Specialist Physiotherapist

As a

Specialist Physiotherapist, you will be responsible for managing your own

caseload and a defined area of the service or specific patient group, working

autonomously without direct supervision. You will be responsible for

undertaking all aspects of your clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner

and maintaining your professional development through regular clinical

supervision, formal training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences

and reflective practice. You will also be responsible for supervising,

educating and assessing junior physiotherapists, assistants, technical

instructors and clerical staff, as well as supporting physiotherapy students to

develop their clinical skills and knowledge to graduate standard. You will work

collaboratively with universities to ensure student teaching and clinical

practice meet the required degree-level standards.

Responsibilities of this job role

To

undertake evidence-based audit and research activities to enhance personal and

team clinical practice, identifying opportunities for improvement and making

recommendations to the Clinical Lead or Service Manager. You will also support

the implementation of agreed changes and contribute to the development of

relevant service protocols.

To

participate in the 7-day working roster, including evening, weekend and bank

holiday emergency on-call duties as required. You will provide emergency

respiratory care outside normal working hours as part of the designated on-call

service.

To

provide specialist respiratory physiotherapy support during emergency on-call

periods, including offering appropriate clinical advice to medical, nursing and

other healthcare professionals regarding patients respiratory and chest

conditions.

To

assess and manage clinical risks within your allocated workload, ensuring

appropriate measures are taken to promote patient safety. You will regularly

review patient outcomes and make appropriate modifications to planned

interventions where required.

To

establish appropriate prognoses and agree meaningful treatment goals with

patients, contributing to comprehensive discharge planning based on clinical

findings and expected outcomes. You will ensure valid informed consent is

obtained and work within the appropriate legal framework when patients lack

capacity.

To

maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date patient treatment records in

accordance with professional and Trust standards. You will also contribute

relevant patient information at multidisciplinary meetings to support

coordinated care, progress reviews and discharge planning.

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Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

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