[ref. a02456400] Respiratory Physiotherapist | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT Swindon
As a Respiratory Physiotherapist you will provide a comprehensive physiotherapy service to patients with a wide range of respiratory conditions. This will include complex, multi-pathologies from paediatrics, medical, surgical wards, critical care and the Emergency Department.You will also be responsible for the training of band 5 staff to work oncall.
You will build on existing physiotherapy skills and consolidate specialist skills in respiratory physiotherapy required to manage these patient groups.
Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
You will build on existing physiotherapy skills and consolidate specialist skills in respiratory physiotherapy required to manage these patient groups.
- To hold responsibility for own caseload and oversee team caseload, working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions and one to one sessions with supervisor. Access to advice and support from senior respiratory physiotherapists is available when required, but clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
- To chair team meetings, planning staffing and workloads.
- To liaise with other senior inpatient staff to ensure adequate staffing across teams and offer cover if required/able
- To represent respiratory physiotherapy at appropriate multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences,
clinics and working groups as required
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community.Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
- To promote respiratory physiotherapy within the Trust particularly promoting our role within critical care
- To provide advice and guidance to the ICU MDT regarding tracheostomy weaning, appropriateness for
- To actively engage with the South West Critical Care Network and attend meetings and training as required
- To provide clinical supervision to nursing/therapy students in partnership with the university, and to
- To carry out training for new members of staff who will be working on the on call rota and delivering yearly
training update to all on call staff.
Please see the attached job description for full information
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Mar 2025
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSwindon
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