Community Exercise Volunteer

TN United Kingdom; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An outstanding-rated healthcare provider is seeking a dynamic Band 8a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to join their innovative team. This role focuses on supporting complex respiratory patients across various inpatient wards, including ICU and pediatrics. The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional clinical leadership and teamwork skills, ensuring optimal patient care and rehabilitation. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a respected institution known for its commitment to staff wellbeing and development, making a significant impact on patient outcomes in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing support

Career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Pastoral support team

Access to counselling services

Qualifications

• Experienced physiotherapist with Band 7 or above respiratory experience.
• Expert knowledge in respiratory treatment options and management.

Responsibilities

• Lead physiotherapy for complex respiratory patients in inpatient wards.
• Ensure effective physical rehabilitation in the critical care pathway.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Teamwork

Expert knowledge of respiratory treatment

Tracheostomy management

Research experience in respiratory field

Education

BSc/MSc in Physiotherapy

HCPC Registration

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Client:

Kingston Hospital

Location:

Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames.We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.

We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.

The South West London Collaborative Bank

Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!

Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits

The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Pastoral Wellbeing Practitioners who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Practitioners are part of the wider Health & Wellbeing provision which includes a specialist Staff Physiotherapist, Occupational Health and access to counselling and an Employee Assistance Programme. The team works together to enhance staff wellbeing and to promote a healthy work-life balance.

Recent awards:

- Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year

- HPMAVivupAward for Well Being 2019

- NHSE National Healthcare Support Worker Award for Innovation and Excellence in Pastoral Support – 2023

- NHSE London Healthcare Support Worker Award for Sustainable Retention Initiative – 2023

Trust Values

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:

- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Job overview

We are delighted to be offering this Band 8a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist post in Respiratory. We are looking for an experienced, innovative and enthusiastic physiotherapist to join our expanding, forward thinking and dynamic team. This role will support complex respiratory patients in all our inpatient wards at Kingston Hospital, including ICU, Paediatrics, Surgery, Medicine and Care of the Elderly.

For further details or an informal visit contact:

• To be the Physiotherapy Clinical Lead for complex respiratory patients on the inpatient wards,including Intensive Care Unit and paediatrics.
• To perform as an autonomous practitioner undertaking a specific clinical caseload in the expertassessment and treatment of patients who often have highly complex and/or chronicpresentations, using expert clinical reasoning skills in order to provide optimal physiotherapymanagement.
• To be responsible for ensuring clinically effective physical rehabilitation is delivered as part ofthe critical care rehabilitation pathway
• To identify areas for audit and research within areas of expertise to drive departmental objectivesand facilitate change.

Working for our organisation

Kingston Hospital is an Outstanding-rated CQC Trust. It is a busy acute district general hospital with a strong culture of Trust values.

Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:

- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**

Person specification

Qualifications

• Bsc/Msc Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registration

Experience

• Band 7 or above respiratory experience
• Knowledge and experience with wide range of respiratory conditions
• Expert knowledge & application of respiratory treatment options
• Expert knowledge of tracheostomy management
• Staff supervision and clinical development experience
• Clinical governance experience
• Experience with formal presentations to MDT

Knowledge

• Experience of research in respiratory field

Skills

• Clinical leadership experience and attendance at relevant courses
• Exceptional team working skills

Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS : We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.