An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist to join our Outpatient Respiratory Therapy Team at LUHFT, based at Broadgreen Hospital.
We are looking for a dynamic B7 Physiotherapist who is keen to work in both Joint Upper Airway Clinic in ENT outpatients and Respiratory Clinic in Severe Asthma outpatients. This is a split practitioner role to provide input into the Joint clinic with ENT and Respiratory consultants and to offer treatment for patients presenting with disorders of the Upper Airway and Severe Asthma in an outpatient setting.
In this role you will provide both senior clinical and operational leadership for the development and running of Upper Airway and Asthma outpatient physiotherapy service.
Therapists should have specialist knowledge of chronic respiratory illnesses, asthma management services, breathing pattern disorder management and ILO management. Physiotherapists have a key role in high level clinical reasoning, risk identification and problem solving to enable patients to rehabilitate, maintain their independence and manage their conditions autonomously.
The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work as an effective member of the wider team. The post holder will have significant experience working with adults with complex respiratory presentations and willingness to develop expertise in upper airway presentations and managing patients with multiple co-morbidities.
This is a varied and challenging role and strong leadership skills are essential, requiring someone with initiative, a great team ethic, self-awareness and problem-solving skills.
The successful candidate must be able to work flexibly to meet service demands and will be supported by the Clinical Lead for the Upper Airways service and Severe Asthma.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to develop clinical and managerial skills within Upper Airway and Respiratory physiotherapy and oversee the development of others. The postholder will be expected to support the therapy, nursing and medical staff with complex patients requiring Respiratory Physiotherapy input in the outpatient clinics.
Your clinical remit within respiratory outpatients will involve the treatment of patients with Severe Asthma, breathing pattern disorder and Upper Airway Disorders referred to the service. This role is an ideal opportunity for an individual who is keen to develop their specialist respiratory skills and therefore experience with respiratory outpatients is desirable. The post holder will be expected to assist the MDT with strategic development of the Therapy service for the Upper Airway and Severe Asthma Services.
The post holder will be expected to engage in research, as well as regular clinical audits, and maintain up to date skills and knowledge to implement evidence-based practice.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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1. CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- To have overall accountability for the planning and management of a highly complex and specialist outpatient respiratory clinical caseload
- Using expert specialist knowledge to undertake complex therapy assessments including evaluation of the impact of patients' diagnoses, stage of disease and agreed treatment plans on their ability to function and overall quality of life and make clinical decisions on the most appropriate form of intervention, both short and long term
- To reflect on clinical practice both individually and with peers identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical judgements based on research and evidence-based practice
- To facilitate the production of clear and evidence-based resources for patients and carers , for use locally, regionally or nationally
- To be competent in the use of relevant equipment. This may include training of other healthcare professionals in its correct use
- To provide expert advice to all members of the multidisciplinary team in a range of forums
- To participate in on call duties as an autonomous practitioner within the Trust and actively participate in the weekend service
2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS
- To facilitate patient involvement in decision making ensuring that they have consented to therapy intervention in line with Trust policies and the relevant Code of Professional Conduct
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