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Job summary

Main area
Respiratory
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
218-AHP-B7-6823680
Employer
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Town
Coventry
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/02/2025 23:59

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Long Term NIV Physiotherapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a dynamic and forward thinking Physiotherapist to join the Coventry Sleep and Ventilation Service. We welcome applicants with direct experience of long term NIV and respiratory clinical skills.    

There will be opportunities for service development, research and clinical audit. 

The Department of Respiratory and Sleep Sciences is a UKAS accredited Physiology Department offering a comprehensive respiratory and sleep diagnostic and therapeutic service. 

Main duties of the job

The post involves leading a multidisciplinary team (MDT) which includes Clinical Scientists, Clinical Physiologists, Nurses and Physiotherapists. 

You will be required to assess, initiate and monitor patients on long term NIV across a range of conditions including neuromuscular disease, COPD, obesity, spinal cord injury and chest wall deformity.   

There is an opportunity to become an integral part of the long term NIV MDT who manage a large and varied caseload of approximately 400 patients including those with complex neuromuscular disease and airway clearance needs.  You will have the opportunity to engage in partnership working across organisational boundaries including consultants, nurses, physiotherapists, clinical scientists, support workers and other specialist services such as the home oxygen service, neurological services and local hospices.

Please contact Edward Parkes (02476966734; [email protected]) Lead Clinical Scientist and Head of Service, to arrange an informal visit.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes based on advanced clinical knowledge that includes the utilisation of long term NIV (including tracheostomy), cough augmentation techniques as well as other suitable physiotherapeutic interventions including suction.
  • To be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care. To ensure the high standard of clinical practice for patients under our care and support junior staff to do likewise.
  • Work autonomously within local and national policies and codes of conduct. Independently plan and prioritise own workload, liaising with relevant MDT members within the trust and wider healthcare community.
  • To carry out highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpation skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients, e.g. auscultation.
  • To be able to cope with the emotional stress of managing patients who are dying and their distressed relatives. This may include the decision to withdraw active treatment. To be able to manage clinical situations where visually distressing sights such as open wounds and injury, occur and to ensure the support of other team members in this situation.
  • Perform physiological testing to include arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, spirometry, muscle function testing, overnight oximetry and transcutaneous monitoring.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description. 

Person specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Pathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodPregnancy Loss PledgeHeart Charter

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Edward Parkes
Job title
Lead Clinical Scientist and Head of Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02476966734
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