This is an exciting opportunity for Physiotherapists with proven clinical and interpersonal skills to join one of the largest Respiratory physiotherapy teams in the UK. Successful candidates will join the Heart Lung and Critical Care clinical group respiratory physiotherapy rotational scheme.
You will gain experience treating a wide variety of clinical conditions. You will have the opportunity to develop both your clinical and non-clinical skills including appraisal and supervision of junior staff and students, participating in projects contributing to service development and delivery of training programmes and teaching both within the trust and our partner organisations.
Staff need to be prepared to participate in any of the rotations within the rotational scheme and on call. You will be expected to embrace the departments equity, inclusion and diversity working ethos.
To provide a high standard physiotherapy service to inpatients and specialist clinics, within the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust. This post is part of a 6, occasional 12 monthly rotation scheme, across both sites of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust in the following areas:
Cardiac & Surgery, Critical Care, Medical, Lane Fox Ventilation and Weaning Unit, Lane Fox outreach, Integrated Respiratory Team, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Older Persons Unit Medical, Head & Neck Surgery, Oncology in and out patients, Respiratory outpatients.
Applicants would manage their own case load, be responsible for their clinical governance and development while being supported by the wider respiratory team.
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 among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. 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.
We have around 22,700 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.
To be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of the post-holders own work
To carry out assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including those with complex presentations, and using clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice, determines appropriate care plan utilising wide range of treatment skills and options
To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnoses in a wide range of conditions including those with a complex presentation, with occasional guidance from specialist physiotherapists
To formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive discharge plans
To continually reassess patients in order to progress treatments effectively
To co-ordinate intervention which may include other disciplines; advises and educates patient/carers/relatives/other health professionals
Responsible for maintenance of accurate written records using POMR system and use of computerised data collection and records and comprehensive progress and discharge reports to medical referrers as required by rotation
To manage clinical risk within own caseload at all times
To participate in on-call and emergency duties as lone practitioner within the Trust
To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy assessment and interventions including manual handling techniques and therapeutic handling
To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner, including but not limited to those in oncology, ICU, vascular and neurology.
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