient wards of Cardiac, Respiratory and Surgery specialties including ICU, support in the teaching and development of junior staff and students and take an active role in quality improvement projects to guide service development.  There may be the additional requirement to cover other clinical areas.

As a Band 7 Physiotherapist, you are integral to the leadership of the team, working alongside the Therapy Team Leader to provide direction, development and support to the Therapy Team.  You will be specialist in your area and will be responsible for your own complex caseload consisting of patients with a variety of different conditions whilst supporting junior members of the team.  Good prioritisation, organisational and time management skills will be needed to balance clinical and non-clinical duties.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will act as a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist based within our CRS Therapy Team.  You will be responsible for leading and supporting on the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may present with complex pathology and social issues to formulate an intervention plan based on expert analytical clinical reasoning skills.  You will need advanced communication skills to ensure a successful multidisciplinary approach to patient care and will be in regular discussions with patients, carers, JPUH colleagues and community partners etc, as well as providing training to occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and therapy assistant practitioner colleagues and to other members of the multidisciplinary team.

The core hours for this post are 8.00am-4.00pm, however, flexibility can be discussed; this will also include being rostered on a seven-day service/shift pattern.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for more details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role which include:

• The post-holder will act as a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist based in our Cardiology, Respiratory and Surgery Therapy Team at the James Paget University Hospital
• The post-holder will be required to work autonomously and carry a clinical caseload, taking a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have complex pathology and social issues, in order to determine a clinical diagnosis and formulate an intervention plan
• To provide highly specialist advice and teaching to occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and therapy assistant practitioner colleagues and to other members of the multidisciplinary team
• To support the education of students in an educator role as required
• Ensure the team’s workload is appropriately prioritised and work is effectively distributed and coordinated across the team on a day-by-day basis
• To work closely with the multidisciplinary teams in order to receive referrals and use patient information to help prioritise the workload
• To be proactive in-service development and individual development within the team, implementing changes as and when appropriate including policy changes
• To provide clinical leadership to physiotherapy and occupational therapy staff in the therapy team
• Clinical/professional supervision takes the form of direct observation of practice or formal training/clinical reasoning sessions (at least monthly).  Advice and support are always available
• To be part of the respiratory on-call rota within the James Paget University Hospital

Please watch the following videos for an insight into our Integrated Therapies Department:

Landscape version:  https://youtu.be/tklpzav7UrU.

Portrait version:  https://youtube.com/shorts/U4lwU9T1wKA?feature=share.