Principal Physiotherapist - Respiratory

The Acute Cardio-Respiratory 8a PT is responsible for the clinical leadership and operational management of 25.4 WTE's, across 15 clinical areas. The post holder has 4.4 WTE direct reports and clinical responsibility for staff providing respiratory care out of hours / weekends across the hospital (84 additional staff).



Main duties of the job



The post holder will assess and treat their own complex workload of patients and maintain associated patient records utilising knowledge and skills gained through attainment of competencies, experience and relevant qualifications.



The post holder is responsible for the operational management of the cardio-respiratory physiotherapy team, ensuring delivery of high quality person centred acute cardio respiratory physiotherapy and acute rehabilitation including step down from critical care measured by clinical outcomes, patient experience and patient safety measures.



The post holder is integral to the delivery of effective and safe patient flow through the hospital by leading on high quality acute assessment and rehabilitation pathways, supporting the MDT team with timely patient discharge across the clinical areas of critical care, surgery, renal and specialist medicine including the heart failure unit, ADU and respiratory wards.



The post holder supervises, initiates and participate in evidence-based quality improvement projects and national audits including recommendations for change in practice.



The post holder will participate in the 7 day acute respiratory service across the acute site including night time on calls.



The post holder works closely with the Community Respiratory Physiotherapy Team Lead strengthening pathways for patients with respiratory disease across the acute and community interface.



About us



St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.



With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.



Co-located with St George's, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King's Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.



Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.



St George's Hospital is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4's '24 Hours in A& E' programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.



Job description

Job responsibilities



Please refer to the supporting document attached, ensuring that any application refers to supporting documents and person specification



Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy


• HPC Registration


• Working at master's level as demonstrated by ongoing CPD including master's level accreditation, lecturing on master's level courses and research / publications.


• Post registration training in respiratory physiotherapy and management


• Commitment to advanced clinical professional development

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification e.g. MSc Respiratory Physiology


• Membership of a special interest group


• Member of relevant appropriate multi professional interest group e.g. BTS

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 6 years post registration respiratory experience


• Minimum 3 years at Band 7 level experience of working in respiratory physiotherapy, including management of critically ill patients.


• Expert knowledge & experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of patients across several respiratory specialities including critical care settings, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning.


• Expert level of knowledge in the application of all respiratory modalities including invasive and non-invasive respiratory support


• Expert level of knowledge of tracheostomy management including development of weaning strategies


• Previous experience of student supervision and clinical education


• Previous experience of formal presentations to multi professional groups


• Evidence of continued professional development, reviewing current practise and research developments within respiratory care and trauma, with application to clinical practise


• Robust understanding of research methodology


• Demonstrated understanding of the role of physiotherapy within the evolving health environment


• Clear understanding of other disciplines' roles and expectations


• Robust understanding of all aspects of Clinical Governance including previous experience of quality issues, audit, and risk management

Desirable

• Previous experience as a clinical specialist physiotherapist (or equivalent ) in a teaching hospital environment


• Actively involved in developing research links with other academic institutions


• Actively involved in teaching specialisms / extended scope to the multi-disciplinary team.


• Actively involved in audit and service evaluation


• Evidence of publications in recognised respiratory journals.

Skills

Essential

• Expert advanced clinical practitioner


• Exceptional team building and team working skills.


• Excellent time management and organisational skills


• Able to present information, written or orally in a clear and logical fashion.


• Ability to keep legible and accurate records in English using POMR format.


• Competent I.T. skills


• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies including the Data Protection, Equal Opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the patient


• Proven clinical leadership ability.


• Able to recognise in yourself and individuals work related stress and pressures.


• Confidence in teaching multidisciplinary staff groups


• Conduct professional affairs in a confident and assertive manner.


• Able to work independently.


• Excellent presentation skills


• Ability to exert moderate to intense physical effort for frequent periods of up to 40 minutes at a time throughout the working day.


• Able to carry out concurrent activities (multi-tasking) and work in an unpredictable working pattern (will be required to carry a bleep)


• Ability to frequently cope with working in a stressful environment and with intense concentration for periods of up to 40 minutes at a time throughout the day.


• Ability to frequently cope with daily exposure to highly unpleasant working conditions (i.e. sputum, body fluids, incontinence, verbal abuse, etc.)

Desirable

• Evidence of extended scope (e.g. tracheostomy changes and de-cannulation, ABG sampling, LUS)


• evidence of service development / scaling up new services

Other

Essential

• Physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines


• Able to perform emergency duties.


• Professional demeanour


• Able to alter their working patterns to include working extended hours (between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday), unsociable hours (8pm to 8am Monday to Friday) and weekend working (8pm Friday to 8am Monday). This may be via additional on-call hours, shift pattern or another system.

Employer details

Employer name



St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust



Address



St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London



Blackshaw road



London



SW17 0QT







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