A great opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, suitably qualified, confident and forward-thinking Physiotherapist to manage and lead the Acute Respiratory Physiotherapy service at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust based in Scunthorpe General Hospital.

You will lead an established team of highly skilled staff and will work as part of the Acute Inpatient Team in Scunthorpe General Hospital.

You will need to possess excellent interpersonal skills, have strong leadership and staff development skills as well as a proven track record in change management. A strong commitment to your ongoing professional education and development is essential.

Regular supervision and support is provided and to assist your development into a band 7 role.

Main duties of the job

You will manage and lead a team of registered Physios, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants. You will be based at Scunthorpe General Hospital working on the acute wards but also providing an outpatient respiratory service.

You must be able to provide clinical leadership and motivation to develop the existing staff whilst maintaining high professional standards, demonstrating a commitment to staff development and patient care. Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge of the specialities the service provides is essential.

You will need to possess excellent interpersonal skills, have strong leadership and staff development skills as well as a proven track record in change management. A strong commitment to your ongoing professional education and development is essential.

You must hold a current HCPC registration with a degree or Diploma. The applicant must have experience post-registration, and experience of working with Band 6 responsibilities.

Respiratory on-call.

About us

We're a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt 'best practice' so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/

Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Following consultation the Health and Social Care Act 2008 has been amended, which includes the provision that from 11th November 2021 all workers in CQC registered care homes are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical exemption applies. If appointed to a role which includes deployment to care homes you will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination or medical exemption in order to undertake the role. This evidence will be required post-appointment as part of the pre-employment check process. Please note that the requirement for full vaccination, or medical exemption, will be a requirement of the terms and conditions of service for staff deployed to care homes.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• State Registered
• Wide range of CPD activities, including studies up to Masters level, esp. related to specialist area
• car driver for community posts

Desirable

• relevant accredited courses
• MCSP
• Relevant Masters Degree

Occupational Experience

Essential

• relevant post-graduate experience
• work in specialist areas

Desirable

• experience of several specialist areas of work

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Scunthorpe General Hospital

cliff Gardens

Scunthorpe

DN15 7BH

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