Rotational Respiratory Physiotherapist

To provide a high standard physiotherapy service to inpatients and specialist clinics within the Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust. This post is part of a 6 monthly rotation scheme, across both sites of Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust and our community sites in the following areas:

Cardiac & Surgery, Critical Care, Medical, Lane Fox Ventilation and Weaning Unit, Integrated Respiratory Team, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Older Persons Unit (Medical), Head & Neck Surgery, Oncology in and out patients, Respiratory outpatients and Long Covid.

Applicants would manage their own case load, be responsible for their clinical governance and development while being supported by the wider respiratory team.

This is an an exciting opportunity for Physiotherapists with proven clinical and interpersonal skills to join our Band 6 rotational scheme at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

You will gain experience treating a wide variety of clinical conditions. You will have the opportunity to develop both your clinical and non-clinical skills including appraisal and supervision of junior staff and students, participating in projects contributing to service development and delivery of training programmes and teaching both within the trust and our partner organisations.

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.

Rotations are of 6 months duration and each post is supported by experienced senior staff. Staff need to be prepared to participate in any of the rotations within the rotational scheme. You will be expected to embrace the departments equity, inclusion and diversity working ethos.

The funding for this post has been secured through NHS England to expand pulmonary rehabilitation across Lambeth and Southwark. The successful candidate will complete an initial year long rotation in pulmonary rehabilitation before entering the main respiratory rotations. The initial rotation offers an exciting opportunity to support the development of a new service and work as part of the well established Integrated Respiratory Team.

These posts 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.