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Job overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly skilled, dynamic, and innovative physiotherapist to take on an exciting role within the established acute respiratory team at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals. 

Using a flexible approach with excellent team working, you will be responsible for the delivery of holistic physiotherapy care working collaboratively with therapy colleagues and the wider MDT.  You will need excellent organisational and communication skills, as well as a keen interest in service development.

You will need evidence of post graduate experience including previous experience working within the acute respiratory care setting, managing a range of respiratory conditions.  This role will involve working across the various inpatient clinical areas including surgical and respiratory wards, and critical care and an opportunity to work across respiratory out-patient clinics.

This is an exciting time within our services, with the imminent move to The Midland Metropolitan University Hospital site bringing pathway redesign and investment which the successful applicant will help to shape.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have sufficient knowledge, skill and experience to:

• Formulate and deliver specialist programmes of physiotherapy care within the fields of acute respiratory care.
• Directly deliver high quality and safe evidence-based therapy intervention
• Support daily team operations to deliver high quality patient care and experience via a continuous quality improvement approach
• Create a working environment that facilitates striving for excellence through staff learning and development
• Develop a supportive and cohesive team-working environment
• Support the therapy lead, team leads and colleagues at all levels in the development and implementation of service improvement initiatives
• Work collaboratively as part of the trust wide or wider multi-professional team

Applicants must be prepared to participate in the Physiotherapy Out of Hours On-Call rota and 7 day working within the in-patient team. 

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. 

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. 

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live