Overview
St Bartholomew's Hospital (Barts) are searching for a highly Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist in Cystic Fibrosis to join their highly skilled team.
Our group of hospitals provide a huge range of clinical services to people in east London and beyond.
We operate from four major hospital sites (The Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Whipps Cross and Newham) and a number of community locations, including Mile End hospital. Around 2.5 million people living in east London look to our services to provide them with the healthcare they need.
Job Purpose
We are excited to be advertising for the role of Highly Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist at St Bartholomew’s hospital. Clinically the post holder will support and manage Physiotherapists and an exercise physiologist within the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) service and work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Their clinical work will support their team to deliver diagnostic and clinical care to CF and Bronchiectasis patients, providing expert advice on complex clinical issues.
We are looking for an experienced and innovative clinician to undertake a highly specialist team leader role alongside the clinical lead in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the inpatient and outpatient CF and Bronchiectasis Physiotherapy service on a day-to-day basis.
You will provide Physiotherapy to both Inpatients and Outpatient clinics and support the home review program for patients with CF on home intravenous antibiotic therapy or requiring outreach care.
You will take a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the specialty as an autonomous practitioner. You will work alongside two other band 7 physiotherapists and be responsible for the supervision of junior team members and co-ordination of the daily allocation of workloads within the CF physiotherapy team.
You will also be responsible for the continuing professional development and overall performance of all therapy staff in the service working with the Clinical Lead Therapist to develop the service to best meet changing health and social care agendas.
St Bart’s Therapies department strives to contribute to the hospitals mission to be a centre of excellence in cardiac, respiratory and cancer care. As a department we are passionate about innovation in service delivery and promoting a healthy workplace culture where staff feel valued and want to come and work.
Qualifications and Requirements
* BSc Physiotherapy
* HCPC Registration
* Specialist cardiorespiratory experience at band 6/7 level
* Experience within Cystic Fibrosis and non-CF Bronchiectasis
* NIV experience acute and Domiciliary
* Excellent organisational and leadership skills
* Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
* Ability to assess and treat complex patients with chronic respiratory disease and escalate to critical if needed
* Experience of managing respiratory outpatients
* Ability to work independently
* Able to organise, prioritise own workload
* Experience in delegating appropriately to others
* In-depth understanding of clinical governance
* Supervision of students
* Experienced in delivering clinical education to range of staff groups of varying knowledge
* Able to work actively within a multidisciplinary team
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Why Join Barts Health?
* Be part of a diverse and inclusive team committed to excellence
* Access to NHS benefits including pension scheme and generous annual leave
* Work in a state-of-the-art facility at the heart of East London
* Contribute to a service that supports over 2.5 million people across London
* Access to free Core Skills training via Bank Partners
Application
Apply now for this superb opportunity by attaching your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in contact with you shortly.
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