Consultant Respiratory Physiotherapist / Speech & Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £76,965.00 to £88,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £76965.00 - £88682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 September 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9216-25-1087 |
Summary
Expert Practice Demonstrate clinical expertise, working autonomously, making highly complex clinical decisions. utilising highly advanced knowledge and experience in dealing with Respiratory patients with highly complex presentations. Request, interpret and act upon the results of investigations pertinent to the healthcare of respiratory patient population. Practice autonomous expert clinical practice, receiving and making referrals to/from a frame of clinical environments across the health network. Help firmly establish values-based professional practice across pathways, services, organisations and systems, working with individuals, families, carers, communities and others. Lead health and social care provision with service users and communities, including practice accreditation, change, and continuous improvement across the system. Help put in place peer reviews and evaluations of safety, quality and health outcomes, from pathway to systems level. High-quality, values-based professional practice that improves peoples experience, supporting them to make decisions in complex situations. A positive approach to working with difference and diversity, challenging stigma and using the best possible communication methods. Use an extensive range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients/carers. Identifying and accessing where appropriate suitable equipment/persons to aid treatments, motivating, gaining cooperation and progressing rehabilitation and treatment programmes. This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating patients may be dysphasic, depressed, deaf, blind, have English as a second language or who may be unable to accept diagnosis or who have unrealistic expectations of therapy interventions. Sharing decision-making with service users and partners in every situation, so that the effectiveness of physical, psychological and social interventions and services and the transition through each stage of care and services can be assessed. For further details please see the attached JD & PS