Physiotherapist - Acute Respiratory Team

Bedford Hospital offers a rare and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and forward thinking Acute Respiratory Team. The successful candidate will work within the busy Intensive care unit and respiratory wards. You will use your advanced physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills to support patients presenting with a wide range of urgent and complex needs. We are looking for an energetic and forward-thinking physiotherapist who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. You will play a key role in supporting timely patient flow, ensuring patients are appropriately assessed, treated and supported to transition safely between ITU to the wards, and from the wards to community settings.,

• Undertake the physiotherapy assessment and management of patients within the acute respiratory physiotherapy speciality.
• Determine clinical diagnosis or need and the physiotherapy intervention indicated.
• Hold responsibility for their own caseload, as an autonomous practitioner and oversee caseloads of more junior staff. They will ensure all patients are managed this using evidence based and patient centred principles.
• Assess, plan, treat and evaluate patient centred interventions. Deliver an individualised treatment programme and ensure the Physiotherapy requirements for the discharge planning process are delivered in a timely manner.
• To work alongside members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver physiotherapy services to patients within the specialities of the work place. This will include patients with multi-pathology and complex needs.
• To supervise, educate and assess the performance of undergraduate physiotherapy students as required ensuring the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
• Access advice and support from a senior staff to ensure their clinical work is evaluated.
• The post holder will also be required to actively participate in the out of hours on-call respiratory physiotherapy rota and to support the development of junior staff.
  
  Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.