Specialist Physiotherapist | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist Critical Care & Surgery
We are looking for a dynamic physiotherapistto join ourCritical Care and Surgery Therapy Team in the Integrated Community Service Division at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. An exciting opportunity has come available suitable for a motivated physiotherapist, who is attracted to the specialism.
This post may interest you if you have experience of working on critical care and acute wards. The role involves providing respiratory and rehabilitation to critical care and the surgical wards (bowel/ urology/ ENT/ medical and orthopaedic outliers). The team physiotherapists and occupational therapists have strong working relationships within the wider MDT on critical care and the surgical wards.
The successful candidate will experience service development opportunities whilst supporting the band 7’s in the teaching, training and supervision of junior staff, students and therapy assistants. You would participate in the respiratory night oncall and work weekends as part of a rota. You will need to be a car driver (subject to DDA requirements) and have access to a vehicle to travel between sites, patient homes and for oncall.
If you would like further information about the post, please contact:
Tejal Patel (Principal Service Lead) or Elizabeth Murray (Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist) TEL: 01204 390885 or 01204 390390 bleep 5508.Email: tejal.patel@boltonft.nhs.uk or elizabeth.murray@boltonft.nhs.uk
• Supervision & mentorship of therapy assistants, junior and senior physiotherapy staff
• Deputation for Band 7 physiotherapists
• Advanced assessment & treatment skills in treating critically ill patients
• Independent caseload management at a senior level
• Advanced rehabilitation and discharge planning skills
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We aim to be consciously inclusive and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.
You are encouraged to maintain your Covid vaccination status unless medically exempt and will be supported to access information and guidance, to inform decisions that supports vaccine confidence, protects yourself and patients
• Experience of working with people with acute/chronic respiratory conditions
• Experience in critical care and surgery
• Managing a caseload of clients with complex needs
• Experience of clinical audit and service evaluation
• Experience of providing training for staff
• Experience of effective team working across settings
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Clinical reasoning skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques
• Weekend working and participation in the out-of-hours oncall service are required
• Leading service development initiatives and operational team management
The post holder will be responsible for teaching and mentoring Band 5 and physiotherapy students and therapy assistants.
This advert closes on Thursday 22 Feb 2024

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