If you are an experienced Paediatric physiotherapist working with children and young people with respiratory physio needs and in particular CF, this post could be for you.

This post is working within UHB Trust, based at BHH, with some community visits and networking with local and regional links.

The post holder will work with both inpatients and outpatients, within the MDT supporting children and young people with respiratory physio needs. You will work in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, other health professionals to promote the development, planning and delivery of intervention programmes and training in the specialist clinical area.

The postholder will join a paediatric therapies service and work alongside colleagues supporting, planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the inpatient and outpatient paediatric therapy service.

Applicants will be required to participate in the departmental respiratory and paediatric overnight on-call system and 7 day working rota within the paediatric and respiratory therapy teams.

This post is based at our Heartlands site, however, as the Trust is a multi-site organisation you may be required to work at any of the Trust sites and may need to change your normal place of work, either temporarily or on a permanent basis because of development or reorganisation of Trust services.

Main duties of the job

To deliver advanced respiratory assessment, management and treatment of paediatric patients including those requiring NIV and HDU care with diverse presentations and complex conditions to develop and deliver individualised specialist treatment programmes.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records.

To supervise, initiate and participate in regular evidence-based audit and research projects to further clinical practice. Make recommendations to Clinical Team Leader for changes to practice by the team. Lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols within area of practice.

To use advanced communication skills of persuasion, negotiation, motivation and explanation to address informal complaints and encourage patients, carers and/or staff where there will often be barriers to effective communication which could include compromised speech / functional / cognitive ability, resistance, fear, pain or embarrassment.

To effectively communicate with patients, carers and all relevant individuals, departments and agencies to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of the condition and therapeutic process.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Good standard of general education including English language and mathematics, A levels or equivalent
• *Degree in Physiotherapy
• *Registered with HCPC as a Physiotherapist.
• *Evidence of relevant postgraduate training in specialist area

Desirable

• *Leadership training
• *Postgraduate advanced accredited training within specialist area
• *Registered member of the Chartered society of Physiotherapists
• *Registered member of Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists

Experience

Essential

• *Relevant postgraduate experience in specialist areas relevant to the post
• *Experience of NHS based work
• *Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent courses relevant to respiratory physiotherapy
• *Evidence of IT skills
• *A range of suitable experience of working within a Primary Care setting and/or acute respiratory inpatient paediatric setting
• *Experience of acute respiratory work in paediatrics
• *Ability to use respiratory clinical skills to systematically diagnose/assess patient/client problem.
• *To understand and evaluate complex situations and information to formulate an appropriate course of action. The ability to frequently modify planned activity to suit the need of the individual
• *Experience of on call work in paediatrics and adults.
• *Experience of paediatric respiratory physiotherapy with management of complex patients
• *Experience of effective staff management and leadership
• *Experience of managing students at clinical tutor and supervisor levels
• *Experience of training staff groups at all levels
• *Evidence of working effectively in partnership with others within multi-disciplinary teams and across agencies

Desirable

• *Experience of conducting or being involved in audit, implementing outcome measures and/or research in the specialist area.
• *Experience of management of paediatric patients requiring NIV
• *Experience of providing respiratory physiotherapy care within a paediatric HDU setting
• *Experience of managing tracheostomy patients
• * Considerable experience of NHS work
• *Working knowledge of Government initiatives, NSF's etc.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Advanced knowledge of respiratory assessment tools and a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
• *Advanced knowledge of trends and best practice within the clinical specialism
• *Good working knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group) and their implications for Therapists
• *Understanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit
• *Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
• *Understanding of the impact of local cultural and demographic factors influencing service
• *Good knowledge of IT and clinical systems
• *Good negotiation and influencing Skills.
• *Excellent problem-solving skills
• *Excellent analytical and reflection skills
• *Excellent organisational skills and prioritisation skills
• *Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and function effectively in the multidisciplinary team, leading where appropriate.
• *Demonstrates ability to be a good team leader.
• *Able to judge limits of skills/competence and recognise professional boundaries.
• *Supportive attitude towards other staff
• *Excellent interpersonal skills
• *Able to work collaboratively with physiotherapy colleagues, multidisciplinary team e.g., doctors, OT's, other allied health professionals, relatives, care givers, Education and Social Services and voluntary staff
• *Able to demonstrate persuasive, motivational, negotiating skills when dealing with highly sensitive information. Patients may have barriers to understanding e.g., children, those with a learning disability, hearing /speech, or language problem
• *Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to pass on skills and knowledge
• *Able to provide and receive complex information and manage contentious situations in an empathic sensitive manner
• *Able to demonstrate therapeutic skills responding promptly to continuously changing clinical situations.
• *IT skills appropriate to the workplace Ability to access evidence-based practice [internet sites/journals etc.]
• Personal Attributes
• *Demonstrate enthusiasm, innovation, and a desire to achieve.
• *Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise and services within respiratory physiotherapy.
• *Applicants will be required to participate in the departmental respiratory overnight on-call system and 7 day working rota within the Respiratory Therapy teams.

Desirable

• *Able to demonstrate highly skilled therapeutic skills responding promptly to continuously changing clinical situation.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

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