Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals; North Cheam; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

The community Respiratory service offers a range of specialist outpatient clinics and domiciliary visits to provide holistic assessment and treatment for patients with long term respiratory conditions. The service also provides a comprehensive venue based pulmonary rehabilitation program. We are a multidisciplinary team of specialist nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Our service aims at delivering a multidisciplinary input for comprehensive management of patients with long term respiratory conditions.

The Sutton Community respiratory service consists of a multidisciplinary team offering specialist, comprehensive assessment & intervention. We work with adults in the Sutton area of South West London who have chronic respiratory conditions.

Role and Responsibilities

The post holder will be working as part of the MDT in offering structured pulmonary rehabilitation assessments and classes as per local and national guidelines and to undertake timely audit to benchmark the service quality and standards against national QI targets. They will also contribute to home oxygen service assessment and review as well as airway clearance therapy for patients who are under the care of respiratory service.

Opportunity and Team

This is the perfect opportunity for a band 5 or 6 who has some experience and wishes to build on skills in the specialty of Community respiratory service. The role provides staff with the opportunity to work as part of an MDT who truly support each other and work together towards our vision \'Investing in our patient community, empowering them to live well\'.

About the Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.