Highly Specialist Physiotherapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Barts Health for a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist within the respiratory outpatient services.
This post offers an exciting opportunity to shape and develop an effective physiotherapy outpatient service for adult patients with Complex breathlessness. Severe Asthma and a range of other respiratory disorders. The post holder will be responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy service in close collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues within the service.
This will include taking a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the specialty who may have highly complex needs, determine clinical diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment indicated.
The post includes leadership commitments within therapies as well as involvement in audit and quality improvement.
This role is suitable for a band 7 or an experienced band 6 looking for clinical development and quality improvement experience., The post holder will work within several multidisciplinary teams. This includes the consultant led Complex Breathlessness service.
They will also be embedded within the North Central and East London Regional Service Asthma Service. The MDT is comprised of respiratory and ENT doctors, clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, a speech and language therapist and a clinical psychologist.
The post also sits within the wider St Bartholomew's Hospital therapies service.
Key results areas
· To be clinically responsible for physiotherapy input to the Complex breathlessness and general outpatient respiratory caseloads
· To keep up to date with new developments in the specialty, and share them with the team
· To lead on and participate in service development.
· To ensure clinical achievement of service standards and escalation of any barriers to achievement identified
In return, we will develop your skills, knowledge and experience with formal and on-the-job training. Barts Trust has an extensive offer of trainings run internally and by external agencies. The physiotherapy and severe asthma services at St. Bartholomew's Hospital have regular CPD programmes.
You will have opportunities to improve your skills in complex clinical management, service development and quality improvement

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.
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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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Our people strategy for 2019-2022 sets out our priorities and an action plan to meet our ambition. In this strategy, we set out the deal we are offering to you in return for living and breathing our values so that they shape everything that you do every single day.
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