Highly Specialist Physiotherapist; Respiratory Medicals

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced paediatric physiotherapist to work in our Acute respiratory service on a permanent basis. This post will cover acute wards, outpatient clinics and deliver training to parents and carers. You will have access to regular clinical and managerial supervision and be supported alongside our team of experienced band 7 physiotherapists and our band 8a clinical specialists and management team across the physiotherapy and occupational therapy services within the Acute Therapy Service., To provide a supporting clinical role in the advanced assessment, treatment of patients and training of families and care teamsin the hospital, in outpatient clinics and in the wider community settings. To be part of a comprehensive physiotherapy service for patients with complex neuro-respiratory needs requiring respiratory physiotherapy, implementing, adapting and training on long term management plans, formulated around evidence-based practice, agreed clinical standards and advanced clinical reasoning. This includes organising, implementing and training family members, carers, nurses and outside organisations on long term physiotherapy management plans, and respiratory skills across a range of settings. To work as an autonomous clinician using highly developed clinical, analytical and judgment skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/ training in patients within this specialty who have acute and long term, serious and terminal medical conditions. This includes using and interpreting the results of interventions, to appropriately adapt the management of the child's condition and respiratory status. To be directly involved in the clinical decision-making process as part of the respiratory physiotherapy team, providing appropriate advice and education to families and colleagues to promote optimal therapy management.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes