Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist

Band 7 - Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist
0.8 WTE (30 hours)
Are you passionate about improving care for patients with Chronic Lung diseases? This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of highly specialised and committed respiratory practitioners working to improve outcomes for patients with COPD in Croydon.
We are looking for a proactive, dynamic and self-motivated respiratory physiotherapist with experience in delivering first class care to patients with respiratory conditions to work across both the Croydon Respiratory (CRT) and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Teams.
The successful candidate will work as a specialist clinician in both the CRT and Pulmonary Rehabilitation services, working in all areas of the service, including being on the weekend rota.
Interview date TBC
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will ideally have experience in the community and hospital settings, and will be confident in managing respiratory patients both in stable state and when acutely unwell. They will also have experience of managing patients through a pulmonary rehabilitation programme. However, there is ample opportunity for development and training for the right candidate.
The Croydon Respiratory Team is working in many innovative and exciting ways to improve the quality of life for people with respiratory disease in Croydon. CRT is an integrated service delivering care for their patients from diagnosis to end of life care, within the hospital and across the community. Areas of the service include delivery of the COPD discharge bundle, facilitated discharge, self management care, end of life care, Structured education service, PR and the Home oxygen service (HOSAR).
This position will include working in both the hospital and community settings and therefore it is essential that applicants are car drivers
About us
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.
Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.
Job description

Job responsibilities
** Please see the Job Description and the Person Specification for more details on the jobs responsibilities **
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant Respiratory experience at band 6


• BSc Hons Physiotherapy

Desirable

• Relevant respiratory post grad course


• Previous band 7 experience


• experience of delivering pulmonary rehab services

COPD Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of COPD Guidelines


• awareness of oxygen guidelines

Desirable

• Experience of managing patients with COPD (acute / stable)


• experience of managing patients with oxygen needs

Time management

Essential

• Able to demonstrate good time management

Desirable

• Worked in a community team / managing own time

Skills

Essential

• Proactivity


• Experience of working with patients with chronic diseases


• Management of staff

attributes

Essential

• Car driver and access to car to use at work

Employer details

Employer name
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Address
Croydon University Hospital
Croydon
CR7 7YE
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