Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for further details which are attached.
Current professional registration (HCPC) is required for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
- Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Post Graduate qualification/experience in leadership
Desirable Criteria
- Qualification of recognised highly specialist skills in relevant areas (Masters or equivalent)
- Evidence of Post Graduate training/qualification in relevant area
Experience
Essential Criteria
- Able to demonstrate recent NHS experience or equivalent
- Experience on Intensive Care and specialist respiratory wards
- Evidence of current consolidated experience at a Senior Level in relevant speciality
- Understands own boundaries and knows when to report to senior staff
- Able to work alone and as part of a team - Physiotherapy and Multi-disciplinary
- Commitment to CPD
- To accept change and help support others during times of transition
- Able to justify clinical decisions to Medical staff
- On-Call Respiratory Physiotherapist experience
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of audit evaluation and research
- Experience delivering respiratory care training to patients/family/carers
- Awareness of legislation that may impact upon service delivery
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Essential Criteria
- Ability to manage highly complex caseload
- Ability to manage the performance of staff within the team
- Must be literate, numerate and possess good verbal communication skills
- Ability to analyse, select and apply appropriate interventions from a range of modalities
- Demonstrate ability to prioritise caseload and delegate clinical and non-clinical duties to staff of a lower grade
- Evidence of improvements in practice
- Create opportunities to develop self and others
- Lead the planning and delivery of in-service training
- Ability to monitor and manage the performance of staff within the team
- Ability to lead the Physiotherapy team to maintain clinical standards for the service
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of rota management
Other Requirements
Desirable Criteria
- Member of the ACPRC or other relevant clinical interest group
- Enthusiastic, motivated
- Able to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the service
Applicant Requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.