Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist PCD

The Methodist Church in Britain; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD support

Career progression

Multidisciplinary team exposure

On-site hospital setting

Job summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust seeks a specialist paediatric physiotherapist to assess and treat children with PCD across outpatient, inpatient, home, and school settings. You will work autonomously, lead the team alongside a Band 7 colleague, and participate in weekend and out-of-hours on-call cover.

Applicants should have substantial post-registration cardio-respiratory experience in paediatrics, HCPC registration, and a track record in leadership and supervising students.

Qualifications

• Post-registration cardio-respiratory experience, including acute paediatric work.
• Leadership experience in a clinical team.
• Experience supervising students or junior staff.
• HCPC registration is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist physiotherapy assessment and intervention for children with PCD in outpatient clinics.
• Support hospital inpatients and community settings (homes, schools, shared-care).
• Lead autonomous service delivery, plan and evaluate daily operations.
• Deputise for paediatric clinical lead as required; participate in on-call rotas.
• Lead service development and contribute to audits and research.

Skills

Paediatric respiratory care

Autonomous practitioner

Leadership

Team collaboration

Excellent communication

Education

BSc Physiotherapist

Tools

HCPC registered

Job description

This specialist paediatric physiotherapy post sits in the Paediatric Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia team at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on autonomous assessment and treatment of children with PCD across outpatient, inpatient, home, school and shared-care settings. Team leadership alongside a Band 7 colleague, lone working and weekend and out-of-hours on-call set the role apart. Fit depends on substantial post-registration respiratory experience, including acute paediatric work, and HCPC registration.

What the job involves

• Provide highly specialist physiotherapy assessment and intervention for children and young people with PCD in outpatient clinics at the Royal Brompton Hospital
• Support children and young people admitted to Evelina London Children's Hospital
• Deliver specialist care in homes, schools and shared-care clinics
• Manage a significant caseload of complex paediatric patients as an autonomous practitioner, including acute, chronic, disabling and life-limiting conditions
• Determine clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment, and maintain records
• Act as team leader alongside the clinical lead, planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the paediatric physiotherapy service day to day
• Deputise for the paediatric clinical lead physiotherapist as required
• Take part in weekend and out-of-hours on-call physiotherapy cover
• Lead PCD service development and implement policy changes with MDT colleagues
• Provide clinical supervision, education and training for team members, the MDT and staff outside the Trust
• Mentor junior colleagues and students
• Collaborate with national and international PCD networks, and contribute to audit and research

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree in Physiotherapy BSc (Hons) or equivalent

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Significant post-graduate cardio-respiratory experience, including acute paediatric respiratory experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of leadership
• Experience of supervising students

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to assess and treat complex paediatric respiratory and critical care patients
• Sound clinical decision making and reasoning
• Understanding of cardiorespiratory physiology and pathophysiology specific to the post
• Ability to work independently, prioritise own workload and work as a lone worker
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent written and oral communication

Other

• Ability to manage stressful environments, such as with sick children or emotional carers, in hospital and community settings
• Flexible working approach
• Commitment to personal and team development
• Commitment to the speciality

Nice to have

• Membership of a relevant specialist interest group, such as ACPC or ACPRC
• Previous experience of working in the community
• Relevant validated clinical courses accredited as equivalent to masters level
• Participation in audit and research
• Lecturing skills
• Car driver and car owner

What’s offered

• Work within one of the UK's leading specialist paediatric PCD services
• Role spanning community, outpatient and inpatient settings
• Close collaboration with an expert multidisciplinary team
• Opportunities to influence service innovation, lead quality improvement projects and contribute to research
• Support for continuing professional development, leadership development and career progression