Team Lead Physiotherapist – Acute Respiratory | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting and rare opportunity has become available at Bedford Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of physiotherapists, overseeing the planning, coordination, and delivery of high-quality physiotherapy interventions for patients within the Acute Respiratory specialty.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessment and deliver treatment for patients with complex and/or long-term respiratory conditions, applying a high level of clinical expertise.
• Work collaboratively to support and develop patient pathways, contributing to ongoing service improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing patient care and outcomes.
• Play an active role in the development and implementation of policies and service changes across Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the wider multidisciplinary network, ensuring that team members adopt and embed these developments in practice.
• Provide specialist and highly superior guidance and advice to physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals across the Trust.
• Support the development of less experienced staff through postgraduate training opportunities and facilitate clinical placements for student physiotherapists.
• Maintain high standards of clinical care for all patients within the specialty, while supporting and guiding junior staff to achieve the same level of excellence.
• Work in accordance with Trust policies and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) guidelines, maintaining a strong understanding of national and local standards, and monitoring both personal and team practice in collaboration with senior physiotherapists.
• Take responsibility for managing patients with frailty, organising care effectively and efficiently in line with clinical priorities, even when faced with competing demands at short notice.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

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