Physiotherapist

Education/Training/Qualifications

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Due to maternity leave an opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and forward-thinking Physiotherapist with relevant experience to lead the cardiorespiratory medicine team within our dynamic Physiotherapy service at North Bristol NHS Trust. This role will be for 12 months starting around June 2026.

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The post holder will be the team lead ensuring the delivery of a high quality Physiotherapy Service across the Cardiorespiratory Medicine wards, ED, resus, Acute admission unit as well as in reaching into Intensive care as required. This post will also be part of the Medicine Physiotherapy Pathway supporting the development of the service including working as part of the on call management team to support the education, training and roster admin.

The post holder will provide highly specialist assessment and interventions for a busy and varied caseload demonstrating advanced clinical reasoning skills and with specific knowledge of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy. This role also will support training of staff to gain on call competencies both on rotation and as part of on call duties.

They will take a lead in multi-disciplinary activities and have highly developed specialist knowledge and communicate complex condition related information to patients, relative and carers. The role will include supporting complex acute patients include a busy HDU ward areas respiratory ward area and assisting in facilitating timely discharges to be achieved by the service.

The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Leadership Team to support and further develop the Physiotherapy Service and manage the day to day running of the team.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building  are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

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