Highly Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist, Cystic Fibrosis

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts.  We are looking for a Band 7 who is ready for new challenges or an experienced Band 6 who is seeking promotional opportunities to join our team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts.  We are looking for a Band 7 who is ready for new challenges or an experienced Band 6 who is seeking promotional opportunities to join our team.

The successful candidate will be a dedicated, innovative, passionate, skilled and motivated clinician with experience of working within a Cystic Fibrosis and Non-CF Bronchiectasis patient population. They will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with empathy and compassion at the heart of the care that they provide within the framework of our multi-disciplinary team. The role will be split between inpatient and outpatient working whilst supporting a team of physiotherapists with the other band 7s.

At Bart’s our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of care and being an outstanding place to work. Or this reason, we recognise the importance of personal and professional development and that it is crucial to the success of our service.  We therefore offer a robust teaching and training programme with the opportunity to complete Quality Improvement and Audit projects and we provide a supportive and engaging environment to develop and grow our therapists. As a band 7 you will also have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory and leadership skills through supporting and supervising junior therapists, therapy support workers and students.

Main duties of the job

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. This role provides a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to further develop their clinical and leadership potential and make a difference to the patients we serve and so if you are interested, we would love to hear from you!

Good luck with your application Emily

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.