Principal Physiotherapist - Respiratory

The Acute Cardio-Respiratory 8a PT is responsible for the clinical leadership and operational management of 25.4 WTE's, across 15 clinical areas. The post holder has 4.4 WTE direct reports and clinical responsibility for staff providing respiratory care out of hours / weekends across the hospital (84 additional staff)., The post holder will assess and treat their own complex workload of patients and maintain associated patient records utilising knowledge and skills gained through attainment of competencies, experience and relevant qualifications.

The post holder is responsible for the operational management of the cardio-respiratory physiotherapy team, ensuring delivery of high quality person centred acute cardio respiratory physiotherapy and acute rehabilitation including step down from critical care measured by clinical outcomes, patient experience and patient safety measures.

The post holder is integral to the delivery of effective and safe patient flow through the hospital by leading on high quality acute assessment and rehabilitation pathways, supporting the MDT team with timely patient discharge across the clinical areas of critical care, surgery, renal and specialist medicine including the heart failure unit, ADU and respiratory wards.

The post holder supervises, initiates and participate in evidence-based quality improvement projects and national audits including recommendations for change in practice.

The post holder will participate in the 7 day acute respiratory service across the acute site including night time on calls.

The post holder works closely with the Community Respiratory Physiotherapy Team Lead strengthening pathways for patients with respiratory disease across the acute and community interface.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George's, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King's Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St George's Hospital is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4's '24 Hours in A&E' programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.