Children's Community Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapist

Would you like to be part of developing and expanding an exciting and unique community service?

Make a huge difference to children with complex respiratory needs in the community.

Additional funding has been secured to expand our newly established Specialist Children's Community Physiotherapy Service. Following the launch of the service a year ago it has demonstrated the positive impact and need of having community respiratory physiotherapy for children in Oxfordshire. You would work alongside the current Children's Specialist Community Respiratory Physiotherapist and the wider Children's Integrated Therapies Physiotherapy Team and CYP Nurses, supported by the Professional Lead for Physiotherapy and Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner in adult community respiratory. You would work collaboratively with teams at the Oxford University Hospital to facilitate early supported discharge and admission avoidance where possible.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

You will be jointly responsible for leading this specialist clinical area, and supporting the professional lead with the development of the service including scoping the requirements, data collection and analysis.

You will provide advanced respiratory assessment, treatment and escalation plans for patients in homes, schools and clinic settings; providing a comprehensive community based respiratory physiotherapy service for patients with complex health needs, formulated around evidence-based practice and recognised national standards.

This post will include opportunities for service development, research, education and teaching. We are committed to CPD and will work with you to further develop your skills and experience.

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

This role is currently county wide, we are looking at someone to join to take more of a lead in the South/East of Oxfordshire, there may be some flexibility as to where your base will be within the county.

We are committed to staff wellbeing and ensuring a good work life balance through flexible working. We are an incredibly friendly and supportive team, striving to provide the best care for the children in Oxfordshire.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.