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 specialist physiotherapy to outpatients with chronic respiratory disease including severe asthma, bronchiectasis and interstitial lung disease. This will include planning, coordinating, 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.
Key responsibilities
* 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.
* Take a key role in the tertiary multi‑professional services to patients with severe asthma, non‑CF bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, complex COPD including the LVR pathway.
* Lead, alongside the service management team, to plan, co‑ordinate, deliver and evaluate the outpatient physiotherapy service.
* Lead the advanced assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex needs, determining clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment and maintaining records as an autonomous practitioner.
* Organise, co‑ordinate and deliver the service day‑to‑day within the hospital and support the development of the service along with other members of the adult lung team.
* Supervise junior team members.
* Actively contribute to continuous service development using audit, evaluation and quality improvement methodology.
* Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including patient management, and support more junior staff to do likewise on a daily basis.
* Interpret and analyse clinical and non‑clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognoses in a wide range of highly complex conditions, recommend best intervention, and develop comprehensive discharge plans.
* Undertake advanced comprehensive assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills, formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning and a wide range of treatment skills and options.
* Work in a variety of clinical areas including critical care, in‑patient wards, outpatient and virtual settings.
* Coordinate the assessment and triage of patients requiring follow‑up.
* Provide training to staff in the care of patients from basic to complex, including terminally ill patients.
* Accept clinical responsibility for a designated specialised caseload of patients and organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and time use.
* Demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co‑ordination and palpatory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
* Provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers, patients and other professionals to promote understanding of physiotherapy aims and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
Working conditions
Flexible working is encouraged – staff may be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern, including evenings or weekends, to deliver services in a way that best meets patient needs and promotes a healthy work‑life balance.
Equality and diversity
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies 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 throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
Position details
NHS AfC: Band 7
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