Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Band 8a Physiotherapist to join the Paediatric Respiratory service within West London Children’s Healthcare (WLCH).

This specialist Band 8a role offers the opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team delivering advanced respiratory physiotherapy care to infants, children and young people with complex respiratory and long-term ventilation needs across acute and community pathways.

WLCH brings together paediatric services across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, providing outstanding opportunities for cross-site collaboration, service development, education and research.

In return, WLCH offers:

• Outstanding learning and development opportunities
• Access to specialist clinical supervision and leadership development
• Opportunities to participate in research and innovation through Imperial College London and the Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health (PaeCH)
• A supportive multidisciplinary working environment
• Opportunities to work across diverse specialist paediatric services
• Access to NHS pension and staff benefits schemes

If you are committed to improving outcomes for children and young people and thrive in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a Band 7 Specialist Physiotherapist within the Paediatric Respiratory and Long-Term Ventilation service across West London Children’s Healthcare (WLCH).The role involves providing highly specialist physiotherapy assessment,treatment and management for infants, children and young people with complex respiratory, neuromuscular and long-term ventilation needs.

The successful candidate will independently manage a complex clinical caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings,delivering evidence-based respiratory physiotherapy interventions and contributing to multidisciplinary care planning.The role requires advanced clinical reasoning, specialist respiratory skills and the ability to work collaboratively with children, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams across acute and community services.

The post holder will also provide line management,leadership and supervision to junior staff, assistants and students,contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives, and support education, audit and research activities within the specialty.

The role includes participation in weekend working and the physiotherapy on-call rota following completion of competency-based training and induction.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and research-active paediatric service within a unique integrated children’s healthcare organisation committed to improving outcomes for children and young people across North West London.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work as a Band 8a Specialist Physiotherapist within the Paediatric Respiratory and Long-Term Ventilation service across West London Children’s Healthcare (WLCH). The role involves providing highly specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and management for infants, children and young people with complex respiratory, neuromuscular and long-term ventilation needs.

The successful candidate will independently manage a complex clinical caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings, delivering evidence-based respiratory physiotherapy interventions and contributing to multidisciplinary care planning. The role requires advanced clinical reasoning, specialist respiratory skills and the ability to work collaboratively with children, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams across acute and community services.

The post holder will also provide line management, leadership and supervision to junior staff, assistants and students, contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives, and support education, audit and research activities within the specialty.

The role includes participation in weekend working and the physiotherapy on-call rota following completion of competency-based training and induction.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and research-active paediatric service within a unique integrated children’s healthcare organisation committed to improving outcomes for children and young people across North West London.