Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Physiotherapist

The Specialist Physiotherapist (Band 6) will provide high-standard physiotherapy services in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation to outpatients at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The role includes clinical, educational, and service development responsibilities, working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional patient care. The post holder will also contribute to team management, professional development, and quality improvement initiatives., Independently assess and manage patients, including those with complex needs, using evidence-based practices to develop and implement personalized care plans.
Coordinate multidisciplinary interventions, advising patients, carers, and healthcare staff.
Ensure accurate patient record-keeping and manage risks associated with patient care.
Evaluate and adjust practices to meet quality standards, participate in service improvement initiatives, implementing policy changes aimed at enhancing patient care.
Supervise and coordinate daily activities of junior staff, students, and support staff.
Contribute to in-service training programs and conduct appraisals, and competency assessments to ensure professional development.
Organize caseloads, patient groups, and timetables for efficient delivery of care. Effectively manage interruptions and adapt to unpredictable work patterns, ensuring continuous service delivery.
Communicate complex and sensitive information clearly to patients, families, and colleagues, including the use of interpreters when necessary.
Provide education and training to patients, carers, and MDT to enhance understanding and improve care outcomes.
Stay informed about national and local standards, ensuring best practices are followed.
Adhere to policies regarding infection control, risk management, and manual handling.
Ensure a safe working environment for patients, visitors, and staff, promoting health and safety at all times., + To be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of the post-holders own work
+ To carry out assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including those with complex presentations, and using clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice, to determine appropriate care plan utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options
+ To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnoses in a wide range of conditions including those with a complex presentation, with occasional guidance from specialist physiotherapists
+ To formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive rehab plans.
+ To co-ordinate intervention which may include other disciplines; advises and educates patient/carers/relatives/other health professionals
+ To be responsible for maintenance of accurate written records using POMR system and use of computerised data collection and records and comprehensive progress and discharge reports to medical referrers as required by rotation
+ To manage clinical risk within own caseload at all times
+ To participate in on-call and emergency duties as lone practitioner within the Trust
+ To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy assessment and interventions including manual handling techniques and therapeutic handling
+ To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
+ To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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This post would suit a Band 5 physiotherapist wishing to gain specific experience at a more senior level or an established Band 6 wishing to consolidate and develop their knowledge and skills in rehabilitation.

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS., Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.