Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Physiotherapist in Pulmonary Rehabilitation

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Job summary

The Greenwich Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service has received significant funding to expand the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team. We are now looking for an experienced enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our expanding team. The PR team sits within the wider Greenwich Community COPD Team.

The role will involve a mixture of managerial and clinical allotted time to support the band 6 physiotherapists, rehabilitation assistant, administrator and students on placement, to ensure the safe and effective delivery of PR within the borough. Clinical responsibility will require assessing patients within their own homes or clinic setting, to assess for suitability for Pulmonary Rehabilitation. The post holder will also be responsible for delivering Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the 2 community venues within the borough.

The post holder will be supported by the COPD Team Lead.

Main duties of the job

To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient physiotherapy service in the pulmonary rehabilitation service.
To use highly specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills, to manage own complex caseload, as an autonomous practitioner.
To lead and manage staff and to supervise, teach and develop staff and students to meet individual and service needs.
To deputise for the Clinical Lead when necessary.
To practice within the multidisciplinary team as an autonomous practitioner, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Date posted

10 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year pa inc

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-5792277-CPH

Job locations

151 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

Abbey Wood

SE2 0AS

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for the efficient, effective and safe management of all patients referred to the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team

To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise

To undertake physiotherapy assessments in across various community settings including clients homes.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for the efficient, effective and safe management of all patients referred to the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team

To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise

To undertake physiotherapy assessments in across various community settings including clients homes.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Degree in physiotherapy
Registered HCPC

Desirable

Evidence of up to date CPD and short courses in resp mx

skills

Essential

Knowledge and understanding in a broad range of respiratory conditions and problems particularly COPD

skills/knowledge/experience

Essential

Extensive specialist experience in pulmonary rehabilitation

Desirable

Supervising students/RA

skills

Essential

Car driver and owner

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Degree in physiotherapy
Registered HCPC

Desirable

Evidence of up to date CPD and short courses in resp mx

skills

Essential

Knowledge and understanding in a broad range of respiratory conditions and problems particularly COPD

skills/knowledge/experience

Essential

Extensive specialist experience in pulmonary rehabilitation

Desirable

Supervising students/RA

skills

Essential

Car driver and owner

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

151 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

Abbey Wood

SE2 0AS

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

151 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

Abbey Wood

SE2 0AS

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)