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Band 6 Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist  

(Respiratory Rotations Scheme)

We have an exciting opportunity to join Barts Health therapies across the Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew’s, and Tower Hamlets Community Respiratory Team (ARCARE), as part of our cross site respiratory rotations. We are looking for an experienced band 5 or established band 6 with experience across acute rotations.

Experience can be gained in the following areas:

• Adult Critical Care including major trauma and neurosurgical admissions
• Cardiovascular pathways at Barts Heart Centre, a commissioned VV-ECMO service, complex cardio-thoracic surgery including aorto-vascular and robotic thoracic surgery
• General surgery including regional services in upper GI and hepato-biliary surgery
• Acute specialist respiratory medicine
• Community pulmonary and cardio-vascular conditions management through admission avoidance, early supported discharge, virtual wards, and pulmonary rehabilitation
• Regional complex and long-term ventilation
• Cystic fibrosis

 Applicants will have strong clinical skills with a holistic approach to patient care and evidence-based practice approach. We offer excellent opportunities for clinical supervision and managerial development, education programmes, and work closely with our Barts Health Education Academy

Main duties of the job

• To assist and contribute to organising, developing and delivering a high quality physiotherapy service provided to a wide variety of in-patients.
• To work in a diverse multicultural environment and refine and develop experience across specialist physiotherapy areas and rotations in our RLH/SBH/Community cross-site nine-monthly rotation
• To deliver specialised physiotherapeutic intervention to patients using highly developed skills in assessment and treatment of patients.
• To contribute to the development of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness during each rotation.
• To participate in the emergency and on call rota across the Royal London Hospital site (and as required across the wider Barts Health sites).

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and 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 harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.