Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work alongside the Respiratory Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist.

This post is 3 days per week (22.5 hours) with 1 day each covering the physiotherapy respiratory outpatient clinic, acute medical wards and community domiciliary service. The successful applicant will provide a specialist physiotherapy service to patients with a wide range of respiratory conditions.

Patients present with a variety of medical conditions including respiratory, MSK and neurological disorders, including MND, MS etc. Patients are referred for treatment for issues such as airway clearance, SOB management, breathing pattern disorders (BPDs) and cough augmentation. Facilitating safe discharges from the acute hospital and providing follow up care is a key part of the role.

You will also be required to assess patients for the use of suction and cough assist machines, and provide training to patients, families and their carers in their use.

You will need to work with the wider MDT including Hospital at Home, Neighbourhood teams, Community ACPs, Hospice services, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, SLT, Dietetics and the Inpatients Physiotherapy team and Respiratory Team at Hereford County Hospital.

A solid background of core rotations in respiratory, MSK and neurological conditions, including managing acute respiratory conditions, is required. Working in outpatient and community settings would be desirable. An keen interest in respiratory care is essential., Working as Clinical Specialist the band 7 will be part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team. Band 7 therapists use advanced therapeutic skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients and provide day to day operational management and leadership to the team.

The post holder will be based in the Acute Hospital but work across other sites and the community. This post may include working with adults and/or children. The band 7 therapist will be responsible for and participate in 7 day working and for physiotherapists (where appropriate) to join the on call rota.

Within the scope of the role, the post holder will independently plan, complete advanced assessment and deliver interventions. They will be responsible for independently managing their own patient caseload, demonstrating clinical autonomy, advanced clinical reasoning, prioritisation and manage competing demands. Supervision is distant with scope to manage and lead independently being accountable for your own and your team's actions.

The post holder will initiate and drive service development, demonstrate self-development and will be responsible for supervision of others and delegate appropriate tasks to registered and non-registered staff. They will be responsible for providing specialist therapy advice within the trust and to other health care professionals.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.