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
Interview date: 25/02/2025
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. 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. 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. 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. Perform physiological testing to include arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, spirometry, muscle function testing, overnight oximetry, and transcutaneous monitoring. Person specification
Qualifications
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See supporting documents See supporting documents The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment. If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. Depending on your level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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. Name: Edward Parkes Job title: Lead Clinical Scientist and Head of Service Email address: edward.parkes@uhcw.nhs.uk Telephone number: 02476966734
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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. 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. 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. 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. Perform physiological testing to include arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis, spirometry, muscle function testing, overnight oximetry, and transcutaneous monitoring. Person specification
Qualifications
See supporting documents See supporting documents Experience
See supporting documents See supporting documents Knowledge
See supporting documents See supporting documents Skills
See supporting documents See supporting documents The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment. If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. Depending on your level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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. Name: Edward Parkes Job title: Lead Clinical Scientist and Head of Service Email address: edward.parkes@uhcw.nhs.uk Telephone number: 02476966734
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