Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (fully flexible including weekend work and nights/twilights if required)
- Job ref
- 216-CB-M7171984
- Employer
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- UHP- Derriford site, but multiple sites included
- Town
- Plymouth
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Practitioner In Respiratory Physiotherapy
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
The Consultant practitioner will be an integral part of the integrated respiratory MDT.
The practitioner will be highly specialist and provide rapid respiratory care in conjunction with Thoracic medicine services and community respiratory teams and work across the system.
The Respiratory MDT consists of highly specialist clinicians and support workers who assess, treat and create a patient management plan for patients requiring acute hospital care and those unwell adults threatening admission secondary to respiratory illness.
The CP will use clinical leadership to influence and innovate to develop services for patients. The CP will support and influences the strategic clinical direction for the benefit of service users, organisations, and health networks alike. Through utilising, leading and integrating research evidence into practice, quality will be enhanced in all areas of assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation, delivering improved outcomes for service users and extending the parameters of their field of practice.
Advanced skills and levels of clinical judgment, knowledge and experience will underpin their expertise and ability to promote the delivery good clinical governance. The Consultant Practitioner will work strategically across a range of models of service delivery across the acute and non-acute pathway and are expected to influence policy and decision making, operating the highest level of professional autonomy and decision making.
Main duties of the job
In JD
The Consultant practitioner will be an integral part of the integrated respiratory MDT.
The practitioner will be highly specialist and provide rapid respiratory care in conjunction with Thoracic medicine services and community respiratory teams and work across the system.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
Working for our organisation
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Be an expert in respiratory care professional practice and independent decision- making in complex and unpredictable situations.
Work with One Devon / Healthy Lives Partnership
Demonstrate continued measurable and lasting improvements to the quality of care to patients
Demonstrate the development of innovative and effective person-centred respiratory care
Demonstrate public, service users, carers and families are involved in joint activities to improve and evaluate respiratory care.
Demonstrate improved person-centered, safe, effective and joint working across Devon ICB Services.
Provide values-based and strategic leadership across the respiratory care pathways, acute Trust and in conjunction with local community providers within changing, complex situations and have a transforming and positive lasting effect on staff and people experiencing respiratory
Be seen as a key influential leader in helping to develop respiratory care practice,
Develop the continued transformation of respiratory care to meet the needs of local population demographics, by the development of clinical care and service leaders.
Demonstrate innovation in changing and complex situations.
Significantly influence the learning culture within the respiratory care team with respect to advanced nursing practice, and across the Trust with respect to patient care.
Focus on measurable outcomes on organisational learning by being a skilled facilitator and capturing meaningful outcome data-to be shared at the appropriate boards and forums.
Identify learning and development initiatives to support workforce development across Devon ICB.
Influence and contribute to developing curriculums to enable learning locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Oversee the leadership on the implementation of evidence into practice.
Create a knowledge rich culture, especially by ensuring all relevant EPR and system data are used intelligently
Identify and contribute to the evidence base, informing person centred, safe and effective cardiorespiratory care.
Inspire and help others in the teams and in the Trust to be positively involved with research and academic pathways.
Develop and lead respiratory care research programmes and academic activities.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable advanced proven knowledge of specialist Respiratory care and current treatments.
- Understanding of the role of specialist area within the current health environment.
- Ability to contribute at a national and international level and be involved with Trust wide projects and initiatives proven knowledge.
- Extensive demonstrable experience at a Senior level within field respiratory / acute medical / critical care / trauma frailty and management of complex caseloads.
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- HCPC/NMC registration.
- MSc in respiratory care or relevant field.
- Non-medical prescribing course.
- Advanced physical assessment course.
- Teaching qualification.
APTITUDE & ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Translates research into practice and integrates proven evidence-based guidelines/ proven knowledge into the development of local pathways of care.
- Able to lead, manage and motivate others in complex problem solving and assessment skills.
- Demonstrable experience of line management & employment relation issues.
DISPOSITION / ATTITUDE / MOTIVATION
Essential criteria
- Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible and professional approach.
- Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues.
OTHER FACTORS
Essential criteria
- Must be available to work over a seven-day period, participate with on-call services and in future service demands.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Budden
- Job title
- Director for Nursing and Integrated Professions
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01752 432682
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