An exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist has arisen in West Yorkshire. The Respiratory Physiotherapist supports the Senior Team Lead to plan, promote, co-ordinate, develop, implement, and evaluate a high quality, evidence based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service.

Responsibilities:-

• Undertake and oversee all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner without daily clinical supervision, access to advice and support is available from Senior Team Leads / Team Leads. Clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of professional activities, including management of patients in your care. Support peers and junior / support staff to do similarly.
• To flexibly manage responsibilities for own caseload. Responsible for deciding priorities for own work area as agreed with the Senior Team Lead but without direct supervision, balancing these, other patient related activities, professional demands, and other responsibilities. Ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the Service as a whole and readjust plans as situations change/arise.
• To adhere to BOC, regulatory, and professional standards of practice, codes of conduct and guidelines (Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) / Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) / Royal College of Nursing (RCN)) and encourage others to do likewise.
• To undertake delegated duties / responsibility as deemed appropriate from senior clinicians and to seek clinical support appropriately.
• To make judgements about the suitability of patients to receive rehabilitation and what programme of care they will receive.