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Paediatric Physiotherapist - Paediatric Respiratory Outreach
| Posting date: | 27 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 March 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS2 8BJ |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7039997/387-WC9997-DA |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapist to join our Paediatric Respiratory team. This fixed term post will work alongside an experienced Band 8a toprovide highly specialist physiotherapy for children presenting with complex respiratory needs, in outpatient settings or outside of the hospital setting.
Community patients with complex respiratory compromise will be managed by the post holder. This will involve formation and review of airway clearance plans, including prescription of specialist respiratory equipment such as cough assists. The post holder will provide education on airway clearance plans to qualified and unqualified individuals based in a variety of locations. The successful candidate will need previous experience of paediatric respiratory care, education and excellent communication skills. Through strong working relationships with patients and families the post holder will achieve excellent job satisfaction, positively impacting the child’s quality of life and 24 hour a day care. They will be supported by a large proactive paediatric respiratory team and work closely with respiratory consultants and the neuromuscular teams.
The successful candidate will participate in a 24 hour emergency oncall rota to support inpatients at BRHC and will have opportunity to work alongside our respiratory physiotherapists on the wards.
The post holder will already be a skilled paediatric clinician with previous or transferrable skills at Band 6 or above. They will be naturally empathetic, demonstrating high level communication skills to facilitate close working relationships with both patients and colleagues.
• To provide a highly specialised service that includes the assessment, treatment and management of children with a wide range of medical conditions, presenting with complex respiratory needs. Primarily for children requiring assisted ventilation or respiratory adjuncts to aid secretion clearance and those who need MDT care plans.
• To act as a source of expertise and demonstrate advanced knowledge and experience in the highly skilled management of children with these conditions
• To provide specialist advice to other members of the multi-disciplinary team and to provide clinical education and training to others within the Trust and externally, across the South West region. This will include the development of a teaching programme for carers/parents and staff in a range of community settings.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Mar 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapist to join our Paediatric Respiratory team. This fixed term post will work alongside an experienced Band 8a toprovide highly specialist physiotherapy for children presenting with complex respiratory needs, in outpatient settings or outside of the hospital setting.
Community patients with complex respiratory compromise will be managed by the post holder. This will involve formation and review of airway clearance plans, including prescription of specialist respiratory equipment such as cough assists. The post holder will provide education on airway clearance plans to qualified and unqualified individuals based in a variety of locations. The successful candidate will need previous experience of paediatric respiratory care, education and excellent communication skills. Through strong working relationships with patients and families the post holder will achieve excellent job satisfaction, positively impacting the child’s quality of life and 24 hour a day care. They will be supported by a large proactive paediatric respiratory team and work closely with respiratory consultants and the neuromuscular teams.
The successful candidate will participate in a 24 hour emergency oncall rota to support inpatients at BRHC and will have opportunity to work alongside our respiratory physiotherapists on the wards.
The post holder will already be a skilled paediatric clinician with previous or transferrable skills at Band 6 or above. They will be naturally empathetic, demonstrating high level communication skills to facilitate close working relationships with both patients and colleagues.
• To provide a highly specialised service that includes the assessment, treatment and management of children with a wide range of medical conditions, presenting with complex respiratory needs. Primarily for children requiring assisted ventilation or respiratory adjuncts to aid secretion clearance and those who need MDT care plans.
• To act as a source of expertise and demonstrate advanced knowledge and experience in the highly skilled management of children with these conditions
• To provide specialist advice to other members of the multi-disciplinary team and to provide clinical education and training to others within the Trust and externally, across the South West region. This will include the development of a teaching programme for carers/parents and staff in a range of community settings.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Mar 2025
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