Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Respiratory Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Until April 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-call duties)
- Job ref
- 196-LIS9770
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Evelina Childrens Hopsital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc. H.C.A.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist- Chronic Respiratory
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced physiotherapist to provide expert support to our Paediatric Respiratory service, working with both inpatients and outpatients on a 6-month fixed term basis.
This role involves delivering high-quality physiotherapy assessments and treatments, including initiating and evaluating individualised treatment programs for patients with complex respiratory conditions, including asthma, non-CF bronchiectasis, breathing pattern disorders and complex neuro-disability airway clearance. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and adjusting treatment plans, teaching physiotherapy techniques, and providing education to patients, families, and caregivers. Additionally, you will play a key role in leading or supporting physiotherapy services within ELCH while collaborating closely with the chronic respiratory multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a skilled physiotherapist to join our team, specialising in the assessment and treatment of paediatric patients with complex respiratory conditions across various settings, including acute wards, day-case unit and outpatient clinics. You will support acute paediatric ward staff with complex respiratory cases, provide cross-cover for the Long Term Ventilation Team, and utilise advanced clinical reasoning to develop and adjust individualised physiotherapy management programs. In this role, you will also contribute to the ongoing development of the Paediatric Chronic Respiratory Service by collaborating with medical colleagues to set standards, monitor service delivery, and lead audits. You will offer specialist advice and guidance to junior staff and other healthcare professionals, and ensure clinical governance and risk management practices are upheld with evidence-based treatment plans.
Working for our organisation
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 are the second largest provider of children's services in London.
We provide hospital care and treatment at both our purpose-built children’s hospital on the St Thomas’ Hospital site. We care for families in our local areas and provide an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions from across south London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Our vision is to be a world leading centre of life-changing care for children, young people and their families.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be responsible in a team leader role alongside the clinical lead in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy service provided to children with complex and long-term respiratory conditions.
Manage a caseload of patients with highly complex needs, using evidence-based and client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. Provide this service with a caseload of complex cases as an autonomous practitioner, demonstrating high-level problem solving and clinical reasoning skills, and independence in judgement.
Provision of education and training to families, carers and the MDT is an integral part of this role.
To work within the in-patient team as required to manage children with a wide range of cardiorespiratory conditions.
To use validated and appropriate outcome measures and set individualised patient goals.
To support the clinical leads in providing leadership for senior and junior staff, through regular supervision and annual appraisal. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Paediatric Physiotherapy Service. To work closely with the acute physiotherapy team at Royal Brompton site to develop 1 service across 2 sites.
To work with colleagues to ensure the continuing professional development and overall performance of physiotherapy staff in paediatrics and as a potential member of a range of Trust quality/process improvement project groups.
Supervise, educate and assess the performance of junior physiotherapy staff to ensure theoretical and clinical knowledge meets departmental standards. Additionally to supervise, educate and assess the performance of Physiotherapy students.
Due to the strong commitment to evidence-based practice throughout the Trust, CPD and study leave will be well supported, and involvement in audit, research and policy development is encouraged and facilitated.
Responsible for maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence-based practice and quality assurance in designated area.
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Equivalent or equal to a degree in Physiotherapy
- Health and Care Professional council registration
- Relevant validated clinical courses accredited as equivalent to masters level
Desirable criteria
- Member of relevant National SIG
- Post graduate course in management/leadership
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable post graduate experience
- Participation in paediatric respiratory out of hours working.
- Experience of paediatric respiratory physiotherapy management in acute and chronic conditions
- Experience of working in a MDT
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in research and/or clinical audit.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Core skills in cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy
- Ability to assess and treat complex patients in the paediatric respiratory field
- Advanced clinical reasoning
- Ability to teach in a range of settings including clinical and academic.
- Able to organise and prioritise own workload
- Excellent organisational and leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of current national policies/standards/initiatives in paediatric care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chelsi Freeman
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 7188 4660
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