Band 7 Physiotherapist - Respiratory

**Please Note - Due to high interest, this vacancy may close early and without notice once a sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible; late or offline submissions may not be accepted once the limit has been reached**

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Band 7 Respiratory Physiotherapist with a passion for Acute Neurological Sciences to join and lead our well-established Respiratory Physiotherapy Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine highly specialist clinical practice with operational leadership, playing a key role in co-ordinating, developing, and delivering a high-quality physiotherapy service. The successful candidate will have excellent organisational skills and demonstratable experience in team leadership, with an enthusiasm for developing others.

We are seeking an individual with a strong interest in audit and research, with an ongoing commitment to CPD, service development and innovation.

This role will be supported by an Advanced Physiotherapist, Acute Therapies Lead and the Therapy Services Manager, working within a collaborative environment where your ideas, leadership and clinical expertise can make a real difference.

Main duties of job

Establish and manage a complex clinical caseload as appropriate to the service

To influence, lead and manage the critical care / respiratory physiotherapy service ensuring high level clinical intervention and evidenced based care.

To work collaboratively with other clinicians, including medical and nursing staff to influence service development and ensure quality of care is delivered

To provide clinical education and training to physiotherapy staff and other health care professionals

Influence research, innovation and professional development for self and others

To support a 7-day working rota including on call, weekends and extended hours service.

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.

Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy