Specialist Physiotherapist: Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Specialist Physiotherapist in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. You will manage complex paediatric respiratory cases across inpatient and outpatient settings, delivering advanced physiotherapy with families and multidisciplinary teams at Chelsea and Westminster and cross-site WLCH.
The role offers leadership responsibilities, involvement in service development, education, and potential research activities within a
Qualifications
- Degree in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration are required.
- Evidence of ongoing CPD and clinical education experience preferred.
- Experience leading a therapy team and training colleagues is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Independently manage a complex paediatric respiratory caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Deliver evidence-based respiratory physiotherapy and contribute to multidisciplinary care planning.
- Provide leadership and supervision to junior staff, and support service development and research activities.
Skills
Education
Job description
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 24 November 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Physiotherapist to join the Paediatric Respiratory service within West London Children's Healthcare (WLCH) working with Dr. Michelle Chatwin and Ruth Wakeman.
This specialist Band 7 role offers the opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team delivering advanced respiratory physiotherapy care to infants, children and young people with complex respiratory and long-term ventilation needs across acute and community pathways.
WLCH brings together paediatric services across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, providing outstanding opportunities for cross-site collaboration, service development, education and research.
We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician with significant paediatric respiratory experience, excellent clinical reasoning skills and a passion for delivering high-quality family-centred care.
In return, WLCH offers:
- Outstanding learning and development opportunities
- Access to specialist clinical supervision and leadership development
- Opportunities to participate in research and innovation through Imperial College London and the Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health (PaeCH)
- A supportive multidisciplinary working environment
- Opportunities to work across diverse specialist paediatric services
- Access to NHS pension and staff benefits schemes
The successful candidate will independently manage a complex clinical caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings, delivering evidence-based respiratory physiotherapy interventions and contributing to multidisciplinary care planning. The role requires advanced clinical reasoning, specialist respiratory skills and the ability to work collaboratively with children, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams across acute and community services.
The post holder will work as a Band 7 Specialist Physiotherapist within the Paediatric Respiratory and Long-Term Ventilation service across West London Children's Healthcare (WLCH). The role involves providing highly specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and management for infants, children and young people with complex respiratory, neuromuscular and long-term ventilation needs.
The post holder will also provide leadership and supervision to junior staff, assistants and students, contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives, and support education, audit and research activities within the specialty.
The role includes participation in weekend working and the physiotherapy on-call rota following completion of competency-based training and induction.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and research-active paediatric service within a unique integrated children's healthcare organisation committed to improving outcomes for children and young people across North West London.
Our Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC rates us Good in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and Outstanding in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid.
We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe diversity drives innovation and excellence. We welcome applications from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities, valuing the perspectives they bring.
If you haven't heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probation. Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
The post holder will work as a Band 7 Specialist Physiotherapist within the Paediatric Respiratory and Long-Term Ventilation service across West London Childrens Healthcare (WLCH). The role involves providing highly specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and management for infants, children and young people with complex respiratory, neuromuscular and long-term ventilation needs.
The post holder will also provide leadership and supervision to junior staff, assistants and students, contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives, and support education, audit and research activities within the specialty.
The role includes participation in weekend working and the physiotherapy on-call rota following completion of competency-based training and induction.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and research-active paediatric service within a unique integrated childrens healthcare organisation committed to improving outcomes for children and young people across North West London.
- Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy
- State registration with the Health Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent
- Membership of the Professional Organisation
- Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to specialityManagement skills or leadership training
- Significant recent clinical experience in the relevant clinical area, with a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
- Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter‑agency working
- Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways, and using outcome measures
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
- Experience of service development and change management, implementing evidence-based practice in speciality, and on‑call and weekend working in an acute hospital (where required)
- Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in a relevant post, and leadership of a therapy team
- Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Clinical research experience
- Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities
- Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions, assessment and treatment approaches, and the evidence base of the relevant therapy area, including knowledge of psychosocial and cultural factors influencing health and illness behaviours and ability to remain updated with professional practice and research
- Advanced clinical reasoning, problem solving, and ability to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in demanding situations, alongside ability to seek guidance when required and maintain awareness of personal limitations
- Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate, and manage time effectively, cope with work pressures and stressful environments, and manage emotional or aggressive patients or carers using effective interpersonal strategies
- Strong communication and leadership skills, including advanced communication with patients, carers and colleagues, ability to establish and maintain working relationships, present information clearly in written and oral formats, and ability to lead, motivate, supervise, mentor, coach, and pass on knowledge to others
- Understanding of clinical governance, audit, data protection, equality and health and safety policies, alongside ability to analyse activity and outcome data, maintain accurate patient notes, demonstrate competent IT skills, and uphold a professional manner, clear vision of role, and fluency in written and spoken English
- Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
- Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Demonstrates ability to meet Trust values
- Able to take part in a weekend service and/or 7 day on call rota and/or 7 day service
- Able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service
- Able to meet the requirements of the role with any reasonable adjustments
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, with cross-site working across WLCH
£49,387 to £56,515 a yearPer annum Plus HCAS
Permanent
Full-time
289-WLCH-92-A
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, with cross-site working across WLCH
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