Job Description
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it.
Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease.
Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care.
We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success.
We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Job overviewThe Royal Brompton Hospital provides one of the UK’s largest specialist adult Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) services, delivering highly specialised, multidisciplinary care to adults with this rare, complex respiratory condition.
The service supports a large regional and national caseload, offering outpatient and inpatient care, long-term disease management, and close collaboration with paediatric and local respiratory teams.The adult PCD service is delivered by an experienced multidisciplinary team including respiratory consultants, specialist nurses, physiotherapists, dietitians, psychologists, and administrative staff. The service provides comprehensive outpatient and inpatient care, diagnostic review, long-term disease management, exacerbation support, and education to enable patients to self-manage their condition effectively.Physiotherapy is a core and integral component of the adult PCD service, playing a key role in assessment, treatment planning, and long-term management, with a strong focus on airway clearance, exercise / physical activity promotion, and patient education. Physiotherapists work autonomously and collaboratively within the MDT, contributing to service development, clinical leadership, audit, and research, to ensure the delivery of evidence-based, high-quality care aligned with national and international standards for PCD management.Main duties of the jobThe post holder will be a highly specialist clinician with responsibility for the planning, co-ordination, delivery, and evaluation of the adult PCD service on a day-to-day basis.
This is primarily in an outpatient setting, day case and virtual clinics. They will work across the Adult PCD service and be based within the adult CF / PCD therapy team. They will work alongside fellow band 7 physiotherapists and will provide support and leadership to rotational band 5 and band 6 physiotherapists, as well as an exercise practitioner.Working for our organisationGuy’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 are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. Royal Brompton and Harefield 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.We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it.
It is important that you understand and reflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust. Our values are: We Are· Caring – we put patients first· Ambitious – we innovate and strive for excellence· Inclusive – we respect each other and work collaborativelyDetailed job description and main responsibilitiesThe role will involve:- Taking a lead role as an autonomous practitioner within the advanced assessment, clinical diagnosis, and treatment of adults with PCD. This will include patients who may have highly complex needs, acute, chronic, disabling and life limiting conditions.
Interventions may include, but are not limited to, the management of complex airway clearance, optimising non-invasive ventilation, drug-response assessments, exercise prescription and supporting patients at end-of-life. - Leading in the planning, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the PCD and wider respiratory physiotherapy service.- Multidisciplinary team working and consultation with staff, including doctors, nurses, wider PCD MDT, and other members of the CF/PCD therapy team- Being a highly specialist resource and providing education and training to medical and other multi-disciplinary staff, both within PCD and the wider R&T team- Supervising and line managing junior members of the adult CF/PCD and/or respiratory medicine physiotherapy teams.- Maintaining collective responsibility for the continuing professional development and overall performance of all physiotherapy staff in the adult CF/PCD therapy service.- Deputising for the Adult CF Clinical Speciality Lead when required.- Utilising quality improvement and research skills for audit, policy and service development, as well as clinical research. - Working clinically across respiratory medicine services with ability to lead in the assessment and treatment of complex respiratory medicine patients including sleep and ventilation, asthma, CF, bronchiectasis and ILD.Further information about the role, duties and responsibilities are outlined within the attached job description.
Person specificationQualificationEssential criteria- HCPC Registered Physiotherapist- Evidence of CPD / further professional developmentDesirable criteria- Member of CSP and/or ACPRC- Student educators course- Further training in respiratory medicine (courses, conferences)ExperienceEssential criteria- Senior cardiorespiratory physiotherapy experience- MDT working experience- Project work - audit, QI, service evaluationDesirable criteria- Additional relevant experience in NIV, end of life care, pelvic health- Teaching / lecturing experience- Research experienceSkillsEssential criteria- Leadership skills - delegation, coaching, mentoring, appraisal, line management- IT skills and computer literacy- Advanced communication and interpersonal skillsGuy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients.
This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.Flexible workingWe are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying.
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