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Highly Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist in MND

Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Location
Nottingham
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 per annum
Closing date
15 Aug 2024
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Profession
Physiotherapist
Grade
Band 7
Hours
Part Time
The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association have funded temporary posts to support the specialist therapy services within the MND Care Centre at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH). There is a Physiotherapy post and a Speech and Language Therapy post, each for a trial 2 year period starting on the date of appointment. The posts sit within the existing close knit specialist multi-disciplinary service for MND at NUH and is hosted by Therapy services.

These posts will enhance the current service by providing outreach service, using a hybrid clinic and domiciliary visit approach, working jointly with community colleagues to support this complex patient group. A key part of the role will be working alongside the MND lead Consultant, Nurse Specialists and AHPs to respond to NICE guidelines for MND and to evaluate the impact of the trial.

We are looking for applicants with significant experience with this patient group, or those with a similar presentation. The post requires advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and reflection skills. There is support and supervision from the MND team and from within Therapies.

Each post is 0.8WTE (4 days a week) fixed term for 2 years. Job share and flexible hours will be considered. The current core clinic day is Wednesday.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a specialist clinical service to patients with MND under the care of the MND Care Centre at NUH, working closely with clinical MDT for co-ordinated and integrated clinical care and to support service development, service evaluation, and governance.

There will be leadership and clinical supervision from the Adult ventilation Clinical Specialist Physiotherapistwho specialises in neuromuscular respiratory disease and long term ventilation.

The role requires data collection and analysis, to evaluate the impact of the post

Please note that this is a regional service, requiring the candidate be a car driver, with a car insured for business use.

Each post is 0.8WTE (4 days a week) fixed term for 2 years.

Working on a Wednesday is essential to be present in the MND MDT

Job share and flexible hours will be considered

There is no weekend or out of hours working attached to this post

About us

With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavor to turn your job into a career!

The Physiotherapy service is part of the Therapies and Rehabilitation Services pathway, which is one of the pathways that together make up the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 800 staff, who works together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the pathway leadership team have pathway AHP backgrounds to support our staff. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please familiarise yourself with the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for detail specific to this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc Physiotherapy or equivalent
  • HCPC registration
  • Evidence of appropriate post graduate study and professional development within specialist area


Skills and Experience

Essential

  • Wide-ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
  • Knowledge and experience of leading and managing people
  • Experience of operational management of an acute team
  • Able to deliver training and educate individuals, team and wider MDT
  • Knowledge of current guidelines and best practice within specialism and able to evaluate/audit service against these


Communication skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to adapt approach in order to respect individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients
  • Able to communicate complex patient-related information effectively
  • Able to understand team dynamics and adapt approach to achieve the best outcome for patients
  • Able to present clinical information to health professions at national conference level or equivalent


Analytical and judgement skills

Essential

  • Able to assess complex information, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options
  • Able to prioritise using clinical reasoning and risk assess situations to support decision making
  • Lead on service development using evidence based practice


Planning and organisational skills

Essential

  • Able to plan delivery of a service for multiple speciality areas managing capacity and demand
  • Able to organise workloads and plan and lead the implementation of policies
  • Able to lead and facilitate meetings


Physical skills

Essential

  • Able to handle and move complex patients using a way that promotes rehabilitation and is safe
  • Able to move and use medical devices


Other requirements

Essential

  • Able to undertake out of hours duties including on-call
  • Able to travel cross campus and beyond the trust as needed


Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Queen's Medical Centre

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

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164-6500486

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