Senior Physiotherapist

Job overview

Are you a band 6 Physiotherapist or band 5 looking for the next step in your career? Do you have community or respiratory experience? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our service in North East Essex. The Community Respiratory Service is an integrated team of physiotherapists, nurses & support staff who deliver pulmonary rehabilitation, COPD optimisation, respiratory virtual ward, home oxygen & respiratory physiotherapy for people out of hospital.  That may be in clinics, community venues or people’s homes. You would be working with a team who are passionate about delivering community care to patients living with chronic respiratory conditions. The team work closely to support each other, problem solve with our complex patients, work closely with our colleagues in Consultant lead palliative care. Due to the nature of community work & the community locations for our clinics, a driving licence & access to a car are essential. This is an exciting time for the service as we review & improve it to meet the standards for pulmonary rehab accreditation & increase uptake on our virtual wards. For more information contact Anbu Jayakumaran [email protected] or 07866 049049

Main duties of the job

This post will primarily focus on pulmonary rehabilitation classes which are provided in a range of venues across North East Essex, however due to the overall aims of the team & to support effective team working, you may be asked to carry out home visits to patients for assessment/review within your scope of skills.   You should have skills in engaging with people & putting them at ease & motivational skills.  At times this requires a problem solving/asset based approach to help people overcome barriers to pulmonary rehabilitation.  You should have a good grasp of the principles of pulmonary rehabilitation be familiar with & able to discuss how to apply, the British Thoracic society guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation.

You will complete assessment, care planning, education, interventions to support respiratory management & liaison with other healthcare professionals.  You need to be able to work as an autonomous practitioner as on home visits & at weekends you will be a lone worker.  However, there is support available from team & division colleagues when needed.

Currently the service runs 9am-5pm but due to expanding our pulmonary rehabilitation offer to meet the needs of the local population, please be aware that there may be requirement to work evenings (anticipated to finish before 8pm) during the length of this contract.  We roster ahead so this will be planned.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.