Highly Specialised Physiotherapist Specialist Medicine

Barts Health Nhs Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in the UK is seeking a highly specialist rehabilitation physiotherapist to join their Specialist Medicine Team at the Royal London Hospital. The role includes leading patient assessments, supporting service development, and delivering high-quality care in a diverse, multicultural environment. Successful candidates should have a passion for improving patient care and will be responsible for both clinical and team development. This position is suitable for those ready to take the next step in their physiotherapy career.

Qualifications

• Experience with evidence based and innovative patient care.
• Knowledge of local and national guidance in acute rehabilitation and respiratory care.
• Ability to lead on service development and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced assessment and treatment of patients with complex rehabilitation needs.
• Oversee clinical governance and staff development within the team.
• Support overnight respiratory on-call services.

Skills

Leadership in healthcare

Experience in rehabilitation

Quality improvement project delivery

Teaching skills

Education

Relevant healthcare qualification

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to Join Barts health Trust as a highly specialist rehabilitation physiotherapist in the Specialist Medicine Team at the Royal London Hospital. Barts Health is a high performing group of NHS hospitals that is renowned for excellence and innovation, providing equitable, safe and compassionate care to our patient in East London and beyond.

Responsibilities

• To work in a diverse multicultural environment in a leadership role within the specialist medicine team to deliver high quality, patient focussed care
• To take a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients living with long term conditions with complex rehabilitation needs across the acute medical wards including Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary, Renal, Endocrinology & Haematology, Respiratory and Cardiology
• To take a lead role in the advances assessment and treatment of outlying neurological and stroke patients on the medical wards including leading on facilitating their transition closer to home
• To support with clinical leads in service development leading on innovation and quality improvement in line with local and national healthcare priorities
• To be responsible for the induction, supervision, learning and development of rotational staff within the team.
• To be jointly responsible with clinical leads for overseeing clinical governance within the team including but not limited to managing clinical risk, staff development, and rota management.
• To support the overnight respiratory on-call services

We are looking for a highly motivated individual that is passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative care to patients living with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions. The team covers the Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary, Renal wards and HDU, Endocrinology & Haematology, Respiratory and Cardiology wards including all neurological and stroke outliers. The Respiratory ward has two 4 bedded enhanced care bays that cares for patients on NIV, heated high flow therapy and those with altered airways.

Successful candidates will be experienced in delivering quality improvement projects and will lead on service development under the guidance of the clinical leads. They will have knowledge of local and national guidance and initiatives relating to acute rehabilitation and respiratory care and be experienced in delivering teaching to a range of audiences.

This opportunity is suitable for an experience band 6 who is ready for the next step in their career or an existing band 7 looking to broaden their experience.

About Barts Health

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.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.