Job description

Rotational Respiratory Physiotherapist

Band: 6

Hours: 37.5, Full time, Permanent

This post is a permanent position that forms part of the cross site respiratory rotation between Leicester Royal Infirmary and Glenfield Hospital.

Leicester Royal Infirmary: a busy Emergency Department, Critical care unit, Surgical Specialties including Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal, Maxillo-facial and ENT.

Glenfield Hospital is a tertiary specialist center for respiratory care with one of the country's only dedicated cardiorespiratory admissions unit. There is also Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular surgery, a Renal unit and adult congenital Cardiac Surgery. There is a large Critical Care unit including ECMO beds, and a regional specialist adult Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis unit. We also have a thriving respiratory outpatient team.

You will be working alongside an established team of Physiotherapists to develop your clinical, leadership, teaching and service development skills whilst working within a supportive and motivated department.

You will demonstrate effective communication, prioritisation and organisational skills within a large multidisciplinary team, whilst being responsible for managing a complex clinical caseload from assessment to discharge or transfer of care.

You will receive regular supervision and appraisal and will actively be involved in service development, audit, research and evidence based practice.

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.

Our team is made up of more than 14,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:

• We focus on what matters most
• We treat others how we would like to be treated
• We are passionate and creative in our work
• We do what we say we are going to do
• We are one team and we are best when we work together

Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that ‘Caring at its best’ is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)

• Be responsible for managing a complex clinical caseload from assessment to discharge/transfer of care, in order to facilitate a timely and safe discharge from hospital.
• Plan, deliver and progress treatment interventions using clinical reasoning and decision making skills in order to work towards and achieve identified patient goals.
• To facilitate annual appraisal and personal development planning for relevant members of the Physiotherapy Team.
• To participate in the induction of Physiotherapy Staff

Please see attached job description for more information.