Clinical Lead Physiotherapist

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Clinical Lead Physiotherapist to join their innovative team. In this pivotal role, you will lead and manage a dedicated team, driving quality improvement initiatives while providing expert clinical care to patients with Cystic Fibrosis and bronchiectasis. This position offers a unique opportunity to work within a supportive multi-disciplinary environment, fostering professional growth through education and development opportunities. If you are passionate about making a difference in patient care and thrive in a dynamic setting, this role could be your next great career move.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Education and development opportunities

Supportive multi-disciplinary team

Qualifications

• Clinical experience in respiratory specialties, including Cystic Fibrosis.
• Expertise in managing Non-invasive ventilation and staff management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Physiotherapists and exercise physiologists.
• Drive initiatives within CF and bronchiectasis teams.

Skills

MS Office applications

Leadership skills

Analytical ability

Organisational ability

Risk management

Education

Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Masters level qualification or equivalent

Tools

Non-medical prescriber training

QI training

Leadership training

Job description

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Whether you’re looking to gain experience in a large, fast-paced hospital or get out into the community, we have a range of opportunities that allow you to build your entire career in one trust.

For us, every day is different. We provide care to a diverse population of 2.5 million across east London – that’s 6,000 people every day, speaking over 60 different languages. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to ensuring that people living in east London live healthy lives.

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.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced and innovative clinician, with experience of quality improvement and staff management, to join our forward-thinking department. The clinical lead Physiotherapist role is influential in leading and delivering on the vision and direction of Physiotherapy in CF and bronchiectasis.

This position has a key clinical leadership and management role, championing and driving initiatives within the CF and bronchiectasis teams. Clinically the post holder will support and manage Physiotherapists and exercise physiologists and work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including dieticians, nurses and respiratory consultants. Their clinical work will enable their team to deliver diagnostic and clinical care to CF and bronchiectasis patients, providing expert advice on complex clinical issues.

Main duties of the job

We are excited to be advertising for the role of Clinical lead Physiotherapist within CF and bronchiectasis at St Bartholomew’s hospital. This position has a key clinical leadership and management role, championing and driving initiatives within the CF and bronchiectasis teams. You will benefit from a supportive multi-disciplinary team and be able to access a wide range of education and development opportunities to further develop your potential within the four pillars of clinical practice, research, education and leadership. You will maintain a complex clinical caseload and be encouraged to drive innovation and research within your area.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person specification

Experience

• Clinical experience of a wide range of respiratory specialities which includes adult Cystic Fibrosis or Non-CF Bronchiectasis
• Expert knowledge of managing patients requiring Non-invasive ventilation, both acutely and for domiciliary use
• Experience of managing senior and junior staff
• Operational management in a complex environment
• Successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects.
• Working across and leading Trust wide projects
• Ability to understand complex issues, problem solve and propose solutions
• Experience of managing a budget
• Experience at leading geographically dispersed teams
• Experience of managing a research project

Skills

• Fluent in the use of MS Office applications
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills
• Good analytical & organisational ability
• Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Ability to identify and manage risks to patients in environments which may be highly distressing, antagonistic, open to aggression and/or unpleasant to self, patients and others.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of relevant masters level qualification or equivalent specialist experience
• Member of the CSP
• Evidence of CPD including attendance at post graduate course/training relevant to clinical specialty
• Demonstrates a high level understanding of respiratory services
• Non-medical prescriber
• Member of the ACPCF
• QI training
• Leadership training

Other

• Lead by example, promoting the highest standards of personal and professional conduct, integrity and probity.
• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
• Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making and delivering in a timely and confident manner.
• Demonstrates a real commitment to working with, involving and consulting patients and other stakeholders in decisions about service delivery and improvement
• Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.