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 edward.parkes@uhcw.nhs.uk) Lead Clinical Scientist and Head of Service, to arrange an informal visit.
About us
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.
Job 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
Essential
See supporting documents
Desirable
See supporting documents
Experience
Essential
See supporting documents
Desirable
See supporting documents
Knowledge
Essential
See supporting documents
Desirable
See supporting documents
Skills
Essential
See supporting documents
Desirable
See supporting documents
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Clifford Bridge Road
Coventry
CV2 2DX
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
218-AHP-B7-6823680 #J-18808-Ljbffr
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 edward.parkes@uhcw.nhs.uk) Lead Clinical Scientist and Head of Service, to arrange an informal visit.
About us
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.
Job 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
Essential
See supporting documents
Desirable
See supporting documents
Experience
Essential
See supporting documents
Desirable
See supporting documents
Knowledge
Essential
See supporting documents
Desirable
See supporting documents
Skills
Essential
See supporting documents
Desirable
See supporting documents
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Clifford Bridge Road
Coventry
CV2 2DX
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
218-AHP-B7-6823680 #J-18808-Ljbffr
