Job summary
Are you a Respiratory Physiotherapist looking for an exciting new challenge?Do you have a passion for developing and shaping services?Are you proactive, motivated and driven to improve care for patients with respiratory conditions?

Respiratory Outpatients is recruiting a Band 7 Respiratory Physiotherapist.

• UHBW is an award-winning trust in the Southwest that promotes success and celebrates achievement.
• Within the wider Adult Therapies team, Respiratory Outpatients is a small, hard-working team committed to delivering excellent patient care and continually improving the service.
• The role requires independent working, including running clinics, while benefiting from the support of the respiratory MDT and teams across the respiratory pathway. The post involves cross-site working across South Bristol Community Hospital and Weston General Hospital.
• Alongside inspiring colleagues in Adult Therapies, you'll have access to research opportunities, coaching, mentoring, leadership development, clinical courses, and conference opportunities.
• The service covers bronchiectasis, breathing pattern disorder, chest clearance, and has recently received funding to expand services for patients with complex asthma.
• Please apply early to avoid disappointment as advert may close early.

If you would like to arrange a visit or have an informal chat, please contact: Jamie-Lee Howarth, Respiratory Pathway Lead: 01173 422201 jamie-lee.howarth@uhbw.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

• To provide a comprehensive and highly specialised Physiotherapy Respiratory outpatient service for patients with Severe Asthma, Breathing Pattern Disorders, Bronchiectasis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) as part of both independent physiotherapy clinics and multi-disciplinary teams.
• To work closely with the established MDTs for Severe Asthma, Bronchiectasis, and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, to enhance the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of care.
• To take a leadership role in identifying opportunities for benchmarking, engaging with clinical networks, and building collaborative relationships at local, regional, and national levels to shape high quality, evidence-based care for the cohort.
• To proactively seek clinical guidance and wider professional expertise to support service development and continually improve care for these patient groups.
• To provide highly specialised advice to rotational Physiotherapists, students and other healthcare professionals regarding respiratory patients, in particular Severe asthma, Breathing Pattern Disorders, COPD/Bronchiectasis, and PCD patients.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities

• To provide and develop specialised physiotherapy services for patients with severe asthma, breathing pattern disorder, bronchiectasis and general respiratory outpatient services in line with guidance and national standards.
• To provide specialist advice to patients, colleagues, other health care professionals and medical staff in the Trust and local area within the specialty of respiratory outpatients
• As an autonomous practitioner, use effective skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with respiratory symptoms and conditions, and ensure high quality physiotherapy treatment in an outpatient setting.
• To support Pathway Lead in planning, coordinating, and delivering the services provided to patients on a day-to-day basis, to include patient services across specialities and assist in the development, planning and progression of service provision
• To be responsible for a designated area of clinical work, and to plan and organise the team efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time.
• To be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.
• To decide priorities for own work area, working with the Pathway Lead, balancing patient related and professional demands.
• To maintain own CPD/KSF and facilitate that of others within the team.
• To act as clinical supervisor for Band 6 staff and students, to ensure that their practice meets the required professional standards of physiotherapy practice.
• To co-ordinate and participate in local and departmental in-service training, by organising, attending, and delivering presentations and training sessions.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Evidence of relevant respiratory post-graduate training

Desirable

• Further qualification (Msc or equivalent) in physiotherapy or associated subject
• Member of CSP
• Member of relevant local/national clinical interest group (ACPCF, ACPRC)
• Management training
• Non-medical prescribing qualification

Clinical experience
Essential

• Significant experience at senior level in range of respiratory physiotherapy services
• Excellent clinical reasoning and problem solving strategies
• In depth clinical knowledge in respiratory Physiotherapy underpinned by theory and practical experience

Desirable

• Experience of breathing pattern disorders underpinned by theory and practical exposure
• Experience of complex asthma underpinned by theory and practical exposure

Supervision and management
Essential

• Leadership skills
• Experience of people management including undergraduate students
• Significant experience of clinical supervision, mentoring and teaching

Audit and research
Essential

• Participation in service development
• Knowledge and experience of using clinical outcome measures and audit
• Understanding of the political and professional agenda
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects effectively

Desirable

• Experience of implementing change

Aptitudes
Essential

• Demonstrates a commitment to own professional development
• Committed to team's professional development
• Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people.
• Ability to work flexibly under pressure
• Ability to build/maintain productive professional relationships quickly

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).