Static Respiratory Physiotherapist - Band 6

As part of this role you will be pivotal in leading the rehabilitation of patients, supporting with tracheostomy weaning, providing physiotherapy for level 2 patients including ICU step downs and patients requiring NIV. You will also have the opportunity to hold a small respiratory outpatient caseload.

As the respiratory band 6 you will have the opportunity to work with our band 7 Acute inpatient team lead and our respiratory clinical specialist supporting them in upskilling staff, delivering SIM training and ensuring staff respiratory competencies.

The post will be based at Lincoln County hospital and the successful applicant will join an integrated therapy team working in a team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and rehab assistants

Our team is highly focussed on supporting your development and we work hard to ensure you will receive 1:1 supervision, regular training/peer review.

All physiotherapists benefit from protected CPD time, as well as the opportunity to attend locally organised courses run by nationally accredited tutors.

The post will be full time and will work as part of a 7-day service.

All applicants must have a current HCPC registration.

Main duties of the job

To perform more advance & detailed assessments with patients having more diverse & complex conditions, providing a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.

You will be responsible for deputising for the team lead in their absence and supervising, supporting and appraising junior members of staff as-well as be a clinical educator to students

Undertake evidence based audit and research projects to further own and teams clinical practice within your speciality and make recommendations to team leader.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and skilled band 6 to join our ICU/respiratory/surgical and cardiovascular team

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated