Advanced Respiratory Physiotherapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our respiratory team for a dynamic and enthusiastic Band 7 physiotherapist. We are looking for an experienced individual with a passion for respiratory and critical care physiotherapy to join a well established team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals., You will be expected to be part of the on-call rota for the respiratory wards. The Respiratory team is working to implement a 7 day rota andyou will be expected to be part of this.

You should have completed all your core rotations as a Band 5 and have experience as a Band 6 with a significant amount of this being in Respiratory care.

A demonstrable high level of team working and peer collaboration is essential.

You will have a good level of IT skills and be comfortable with writing reports and analysing data.

The posts are based at either Maidstone Hospital or Tunbridge Well Hospital but you should also be able to work at either site as service needs or re configurations require.

You will be shortlisted if you adequately meet the Job spec attached. Developmental posts may be offered post interview if it is felt this is required based on your answers at interview, Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex.

We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.