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Job summary

Main area
Respiratory
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working and on-call)
Job ref
193-6412163NCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Physiotherapy Team Lead – Inpatient Respiratory and HMU/AMU/SSU

NHS AfC: Band 7

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

 

Job overview

Band 7 Specialist physiotherapist – Physiotherapy Team Lead – Inpatient Respiratory and HMU/AMU/SSU

Are you a dynamic individual with specialist inpatient respiratory and HMU/AMU/SSU experience?

Are you passionate about patient centered care and do you value working in a positive team environment focused on peer support and development?

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.  We are a GOOD rated hospital following CQC inspection and are looking to employ a skilled, forward thinking, dynamic individual as an inpatient respiratory clinical specialist Physiotherapist.

The post is suitable for an experienced physiotherapist with past leadership and service development experience. The post will be operating across the respiratory wards, as well as HMU and AMU/SSU areas; working with individuals with a variety of complex needs.  This role will involve working alongside consultants as part of the MDT. 

The successful applicant will have extensive NHS Respiratory experience and possess excellent assessment, clinical reasoning, treatment and teaching skills. You will have sound IT skills and demonstrate the Trust’s values of Compassion, Aspiration, Resourcefulness and Excellence.

Main duties of the job

·      To be a physiotherapy clinical expert in the management of inpatient respiratory patients and HMU/AMU/SSU clinical areas for the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).

·      To be responsible for the operational management and clinical leadership of the Respiratory in-patient physiotherapy team in conjunction with the Professional Lead and Head of Therapies.

·      To use expert physiotherapy knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the physiotherapy team and other healthcare staff, and to manage own caseload of patients with highly complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.

·      To ensure a high quality, effective physiotherapy service.

·      To be a member of the physiotherapy department management team, contributing to planning and policy development in the therapies team and department.

·      To deputise for the Professional Lead as required.

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attached.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • To have a degree or other recognised qualification in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC Registered
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of further education in clinical field

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive post graduate experience
  • Substantial specialist experience at a senior leve
  • Experience of teaching and presenting to other staff
  • Experience of supervising and developing other staff and students

Skills

Essential criteria
  • IT skills, including word processing and e-mail
  • Understanding of current NHS issues and structure

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alice Lockhart
Job title
Physiotherapy Professional Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Rachel Thomas

Therapies Workforce and Education Lead

[email protected]

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