Job summary
An opportunity for an experienced respiratory physiotherapist to join the outpatient physiotherapy service has arisen. The role is cross site - delivering outpatient care to patients at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals.The post holder will undertake a highly specialist team leader role under the guidance of the therapy lead for lung therapy and clinical specialist physiotherapists to provide highly specialist physiotherapy to outpatients with a variety of chronic respiratory conditions, including severe COPD, as a lead clinician in the pre and post operative management of patient on the Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS) pathway. As well as an outpatient caseload covering complex breathlessness and airway clearance for patients with asthma, bronchiectasis, and interstitial lung disease.This will include planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating physiotherapy provided, with a focus on outpatients.The post holder will supervise junior members of the respiratory physiotherapy team and play an active part in the on-call and weekend services.Whilst this role is based at the Royal Brompton and Harefield, the post holder may be required to travel to other sites within the organisation.
Main duties of the job
To provide highly specialist physiotherapist care to patients with chronic respiratory disease, as a specialist clinician within the lung therapy service in predominantly outpatient and day case settings.
To play a key role in the tertiary multiprofessional services to patients with severe asthma, non-CF bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, complex COPD including the LVR pathway.
Taking a lead role, alongside the service management team to plan, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate the outpatient physiotherapy service.
To lead the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have highly complex needs, and to determine clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment indicated and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
To organise, co-ordinate and deliver the service day to day within the hospital and to support the development of the service, along with other members of the adult lung team
To supervise junior team members .
To play a major role in the continuous development of the service using audit, evaluation and quality improvement methodology.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient / customer care (both direct and indirect)
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care.
- To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and to support more junior staff to do likewise on a daily basis.
- To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognoses in a wide range of highly complex conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention, and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.
- To undertake an advanced comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills, and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning, and utilising a wide range or treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care.
- This role will require staff to work in a variety of clinical areas including critical care, in-patient wards, outpatient and virtual settings
- To coordinate the assessment and triaging of patients whom may need follow up
- To be responsible for the training of staff in the care of hospital patients from basic to complex including terminally ill patients.
- To accept clinical responsibility for a designated specialised caseload of patients, and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
- To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
- To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, patients and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy, and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
Please job description document for full job responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient / customer care (both direct and indirect)
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care.
- To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and to support more junior staff to do likewise on a daily basis.
- To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognoses in a wide range of highly complex conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention, and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.
- To undertake an advanced comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills, and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning, and utilising a wide range or treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care.
- This role will require staff to work in a variety of clinical areas including critical care, in-patient wards, outpatient and virtual settings
- To coordinate the assessment and triaging of patients whom may need follow up
- To be responsible for the training of staff in the care of hospital patients from basic to complex including terminally ill patients.
- To accept clinical responsibility for a designated specialised caseload of patients, and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
- To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
- To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, patients and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy, and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
Please job description document for full job responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Physiotherapy degree and current HCPC reg
- M level post graduate training
Desirable
- Membership of special interest groups/ committees
- Extended scope skills
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-qualification experience with a minimum of three years in acute medicine/cardio-respiratory/critical care.
- Leadership training and experience
- Outpatient services
Desirable
- Relevant advanced specialist/ extended scope skills
Skills
Essential
- Outpatients/ service management
- Service evaluation/ QI
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Physiotherapy degree and current HCPC reg
- M level post graduate training
Desirable
- Membership of special interest groups/ committees
- Extended scope skills
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-qualification experience with a minimum of three years in acute medicine/cardio-respiratory/critical care.
- Leadership training and experience
- Outpatient services
Desirable
- Relevant advanced specialist/ extended scope skills
Skills
Essential
- Outpatients/ service management
- Service evaluation/ QI
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
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Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
