Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist (Adult long term ventilation)

An exciting opportunity has become available within the North East Assisted Ventilation Service as a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist. This new role requires an expert practitioner, with a highly developed knowledge and clinical skills in physiotherapy airway clearance and long-term ventilation, to join the NEAVS team. The post holder will act as an autonomous practitioner in leading and developing the long-term ventilation physiotherapy services within NEAVS at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital Trust. There will be a requirement for the Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to be an active member of the NEAVS team in delivering a service regionally whilst also promoting service improvement amongst with wider MDT.

• Interview date: Thursday 28 November 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy., The successful candidate will be required to act as a source of expertise on physiotherapy airway clearance and long term ventilation imparting highly specialist knowledge and current Evidence based practice. This exciting new role will also all provide expert clinical leadership through teaching, supervision, advice, guidance and information to the NEAVS Multidisciplinary team, other health care professionals, carers and relatives and other non-professionals across the Trust and Partnership Organisations.
  
  Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites
  
  o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
o Newcastle Dental Hospital o Newcastle Fertility Centre o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria o Northern Genetics Service o Cramlington Manor Walks These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.