Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapist
| Posting date: | 30 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 October 2024 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY3 8NR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9382-24-1009 |
Summary
Provide expert assessment, review, advice, education & medicines optimisation to patients with specific respiratory diseases, using advanced clinical reasoning skills. Formulate & deliver individualised physiotherapy treatment programmes based on assessment findings. Safely initiating or recommending new treatments including nebulisers, mucolytics and inhaled therapy. Under the direction of the Team Lead, you will be prepared to support the unqualified PR team members with a specific respiratory disease cohort and all aspects that come under it, within your competency. The post holder will be required to run Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes independently & in a self-directed manner across Trust sites & non-NHS trust sites (e.g., Sports Centres, Community/Church Halls), and will therefore require a driving license & vehicle to undertake this work. The post holder will be required to undertake clinic & home based assessments of patients requiring home oxygen therapy, and will therefore require a driving license & vehicle to undertake this work. Undertake advanced assessment of patients and effectively interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical information in a range of complex, long-term diagnoses to develop comprehensive, patient-centred management plans. Take active responsibility for an identifiable caseload of patients effectively and efficiently, demonstrating the ability to manage complex cases. Provides support, reassurance and encouragement to patients and their family/carers. Please see Job Description & Person Specification documents for broader details of the post. The above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be fully comprehensive and may be amended to take account of changing circumstances or requirements following consultation with the post holder.