This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced, and motivated physiotherapist to work alongside our well-established, experienced respiratory physiotherapy team who will provide ongoing support and guidance.
The role will be training parents, family members, carers and health care professionals on respiratory management plans (chest physiotherapy techniques, positioning and suction), and developing an online training programme with established training materials with support and guidance from the team.
The job will also be assessing and treating respiratory inpatients and outpatients including recurrent chest infections, patients with long term conditions such as cystic fibrosis/bronchiectasis and patients with multiple and complex care needs e.g. cerebral palsy. The post holder will also have responsibility for a therapy student.
As a world leader in healthcare and research, Alder Hey Children's NHS Trust has been designed and inspired by children, having a radical and ambitious vision, it is the future of paediatric care. The Trust encompasses both the acute site and the Liverpool Community areas and has specialist services throughout respiratory, orthopaedics and neurology. There is a focus on evidence-based service development, with an expectation that applicants will have experience of audit, research and innovative practice.