Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Critical Care

Job summary

This is an exceptional opportunity for a highly motivated individual to provide leadership and drive innovation across the Allied Health Professional Critical Care team. The primary base for this role is York and you will be required to travel to Scarborough Hospital.

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, senior support workers and multi-professional colleagues throughout the Trust to ensure the highest standards of patient care. The post offers the chance to shape service delivery, work effectively within both local and regional teams, and lead improvements across the Critical Care pathway.

This role provides the opportunity to enhance clinical expertise in critical care services across the continuum of care, while developing competencies across all Four Pillars of Practice. A significant focus is placed on leading clinical transformation initiatives and improvement projects within the service. Candidates will also have opportunities to engage in research, disseminate findings, and contribute to education within their areas of clinical expertise. Additionally, there is an expectation to support the learning and development of other Physiotherapists, including the on-call respiratory team, and multidisciplinary team members through training, supervision, and reflective practice.

Main duties of the job

• To provide visible clinical leadership across critical care, which includes autonomously managing a complex caseload, evaluation of quality and service performance and creating a culture of learning and development.
• To use evidenced based highly specialist skills to manage a complex caseload, which includes the speciality of advanced respiratory management .
• Provide training/support to staff, patients and carers, including the wider on-call physiotherapy team.You need to be resilient and able to manage and prioritise your caseload whilst supporting the work and development of the team.
• The department is well established in facilitating the training of Therapy students and staff are involved in delivering a variety of rolling training programmes for other health care professionals across the Trust.
• You will be part of a supportive senior therapy leadership team, including an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist for Critical care and other specialist clinical leads across site, team manager, as well as senior operational manager and professional lead.

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact us to learn more about this career opportunity.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post

About us

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Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.