Job summaryAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, Physiotherapist to join our highly experienced and supportive Critical Care Therapy team. This post will provide specialist patient care and treatment on the Critical Care Unit at Royal Blackburn Hospital.We are looking for a Physiotherapist with a special interest in critical care, complex rehabilitation with experience in the assessment and treatment of critical care patients. You will have outstanding interpersonal skills and a passion for delivering excellent patient centered care to ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients.Active involvement in training and development of yourself and others is a key requirement. You will participate in quality improvement, new models of working, clinical audit, and continued professional development.Within the team we will offer professional support and an individualised job plan which includes protected service development time and regular clinical supervision. There will be opportunities to contribute to wider departmental developments via working party groups and signposting and support for CPD.If you are seeking the opportunity to develop in a critical care setting and are excited by a dynamic team and working environment then this role is definitely for you.You will be expected to contribute to the weekend working service on a rota (including an 8-8 shift) and our emergency respiratory on-call rota.Main duties of the jobProvide clinical/ treatment to critical care patients within the scope of Physiotherapy.Assist in planning, monitoring and implementing clinical service policies and patient care pathways.Be actively involved in developing teaching and training programmes for therapy staff.Keep up to date with developments in respiratory care and surgery, supporting audit to evaluate practice and participating in research as appropriate.Work with all team disciplines to develop flexible inter-disciplinary / multi-agency work practices which enhance outcomes for patients.Undertake a clinical case load, to a high professional standard, using knowledge from theoretical and practical experience.About usEstablished in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. We are committed to delivering the best possible healthcare services to the local population while ensuring the future viability of our services. This will be achieved by continually improving the productivity and efficiency of services. Our core focus has enabled demonstrable improvement in our key access, quality and performance indicators.Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesYou will take an active involvement in the development of the services which includes development of clinical protocols and guidelines, appraisal, training and development.You will be expected to participate in the supervision of junior physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants and students.Good problem solving skills, time management skills and self motivation are essential. The roles will involve you undertaking work in a 7 day service working within a rolling rota and evening working on a rota.As part of the weekend service you may be required to support additional areas.You will be expected to work as part of the emergency on-call respiratory service.We offer training, Professional Supervision, PDR and CPD opportunities.All applicants must be HCPC registeredAs this post requires travel across the East Lancashire area the applicant must be able to travel independently between hospital sites and patients homes.The successful applicant will be required to provide a degree of flexibility in terms of specific areas of work, the remit of their role and their base subject to service requirements.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialDiploma/Degree in PhysiotherapyHealth Professions Council RegistrationDesirableMembership of the Chartered Society of PhysiotherapyInvolvement in Special Clinical Interest GroupExperienceEssentialExperience in all core rotations eg, Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Older People, Neurology and musculoskeletal conditionsExperience of working as part of a physiotherapy team and/or multi-disciplinary teamStudent or physiotherapy assistant supervisionContribution to clinical education of less experienced staff or students or assistantsExperience of working with patients with dementing illness, confused patients and patients with severe physical limitations to mobility/neurological deficitSkillsEssentialAble to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical mannerAbility to organise, prioritise and delegateAbility to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carersDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameEast Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustAddressRoyal Blackburn HospitalHaslingden RoadBlackburnBB2 3HHEmployer's websitehttp://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)