Physiotherapist

Do you have the commitment & drive to make a difference? Can you think on your feet? Make effective clinical decisions? A career as a physiotherapist in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation could be for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated, enthusiastic physiotherapist to work for South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust within the cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation service.

This community-based team provides quality care and support for patients undertaking either the cardiac or pulmonary rehabilitation programmes.

The service is responsible for delivering a specialist care to patients in their own home as well in our community venues around Barnsley. The successful candidate will be expected to assess and treat patients with a wide variety of cardiac and respiratory conditions.

Enthusiasm and the ability to use your own initiative are essential, along with good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to manage your time effectively.

You will need the ability to work both as part of a team and as a lone worker, along with the use of a vehicle to undertake any necessary travel in connection with the duties of the post.

You will be required to manage your own caseload and contribute to the daily management of incoming group tasks. Daily duties include triaging referrals, undertaking initial assessments, including exercise testing, monitoring and progressing patients during exercise, discharge assessments, delivering education sessions and recording electronic patient notes.

It would also be advantageous to have a good understanding of cardiac and pulmonary conditions such as heart attack, cardiac surgery and COPD.

You will be allocated to a specific venue; however, it should be noted that you are employed to work across the service and will be required to move bases throughout the working week.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.