Job summary
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist - Medical Pathway
This role is an exciting career development opportunity for anyone at B7 level who wishes to retain a clinical role whilst further developing their operational and professional leadership experience, or an existing B8a who wishes to broaden their portfolio. We are looking for someone who is ambitious to gain experience leading high quality care in a strong leadership team of established band 7s and clinical specialists, and is driven to develop respiratory expertise and work within a diverse community and workforce.
The successful candidate will have proven clinical leadership skills and experience across services across the acute medical pathway and critical care. They will lead the Medical physiotherapy respiratory teams at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and hold a complex clinical caseload including emergency care pathway, respiratory failure, acute non-invasive ventilation and tracheostomy care. Demonstrating compassionate and inclusive leadership skills, they will be operationally responsible for a team of 12.
Applicants should have experience as a highly specialist clinician and team lead with demonstrable research and education experience, alongside experience in implementing quality improvement.
Main duties of the job
To lead the operation, governance and development of respiratory physiotherapy services across the acute medicine pathway of six wards and Level 2 fifteen bedded unit at St. THOMAS' hospital.
To work closely in partnership with the Clinical Leads Physiotherapist, Senior Consultant Physiotherapist and Respiratory Clinical Specialists to inform the development of respiratory physiotherapy services.
To take alead role in the KHP Cardiovascular & Respiratory Partnership Programme, strengthening the profile of physiotherapy to support achievement of the programme vision.
About us
The physiotherapy department is within the Therapies and Integrated Medicine strategic Directorate together with Speech and Language therapy, Occupational Therapy, Foot Health and Psychology. The physiotherapy department has 350 staff and provides services across the Trust and local boroughs.
Guy'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 have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and are part of King's Health Partners. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals 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 have around 25,000 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the operational management of a specialist Physiotherapy service in conjunction with the Clinical Lead in their specialist area and the Head of Physiotherapy and contributes to/leads departmental management and Trust initiatives in strategic planning and development of a specialist Physiotherapy service across the whole organisation.
- Uses expert clinical reasoning skills to provide highly specialist support and advice to the physiotherapy team and other medical staff, whilst maintaining a clinical caseload of highly complex patients
- Responsible for supporting Tracheostomy assessment and review management team for patients in the acute medical pathway.
- Responsible for physiotherapy non-invasive ventilation service across acute medical pathway.
- Professional and clinical leadership in the development and implementation of a comprehensive training and personal development plan for all designated physiotherapy staff and, in conjunction with the management team, strives to ensure excellence of training across the whole organisation.
- Supports theClinical Lead in a specialist area to identify and implement clinical research, audit and data collection priorities within the area of own expertise to inform departmental clinical development strategy
- Responsible for maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence-based practice and quality assurance in designated area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the operational management of a specialist Physiotherapy service in conjunction with the Clinical Lead in their specialist area and the Head of Physiotherapy and contributes to/leads departmental management and Trust initiatives in strategic planning and development of a specialist Physiotherapy service across the whole organisation.
- Uses expert clinical reasoning skills to provide highly specialist support and advice to the physiotherapy team and other medical staff, whilst maintaining a clinical caseload of highly complex patients
- Responsible for supporting Tracheostomy assessment and review management team for patients in the acute medical pathway.
- Responsible for physiotherapy non-invasive ventilation service across acute medical pathway.
- Professional and clinical leadership in the development and implementation of a comprehensive training and personal development plan for all designated physiotherapy staff and, in conjunction with the management team, strives to ensure excellence of training across the whole organisation.
- Supports theClinical Lead in a specialist area to identify and implement clinical research, audit and data collection priorities within the area of own expertise to inform departmental clinical development strategy
- Responsible for maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence-based practice and quality assurance in designated area.
Person Specification
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential
Desirable
- Membership of relevant special interest group (SIG)
- Membership of CSP
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Post-graduate award in relevant area of specialty
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development relevant to specialty
Desirable
- Full membership of a relevant Chartered Society of Physiotherapy SIG or other relevant professional SIG
- MSc
Previous experience
Essential
- Significant Band 7 level experience of: working within the specialty in both inpatient and outpatient environments, including management of highly complex patients with complex cases relevant to acute and chronic respiratory conditions and disease; non-invasive ventilatory support, tracheostomy care, weaning and rehabilitation of the acutely and post critically unwell patient
- Experience of clinical governance in clinical area, including risk management, patient experience and audit.
- Evidenced experience of participating/leading and completing a clinical development project
- Experience in leading a team including staff performance management, student supervision and recruitment
- Proven record of delivering education utilising a variety of methods to uni/ multi-professional groups and students
- Experience of research methodology
Desirable
- Previous experience working in a Clinical Specialist role
- Evidence of published data in recognised journals
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- In depth knowledge of the speciality, Expert in synthesising respiratory compromise phenomena with contemporary respiratory and rehabilitation science
- Exceptional team building and team working skills, ability to clinically lead teams across a number of locations providing services at different stages of the acute medical and post critical care pathway
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Able to work independently in leading the physiotherapy teams and own clinical practice
- Able to work independently in leading the physiotherapy teams and own clinical practice
- Highly developed communication skills with ability to deal with highly sensitive, emotional, conflicting and contentious matters.
- Ability to make rapid clinical decisions in ambiguous circumstances.
- Ability to develop resilience in self and teams to conflicting priorities and rapid change.
Desirable
- Advanced specialist Physiotherapy skills that may constitute extended scope
- Competent IT skills: ability to create and/or format databases and/or spreadsheets using computerized systems
- Strong presentation skills
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities including therapeutic handling and manual techniques
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment including frequent interruptions
Person Specification
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential
Desirable
- Membership of relevant special interest group (SIG)
- Membership of CSP
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Post-graduate award in relevant area of specialty
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development relevant to specialty
Desirable
- Full membership of a relevant Chartered Society of Physiotherapy SIG or other relevant professional SIG
- MSc
Previous experience
Essential
- Significant Band 7 level experience of: working within the specialty in both inpatient and outpatient environments, including management of highly complex patients with complex cases relevant to acute and chronic respiratory conditions and disease; non-invasive ventilatory support, tracheostomy care, weaning and rehabilitation of the acutely and post critically unwell patient
- Experience of clinical governance in clinical area, including risk management, patient experience and audit.
- Evidenced experience of participating/leading and completing a clinical development project
- Experience in leading a team including staff performance management, student supervision and recruitment
- Proven record of delivering education utilising a variety of methods to uni/ multi-professional groups and students
- Experience of research methodology
Desirable
- Previous experience working in a Clinical Specialist role
- Evidence of published data in recognised journals
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- In depth knowledge of the speciality, Expert in synthesising respiratory compromise phenomena with contemporary respiratory and rehabilitation science
- Exceptional team building and team working skills, ability to clinically lead teams across a number of locations providing services at different stages of the acute medical and post critical care pathway
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Able to work independently in leading the physiotherapy teams and own clinical practice
- Able to work independently in leading the physiotherapy teams and own clinical practice
- Highly developed communication skills with ability to deal with highly sensitive, emotional, conflicting and contentious matters.
- Ability to make rapid clinical decisions in ambiguous circumstances.
- Ability to develop resilience in self and teams to conflicting priorities and rapid change.
Desirable
- Advanced specialist Physiotherapy skills that may constitute extended scope
- Competent IT skills: ability to create and/or format databases and/or spreadsheets using computerized systems
- Strong presentation skills
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities including therapeutic handling and manual techniques
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment including frequent interruptions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
